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Apr 25, 20211 min

True xenia is understanding

“There is no hospitality like understanding.” Vanna Bonta "Giving encouragement to others is a most welcome gift, for the results of it...

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Apr 24, 20211 min

True hospitality

“True hospitality is marked by an open response to the dignity of each and every person. Henri Nouwen has described it as receiving the...

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Apr 23, 20211 min

Hospitality creates friends

“Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality...

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Apr 22, 20211 min

Hospitality needs consistency

“Trust: The reputation of a thousand years may be undermined by the conduct of one hour” Japanese Proverb

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Apr 21, 20211 min

Hospitality in business

“The key is to set realistic customer expectations and then not to just meet them, but to exceed them — preferably in unexpected and...

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Apr 20, 20211 min

Hospitality should be an act of love

“But entertaining isn't a sport or a competition. It's an act of love, if you let it be. You can twist it and turn it into anything you...

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Apr 19, 20211 min

Responses to hospitality

“People may forget what you said but they will never forget how you made them feel”. “If a man is cruel by nature, cruel in action, the...

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Jan 12, 20212 min

X is for Xenodochy

“True hospitality is welcoming the stranger on her own terms. This kind of hospitality can only be offered by those who've found the...

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