Amahhotela nezindawo zokungcebeleka zeViceroy ishintsha ingxoxo e-Washington DC, nangale kwalokho, ngokuvulwa kwe-Hotel Zena, isizinda samasiko esisha esinesibindi esibungaza okufezwe ngabesifazane futhi siqaphela umzabalazo wabo ongapheli wokulingana ngokobulili. Yindawo yokusebenzelana lapho yonke imigqa yezakhiwo, impahla kanye nokufakwa kobuciko kwaklanywa ngokucatshangelwayo futhi kwakhethwa ukuthumela umlayezo wokunika amandla abesifazane.
Itholakala eduze kweDowntown DC kanye nendawo ephilayo ye-Logan Circle futhi ivuselelwe i-14.th Street, ihhotela elinamakamelo angu-191 akuyona nje indaba yabesifazane. Futhi kuwumkhosi wabantu abasebenza ndawonye ukuze bathole amalungelo omphakathi ayisisekelo, ehhotela elifudumele, eliguqukayo, nelimemayo elinezikhala ezinethezekile ezinomsebenzi wobuciko ojutshwe ukudala umlayezo womzabalazo, wokunika amandla nethemba.
UJon Bortz, oyi-CEO ye-Pebblebrook Hotel Trust ukuveze ngale ndlela: “Sidale indawo ephephile yokuhlangana ebungaza ukuhlukahluka, ehlonipha imibono ehlukene, futhi evula indawo ngezihloko ezifanele ingxoxo ezuzisayo. Siyazi ukuthi seqa imingcele futhi singase senze abanye abantu bangakhululeki - futhi siyavumelana nalokho.”
Icatshangelwa inkampani yokuklama eyawina imiklomelo yamazwe ngamazwe i-Dawson Design Associates (DDA), yonke ijika yezakhiwo yayidizayinelwe ukuholela kwesinye isikhathi sokutholwa kwalabo abanesikhathi sokuhlola. Ubuciko obuvusa inkanuko nokuklama kuyingqikithi ye-Hotel Zena, lapho izihambeli zicwiliswe khona ezingxenyeni ezingaphezu kuka-60 zobuciko bekhwalithi yegalari obudalelwe u-Zena iqembu elikhethekile lamaciko avela emhlabeni wonke elisebenza emhlabeni wonke ngenjongo yamalungelo abantu. Ubuciko buzungeza isibindi sabanye abantu abaphawuleka kakhulu emhlabeni kanye nokulwela kwabo ukubandakanywa noshintsho. Zonke izingcezu ezangempela futhi zapendiwa, zathwetshulwa, zaqoshwa futhi zathungwa ngabesifazane bobubili ubulili ngezindaba ezinamandla abangabelana ngazo.
“Yindaba elula, futhi osekuyisikhathi eside ilindelwe,” kusho u-Andrea Sheehan, umgomo wokusungula we-DDA kanye nomqondisi wezobuciko. “Bengisebenza ngokubambisana noJon Bortz kanye nePebblebrook Hotels eminyakeni engu-20 edlule ngizama ukwakha amahhotela anamandla futhi asebenzisanayo, okuhlanganisa ne-Pebblebrook's Unofficial Z Collection. Lena “i-Female Z” yethu, kanye ne-Z Hotel yokuqala e-East Coast. Besifuna ukwenza isitatimende esinamandla. Uma kubhekwa indawo ekuyo kanye nesimo somphakathi wethu samanje, kuvele kwaba nengqondo kithi ukuthi sibambe iqhaza elibalulekile ekudalweni kwawo. Sobabili sikholelwa emandleni ubuciko obungadlalwa ekuhlanganiseni abantu ndawonye.”
“Ihhotela i-Zena lakhiwe ikakhulukazi abesifazane, abantu, abesifazane nabesilisa. Kuyihhotela elinikeza indawo yabo bonke ubulili, izinhlanga, nobulili; lapho umoya wamandla nobufazi uhlala ngokuzwana,” kusho uBill Walshe, oyi-CEO, i-Viceroy Hotels & Resorts. “Njengehhotela lethu lesibili ukuvulwa eWashington. I-DC kulo nyaka, kulandela ukuphuma kwe-Viceroy Washington DC, sibheke ngalé kwamandla nepolitiki yedolobha ukubeka kangcono inhloko-dolobha yesizwe sethu njengendawo yamasiko, ubumbano, kanye nokufukula abantu.”
