I-BD Hotels ihlela ukunwetshwa okusheshayo, iqasha i-Head Of Acquisitions & Development

I-BD Hotels namuhla imemezela ukuqokwa kuka-Rani Gharbie njengeNhloko Yokutholwa Nokuthuthukiswa Kwamahhotela E-Pod, umqondo wamahhotela amancane anenzuzo kakhulu we-BD Hotel. I-Pod Hotels njengamanje inezakhiwo ezinhlanu kuphothifoliyo, ezintathu zazo ezivulwe eminyakeni emibili edlule (inkampani ephambili yomkhiqizo iPod Times Square yavulwa ngoJanuwari 2018; iPod DC nePod Brooklyn yavulwa ngo-2017), kanti lo mkhiqizo usanda kumemezela amanye amahhotela amabili. epayipini eliqondile (ukuvulwa kwePod Philly ekwindla ka-2019 kanye nePod LA ehlelelwe u-2020). Manje, i-The Pod Hotels iqasha uGharbie ukuthi alingise le modeli yebhizinisi ephumelelayo ezimakethe ezinkulu nakakhulu ezihlanganisa i-Miami, i-San Francisco, i-Chicago, i-Austin, i-Boston, i-Nashville, i-Seattle, i-Montreal, i-Toronto, ne-Mexico City, phakathi kwezinye. UGharbie phambilini ubengamele ukuthuthukiswa nokutholwa kwempahla yaseNyakatho Melika e-Virgin Hotels lapho aba nesandla khona ekukhuliseni umkhondo womkhiqizo ezimakethe ezibalulekile.

I-Pod Hotels ibhekana nesidingo esandayo samahhotela athengekayo aqondiswe kubahambi abanengqondo ethuthukayo nabaqaphela ibhajethi abanobuhlakani nabafuna ukuvelela futhi abagcina belindele okukhulu uma kuziwa kokuzizwisa okuyiqiniso, idizayini ehlakaniphile nobuchwepheshe obunembile. Ngamagumbi ayo ezivakashi asebenzayo, indawo yomphakathi ephilayo kanye nedizayini evumelana nezimo, I-Pod Hotels yethula imbuyiselo yotshalo-mali ephakeme uma iqhathaniswa nemikhiqizo yamahhotela ayifa enesimo esifanayo.

NjengeNhloko Yokutholwa Nokuthuthukiswa esebenzisana eduze nabanikazi bamahhotela e-BD u-Richard Born no-Ira Drukier, u-Gharbie uzoba nesibopho sokuhlonza amathuba okutshalwa kwezimali okungase kube khona nokuhlanganisa abalingani abahle nabatshalizimali ukuze baxhase amaphrojekthi esikhathi esizayo ezimakethe eziningi. Uzosebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-BD Hotels ekuthuthukisweni kwamahhotela, ukutshalwa kwezimali kanye nokusebenza ukuze andise uphawu lwe-The Pod Hotels ezweni lonke futhi ekugcineni emhlabeni jikelele.

"U-Rani usijoyina ngesikhathi esibalulekile njengoba sikhulisa iphothifoliyo yamahhotela e-Pod eNyakatho Melika," kusho u-Richard Born, Umnikazi wamahhotela e-BD. "Ngokungangabazeki uzoba wusizo olukhulu njengoba ezoletha isipiliyoni seminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20 ekuthengweni kwamahhotela, ekuthuthukisweni nasekusebenzeni kwakhe."

“Ngibheke ngabomvu ukwandisa imodeli enenzuzo uRichard no-Ira eyakhiwe ezimakethe ezibalulekile ezweni lonke,” kusho uGharbie. “Ngibona amathuba amakhulu okukhula komkhiqizo njengoba kunesifiso esikhulayo sabahambi banamuhla sokuhlala ezinkampanini ezihlakaniphile, eziqanjwe kabusha njengeThe Pod Hotels.”

Ngaphambi kokujoyina i-Virgin Hotels, uGharbie ubenguMqondisi Ophethe kanye noMsunguli kwa-Cedar Funds, inkampani yezokuthuthukiswa kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali ezinze eNew York City egxile ekuthuthukisweni kwezimpahla zamahhotela nezakhiwo, kanye noMqondisi Wezokuthuthukiswa kwesifunda ne-InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). ). Ngaphezu kwalokho, uGharbie unguSolwazi Owengeziwe ohlelweni lwe-Columbia's Masters in Real Estate Development, lapho efundisa khona izifundo zasentwasahlobo ezithi Private Equity Development, Hotel Focus. Uneziqu zeMasters kulolu hlelo, iMBA ayithola e-HEC Business School eMontreal, uneziqu zeBachelor of Hotel Management azithola eGlion Hotel School eSwitzerland, kanye neSitifiketi seHotel Real Estate Investments and Asset Management eCornell University eNew York. .