{"id":6682,"date":"2015-09-15T11:17:03","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T10:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=6682"},"modified":"2016-03-02T13:19:48","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T12:19:48","slug":"how-to-build-a-successful-sustainable-hostel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/09\/how-to-build-a-successful-sustainable-hostel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to build a successful sustainable hostel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"on-page-synopsis\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6683\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/villa-giulia-pisa.png\" alt=\"Villa Giulia Pisa\" width=\"412\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/villa-giulia-pisa.png 412w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/villa-giulia-pisa-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/villa-giulia-pisa-103x67.png 103w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/>After becoming jobless overnight Claudio Terreni and his father saw a business opportunity in Italy&#8217;s substantial tourist industry. \u00a0\u201cAt some point I realised I would simply have to invent a job for myself,\u201d says Villa Giulia\u2019s CEO Terreni about his job hunting experience.\u00a0Father and son pulled together sources and skills, renovating an old Vatican-owned building in Pisa to turn it into a youth hostel for the summer season. Sustainable, smart and modern, the small hotel opened in 2013.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h6>In Brief<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Villa Giulia runs as a youth hostel for the summer season. For the rest of the year, it functions as student accommodation.<\/li>\n<li>Cleaning ladies were hired in collaboration with a local social cooperative earlier this year.<\/li>\n<li>As part of Villa Giulia\u2019s social commitment they are committed to\u00a0the integration program of a disabled boy from the local community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In Depth<\/h6>\n<div id=\"on-page-synopsis\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upstartmagazine.co.uk\/piece\/how-a-youth-hostel-kicked-the-arse-of-unemployment\" target=\"_blank\">Read this inspiring story of entrepreneurship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hostelpisavillagiulia.it\/\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Villa Giulia&#8217;s website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In the Future<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inspiring tale of how a father and son who both become jobless at the same time collaborated to run a sustainable, socially aware hostel in Pisa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,131,287,535,264,676],"tags":[188],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to build a successful sustainable hostel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The inspiring tale of how a father and son who both become jobless at the same time collaborated to run a sustainable, socially aware hostel in Pisa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/09\/how-to-build-a-successful-sustainable-hostel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to build a successful sustainable hostel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The inspiring tale of how a father and son who both become jobless at the same time collaborated to run a sustainable, socially aware hostel in Pisa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/09\/how-to-build-a-successful-sustainable-hostel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Travindy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-09-15T10:17:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-03-02T12:19:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/villa-giulia-pisa.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"412\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Travindy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@travindy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Travindy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Travindy\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/09\/how-to-build-a-successful-sustainable-hostel\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/09\/how-to-build-a-successful-sustainable-hostel\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Travindy\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/79576b26c03e84ac969c6cf7ad8118bb\"},\"headline\":\"How to build a successful sustainable hostel\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-15T10:17:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-03-02T12:19:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/09\/how-to-build-a-successful-sustainable-hostel\/\"},\"wordCount\":163,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Italy\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Accommodations\",\"Community\",\"Innovation\",\"Opinion\",\"Staff &amp; 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