Ihhotela livulwa ngesikhathi esibalulekile emlandweni wezwe. Indawo yayo yokwamukela izivakashi ibuswa isithombe esingajwayelekile somufi, ohloniphekile uJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Umqondo wayo we-pointllist, owakhiwe ngu-Andrea Sheehan futhi wakhiqizwa u-Julie Coyle Studios esebenzisa ama-tampons apendwe ngesandla angu-20,000 naphinde wahlonzwa, uyindlela yesimanje, esondelene kakhulu yaleli fomu lobuciko lakudala. Lesi sithombe esiyingqayizivele sihlonipha ukuzinikela kukaJustice Ginsburg impilo yonke kumalungelo nokulingana kwabantu besifazane kanye namahlaya akhe ngendlela esondelene kakhulu nomuntu. Lamatamponi anikelwe yi-CORA, eyeseka umlayezo kaRuth Bader Ginsburg wobumbano lwabesifazane ngenkathi ikhuthaza ukusimama nethuba kwabesifazane. Okunye ukufakwa okuyisakhiwo sodumo, udonga olugobile olufakwe izinkinobho zokubhikisha ezingu-8,000 ezimelela izizukulwane zamamashi nemicimbi ekhuthaza umnyakazo wabesifazane, kuhlonipha iminyaka eyi-100 yaseMelika Yelungelo Labesifazane Lokuvota.
“Igalari Yezithombe” endaweni yokwamukela izivakashi ye-Hotel Zena ihlanganisa izindaba zamaqhawe wesifazane. Ibonisa umsebenzi wobuciko obungaza abesifazane abayishumi abanamandla, ngaphezu kuka-Ruth Bader Ginsburg, abenze amagalelo abalulekile emzabalazweni Wamalungelo Abantu Besifazane kanye NokuLingana Kobulili. Izithombe ezengeziwe zihlanganisa u-Shirley Anita Chisholm ongenakunqotshwa, owesifazane wokuqala wase-Afrika waseMelika okhethelwe kuKhongolose yase-United States kanye nowesifazane wokuqala ongumDemocrat ukungenela ukhetho lokuba nguMongameli wase-United States. Ingenye yezingcezu ezimbili zobuciko eziphefumulelwe nguNkz. Chisholm; enye iyindawo elengayo eyakhiwe ngezihlalo ezigoqwayo ezipendiwe ejabulela inkulumo yakhe edumile: “Uma bengakuniki isihlalo etafuleni, uze nesihlalo esigoqwayo.”
Izingcezu zobuciko eziningi ezidalwe amaciko esifunda zalethwa umqaphi wendawo u-Jason Bowers ukuze agcwalise umsebenzi wobuciko ovela kwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba. Angatholakala kulo lonke elasehhotela, okuhlanganisa umdwebo odongeni wamaqhawe wesifazane emi njengabalindi ngaphandle kwe-Hotel Zena eklanywe umqondisi wezobuciko osekelwe e-DC, umdwebi wezithombe, umklami, nomdwebi wezithombe u-Cita Sadeli, odume kakhulu ngelika-MISS CHELOVE. Umbono wakhe ngomdwebo odongeni we-Hotel Zena kwakuwukudala isimo sozungu esakhiwe ngabesifazane ababili abangamaqhawe abanolaka kodwa abanelukuluku lokufuna ukwazi abavikela ubungcwele bendawo. Ihhotela i-Zena ligcwele izitatimende ezinamandla ezibungaza abantu abanohlonze nabaziqhenyayo abaye balwela amalungelo abantu besifazane.
I-Hotel Zena isebenzisa zonke izimiso ze-Viceroy Promise of Cleanline, okuhlanganisa ukuqhelelana ngokomzimba kanye nezidingo zamaski, iziteshi zokukhucululwa kwendle ngezandla, namagumbi ezivakashi abulawe amagciwane ngemikhiqizo yezinga lasesibhedlela, kanye nezinsiza ezicatshangwayo ezifana nama-virtual concierge e-Google NestHubs angaphakathi kwegumbi, alawulwa ngezwi. I-Hotel Zena iphinde ibe yingxenye yohlelo lokuhlanza nokuphepha lwe-AHLA lwe-Safe Stay®, uhlelo olwamukelwa yimboni, kanye nezinqubo zokunakekela nokuqinisekisa ukuphepha kwazo zonke izihambeli kanye nabahlanganyeli.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- It’s also a celebration of people who work together to achieve fundamental civil rights, in a warm, dynamic, and inviting hotel with comfortable spaces featuring artwork commissioned to create a message of struggle, empowerment and hope.
- It is a hotel that offers a haven for all genders, races, and sexualities;.
- It’s an interactive venue where every architectural line, material and art installation was thoughtfully designed and curated to send a message of female empowerment.
