Umkhankaso Omkhulu Wokusimama Kwehhotela Wethulwe eManila

isithombe sihlonipha u-Gerd Altmann wase-Pixabay e1650833147948 | eTurboNews | eTN
Isithombe sihlonishwa ngu-Gerd Altmann wase-Pixabay
Isithombe sika-Linda S. Hohnholz
Ibhalwe ngu ULinda S. Hohnholz

Umkhandlu Wezwe Wokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha (WTTC) yethule 'Izisekelo Zokusimama Kwehhotela', isethi yemibandela eyaziwa emhlabeni wonke futhi edidiyelwe okufanele wonke amahhotela ayisebenzise njengesilinganiso esincane ukuze aqhubekisele phambili i-Travel & Tourism.

Lolu hlelo lwethulwe namuhla engqungqutheleni yalo ehlonishwayo ye-Global Summit ezoba seManila kuleli sonto futhi luzosiza wonke amahhotela futhi luthuthukise umthelela wawo kwezemvelo.

Ithuthukiswe imboni yemboni, igqamisa izenzo ezingu-12 ezibalulekile ekusimameni kwamahhotela futhi zizosiza ukuphakamisa izinga eliyisisekelo lokusimama kuyo yonke imboni yezokuvakasha ngokunikeza ihhotela ngalinye isiqalo ohambweni lwawo lokusimama.

Lolu hlelo seluthole ukwesekwa emaqenjini amakhulu omhlaba afana ne-Jin Jiang International (Holdings) Co., Ltd. okuhlanganisa nabasebenzisana nabo i-Jin Jiang Hotels, i-Louvre Hotels Group kanye ne-Radisson Hotel Group, i-Accor, i-Barceló Hotel Group, i-Meliá Hotels International, amahhotela ama-Indian I-Company Limited (IHCL), kanye nezinhlangano ezibalulekile zamahhotela emhlabeni jikelele njenge-Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), i-Hotel Association of India (HAI), i-Huazhu Hotels Group, nezinye eziningi. Sekukonke lokhu kumelela amahhotela angaphezu kuka-50,000 emhlabeni jikelele.

WTTC'Izisekelo Zokusimama Kwehhotela' inikeza umkhakha wezokwamukela izihambi emhlabeni wonke ngesisekelo sezinyathelo ezinhle okufanele zithathwe ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi zihlangabezana okungenani nezimfuneko zokusimama.

Nokho, lokhu kumane kuyisiqalo sohambo lwabo, futhi WTTC ukhuthaza umkhakha ukufuna ukuthuthukiswa okuqhubekayo ngale kwemibandela eyi-12 eyisisekelo ukuze ihhotela ngalinye, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ibhizinisi elilodwa noma ingxenye yeqembu elikhulu, liqhubekele ezinhlelweni ezithuthuke kakhudlwana nokuzinza okukhulu.

UJulia Simpson, WTTC President & CEO, uthe: “Sethula i-Hotel Sustainability Basics ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi akukho hhotela, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi lincane kangakanani, elisala ngemuva emkhankasweni wokwethula izinyathelo zokusimama phakathi kwezinga eliphansi eminyakeni emithathu ezayo.

“Ukusimama akuxoxiswana ngakho kodwa akuwona wonke amahhotela amancane angakwazi ukuthola isayensi yokuthi ungenza kanjani umehluko. Lokhu kunikeza wonke umuntu ukufinyelela ezingeni lomhlaba wonke futhi kunikeza abathengi ukuthi bahambe nenkomfa.

"WTTC ifuna imboni yezokwamukela izihambi ihole ngesibonelo ukuze ukusimama kube yimfuneko eyisisekelo esetshenziselwa ukuqhubekisela phambili ushintsho kulesi sizukulwane nesesilandelayo.”

Inqubo, ithuthukiswe ngu WTTC ngokubambisana eduze nezinkampani ezihamba phambili zomhlaba kanye nezinhlangano zezimboni, kugxilwe ezenzweni ezibalulekile ekusimameni kwamahhotela kanye nokubhekana nomthelela wezokuvakasha emhlabeni ezinhlobonhlobo zezinkinga ezibucayi.

Lezi zindlela zokuhlola zihlanganisa izenzo zokulinganisa nokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamandla, ukulinganisa nokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi, ukuhlonza nokunciphisa ukungcola, nokulinganisa nokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni.

