E-CALGARY - Ngonyaka odlule kwashaya kanzima imboni yezokuvakasha yaseCalgary.
Naphezu kwezenzakalo eziningi edolobheni - okuhlanganisa i-Brier, umncintiswano we-WorldSkills kanye ne-Grey Cup- ukwehla komnotho kuhoxise amanani okuhlala amahhotela, ehle ngamaphesenti angu-5.5 kusukela ngo-2008.
Kepha iCalgary Tourism ilindele ukwehla kancane kancane kulo nyaka, futhi ingane entsha endaweni yehhotela, i-Le Germain, ikulungele ukusizakala ngokwanda kwemboni yezokuvakasha yedolobha.
Ihhotela eliyingqayizivele, elivulwe ngoFebhuwari, linamakamelo angu-143 endaweni kanokusho futhi liyihhotela lokuqala elikhulu ukuvulwa phakathi kwedolobha kusukela e-Hyatt eminyakeni eyi-10 edlule.
"Amandla esiwangezayo edolobheni azoba mkhulu," kusho uChris Vachon, imenenja jikelele yeLe Germain, enamahhotela ezitolo eQuebec City, eToronto naseMontreal, nelinye elakhiwa eToronto.
“Silindele ukungena emakethe ngendlela esezingeni eliphezulu, sikholwa ukuthi, omunye wemikhiqizo ehamba phambili idolobha laseCalgary elike layibona eminyakeni embalwa edlule.”
“Indawo yethu iseYurophu kakhulu ngomqondo wendawo esizungezile, imibala, uhlaka, izihlambi, izici eziningi zokukhanya kwemvelo, amathoni amaningi omhlaba emkhiqizweni osezingeni eliphezulu. Obunye bobuchwepheshe bakamuva. Uhlelo lwamakhadi abalulekile oluzogcina luvumele izivakashi zethu ukuthi zingene ngomakhalekhukhwini,” kusho uVachon.
Ihhotela elinezitezi ezingu-12, elixhunywe ku-condo yokuhlala kanye nezakhiwo zamahhovisi ngaphesheya kwe-Calgary Tower, lizama ukusebenzisa izinsiza zalo ukuze lihehe izivakashi embonini eqinile, enokuncintisana, ikakhulukazi kulo nyaka.
Lezo zinsiza zifaka phakathi izinto ezifana nesitolo esisha se-CHARCUT Roast House, indawo yokuhlangana engu-6,000 wamafidi-skwele angu-410 enethala eliphezulu lophahla, osayizi bamakamelo ukusuka kumamitha-skwele angu-1,100 kuya ku-5,000 wamafidi-skwele, amazinga ayisithupha okupaka ngaphansi komhlaba kanye ne-spa engu-XNUMX-square-foot ezovulwa. kanjalo.
“Esikuthengisayo kuyisipiliyoni,” kusho uVachon.
UJoseph Clohessy, umongameli weCalgary Hotel Association, uthe imboni yamahhotela yayiyisicaba ngo-2009, kodwa cishe amagumbi amasha angu-600 okulindeleke ukuthi aqale ukungena emakethe ngonyaka ozayo noma ngaphezulu.
Njengamanje, kunamagumbi angaba ngu-10,500 edolobheni lonke.
Ezinyangeni ezimbili zokuqala zalo nyaka, ukuhlala kwehle ngamaphesenti amathathu kunonyaka odlule, wathi, kodwa ngonyaka odlule ngoJanuwari ingqungquthela enkulu yokuthengisa yakhulisa lezo zibalo.
Yize ezokuvakasha kuyibhizinisi lonyaka wonke, izinyanga ezisukela ngo-Ephreli kuya kuSepthemba zimatasa kakhulu eCalgary kanti uRandy Williams, umongameli omusha kanye ne-CEO yeTourism Calgary, uthe lo nyaka uzoba ngcono kunonyaka odlule.
“Ngeke sikubone okunye ukuguguleka komhlabathi,” kusho uWilliams. “Ngo-2008 no-2009 sibone ukukhula okungekuhle. Saqala ukubona lokho kuguguleka ngo-2008.
“Esikubonayo manje wukuthi kukhona okuthakaselwayo ngekusasa, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ngo-2011 no-2012 ngamaqembu nezingqungquthela, nokuthatha izithombe kulo msebenzi.
“Kuzothatha isikhathi ukuthi umkhakha wezokuvakasha ukhule ngokugcwele. Sibonakala siyimboni eyaziwa kabanzi futhi ingeyokuqala ukuba yi-canary emgodini wezimayini kuze kufike ekuzweleni imiphumela yokuwohloka komnotho, bese kuba enye yezimboni zokugcina ukuphuma ekuwohlokeni komnotho ngoba konke kumayelana nokuzethemba kwabathengi. kanye nomnotho oqinile.”
Uthe u-2010 kuzoba unyaka lapho idolobha libona "ukukhuphuka" kwemali engenayo ngonyaka odlule emkhakheni wezokuvakasha. Ngenxa yokuthi u-2009 wawungaphansi kwamaphesenti ayisithupha kuno-2008, ukukhula kwephesenti elilodwa noma amabili kulo nyaka kusasishiya emuva emazingeni eminyakeni emibili edlule.
“Kodwa okungenani ibuyela endleleni efanele futhi,” kusho uWilliams.
Futhi izikhulu zinethemba lokuthi izinhlelo ezimbalwa ezintsha zizosiza ukukhulisa lezo zinombolo.
Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, iTourism Calgary, iTelus Convention Center kanye neCalgary Hotel Association bamemezele ukuthi sebesungule ubudlelwano obuyingqayizivele ukuze basebenzisane ukuze bahehe imihlangano nemihlangano emisha edolobheni.
Futhi, inhlangano yamahhotela kanye ne-Tourism Calgary banememorandamu yokuqonda ukuze bakhe iwebhusayithi entsha yendawo ezokwethulwa ngoMeyi.
Isizindalwazi sizoba nolwazi ngamahhotela, izindawo ezikhangayo, izindawo zokudlela, izindawo zemihlangano konke endaweni eyodwa ukuze kube lula kwabangase bahambe bakhe amaphakheji, kusho uClohessy.
Kepha ukuqhubeka kokonakala emnothweni wase-US kanye nedola laseCanada elidlala ngothando ngokulingana ne-greenback kungaba yikhadi lasendle.
"Kuzojabulisa kakhulu ukubona ukuthi umhambi waseMelika udlala kuphi kulo nyaka," kusho uClohessy. “Ngokusobala umnotho wase-US uyashintshashintsha kakhulu kunalokho esikubona eCanada . . . Kuzoba mnandi ukubona ukuthi umhambi wase-US uqala ukubuyela ezinyaweni zakhe.
“Ubheka izinombolo zemisebenzi kanye nazo zonke izinkomba - kusazoba unyaka onzima kakhulu. Uma umuntu ebeka unyaka wakhe kumhambi waseMelika, kungaba iphutha. ”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- We seem to be an industry that’s widely recognized and one of the first to be the canary in the mineshaft as far as feeling the effects of a recession, and then one of the last industries to come out of a recession because it’s all about consumer confidence and a strong economy.
- “Our footprint is very European in the sense of the surroundings, the colours, the framework, the showers, a lot of natural light aspects, a lot of earthtones in a quite high-end product.
- “We’re expecting to enter the market in a higher-end fashion with, we believe, one of the best products that the city of Calgary has seen in a number of years.
