After university Anne & Shelly, two sisters from Dublin, had the world at their feet, fueled by their curiosity to experience new places and cultures, they set off travelling around the world. Their accommodation of choice, Hostels. They realized that Hostels provided the perfect space to meet like-minded people and get lots of insider information about the area they were in. When returning home, they didn’t want their passion for adventure to end there, inspired by their experiences they wanted to create a space where like-minded travelers could share their stories. “That’s why when we opened our first hostel, we made it a priority to make it a real social hub, and we’ve kept that priority at the heart of all our hostels ever since” They were brave, took a risk and in 1997 opened their own hostel Ashlee House in London with the purpose of “bringing people and places together to create new travel stories