Kuhlanganisa futhi nohlelo lokuphinda lusetshenziswe ilineni, ukusetshenziswa kwemikhiqizo yokuhlanza eluhlaza, ukuqedwa kwezitshani zepulasitiki, ama-stirrer, namabhodlela amanzi epulasitiki asetshenziswa kanye, ukuqaliswa kokukhishwa kwempahla ngobuningi, kanye nezinyathelo ezizuzisa imiphakathi yendawo.

WTTC manje icela abaqhubi bamahhotela, abanikazi, izinhlangano, nabatshalizimali emhlabeni wonke ukuthi basekele ngokusemthethweni lesi sinyathelo futhi basebenze kuwo wonke amanethiwekhi abo ukuze basebenzise le mibandela phakathi neminyaka emithathu ezayo.

UWolfgang M. Neumann, uSihlalo weSustainable Hospitality Alliance, uthe: “Zonke izimboni kufanele zenze ingxenye yazo ukuze kuqinisekiswe ikusasa leplanethi yethu nabantu bayo.

Ngenkathi izinkampani eziningi zithatha igxathu elikhulu futhi zihola indlela, ezinye manje sezithatha izinyathelo zazo zokuqala.

“Ngokunikeza ukuqonda ngezinyathelo ezilula amahhotela angazithatha ukuze azinze, i-Hotel Sustainability Basics izosiza ukuphakamisa izinga eliyisisekelo lokusimama kuyo yonke imboni yezokuvakasha.

“Lolu hlelo lusebenza njengesitebhisi seSustainable Hospitality Alliance's Indlela Yokuthola I-Net Positive Hospitality okuzokwenza ukuthi wonke amahhotela athathe indlela yamasu nenqubekela phambili yokuzuza umthelela omuhle kwezemvelo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi aqala kuphi.”

URandy Durband, oyi-CEO yeGlobal Sustainable Tourism Council, uthe: “Lezi Zisekelo Zokusimama Kwehhotela ziyindlela enhle yokuthi amahhotela athathe isinyathelo sokuqala ohambweni lwawo lokusimama. 

“I-GSTC Industry Criteria for Hotels isebenza njengendinganiso yomhlaba wonke yokwamukela izihambi esimeme kanye nemephu Eyisisekelo kwayisishiyagalombili kulawo avame ukushiwo ozakwethu bomhlaba njengezinyathelo ezibalulekile zokuqala. Ngakho-ke, i-GSTC iyakweseka ukusetshenziswa kwalolu hlelo futhi sikhuthaza abasebenzisi abangayithobeli njengamanje ukuthi bathathe izinyathelo zokushesha ukwenza lokho.”

Esiteji e-Global Summit eManila, u-Julia Simpson utshele izihambeli ukuthi amaqembu amahhotela, izinkampani, nabasebenzi, ngaphezu kwabanikazi abamele inqwaba yamahhotela, bangaba. WTTC babone abalandeli ngokuvumela lolu hlelo futhi baqedele I-Green Lodging Trends Survey (GLTS) ukulinganisa ukusebenza kwabo kanye nokulandelela inqubekelaphambili.

Ekuqaleni eziyisishagalombili kweziyi-12 ziyimpoqo, kanti ezinye zingazibophezela futhi zikhavwe phakathi neminyaka emithathu yokuqala.

Lokhu kunikeza isiqalo esicacile sabo bonke ababambiqhaza futhi kuzoqinisekisa ukuthi izinga elincane lokusimama liyafinyelelwa embonini yamahhotela yomhlaba wonke.

Ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana nohlelo lwe-Hotel Sustainability Basics, ngicela uchofoze lapha

Mayelana umbhali

Isithombe sika-Linda S. Hohnholz

ULinda S. Hohnholz

U-Linda Hohnholz ube ngumhleli we eTurboNews iminyaka eminingi. Uphethe konke okuqukethwe kwe-premium nokukhishwa kwabezindaba.

Bhalisa
Yazisa ngakho
isivakashi
0 Amazwana
Okungaphakathi Okuphakelayo
Buka wonke amazwana
0
Ungathanda imibono yakho, ngicela uphawule.x
Yabelana ku...