Impariamo dall'Eccellenza
Italy
The best way to learn a trade is to practice it somewhere that trade is done seriously. Not in a classroom, not in a simulation: in a real kitchen, in a real dining room.
How it works
Impariamo dall'Eccellenza is a project by Fondazione Allianz UMANA MENTE, active since 2012, that brings young people in vulnerable situations into excellent hospitality structures for a real internship, working alongside real professionals.
Casa Costa Foundation ETS is taking part in the 2026 edition by placing two young people in a four-month programme within the group's hotels — Hotel La Perla in Val Badia and Hotel La Posta in Tuscany. They work with our teams, inside the culture of hospitality that Casa Costa has been building for seventy years.
Four months is the length of our seasons. It's enough time to truly learn, to make mistakes and adjust, to understand whether a trade can become a path. We don't ask these young people to prove everything straight away. We ask them to show up, to commit, to be surprised by what they're capable of.
Why we do it
Inclusion works when it's real, not when it's assisted. When you actually work, you're actually evaluated, you actually make mistakes and try again.
For Casa Costa 1956, hospitality is a commitment before it's a business: it means taking care of the territory, the people who live there and the people who make it possible. Including those who struggle to find their place in the working world is not an act of generosity — it's part of what we mean when we talk about regenerative hospitality.
A young person on an internship here is not a tolerated guest. They are a person growing inside a professional community.
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