I-HALONG BAY, Vietnam - I-Emeraude iqhamuke endaweni eyomile ngesonto eledlule ine-suite entsha, ithimba elandisiwe labavela kwamanye amazwe, ihora elijabulisayo ku-sundeck kanye nesipesheli esisha sasehlobo.
I-Captain's Suite iqala njenge-suite yesithathu emkhunjini. Inkulu kancane kune-Paul Roque futhi incane kancane kune-Emeraude, i-Captain's Suite engu-12.3 square-metres ihlanganisa negumbi lokugezela lesibili elingu-3.4-square-metres.
"Siqale nge-suite eyodwa - uPaul Roque, oqanjwe ngekholoni inkampani yakhe eyakha i-Emeraude yokuqala ngo-1906," kusho uKurt Walter, umphathi jikelele we-Emeraude Classic Cruises. “Isidingo sendawo eyengeziwe besilokhu sifaka i-Emeraude Suite engu-15.2 square metre futhi manje eseyi-Captain's Suite.”
Eminyakeni emine selokhu yethulwa eNdaweni Yamagugu Omhlaba ye-UNESCO yase-Halong Bay, i-Emeraude izuze idumela njengomkhumbi okwazi ukudlula emkhathini nesikhathi. Idizayini yayo kanye ne-ambience, kusukela ekwakhiweni kwayo kwe-fin de siècle, kuya ezintweni zayo ezifakwa emanzini zethusi, izihlalo ezinamapulangwe kanye nezihlalo ezinezintambo ezinezintambo eziphezulu, kuvusa isifiso senkathi yamakholoni.
Amadekhi abanzi abhinca amadekhi amakhulu nangaphezulu ngenkathi i-sundeck inikeza indawo evulekile yokuphumula.
“Sonke lesi sikhala singumehluko omkhulu,” kusho uWalter. “Lapha ethekwini, ufuna ukuchitha isikhathi esiningi ungaphandle, ubumfihlo obuningi ngangokunokwenzeka, kungaba esihlalweni esinama-wicker ngaphandle kwekhabhinethi yakho noma ku-sundeck. Lokhu kungenye yezinto esizenza kangcono kunanoma ngubani - indawo yomuntu siqu, yangaphandle. "
Ngokungezwa kuka-Sylvain Marmet kanye no-Sarah Panigada, ithimba le-Emeraude labavela kwamanye amazwe liyakhula libe yi-French French eyodwa kanye noyedwa wase-Austrian (Chief Purser Thomas Koessler) njengomphelelisi wezisebenzi zase-Vietnamese ezingomakadebona.
Umsebenzi ka-Marmet wokudla nesiphuzo uhlanganisa ukuhlala endaweni yokungcebeleka ngasolwandle e-Britain, indawo yokushushuluza eqhweni e-US kanye nomsebenzi wamahhotela osezingeni eliphezulu e-Channel Islands. Umsebenzi wePanigada wokungenisa izihambi usukela eJalimane kuye eBelgium, eFrance naseSwitzerland.
Kusukela ngomhlaka-5 Julayi, i-Emeraude yethula ihora elisha lenjabulo ku-sundeck, ngama-canapés athokomele. Njengenjwayelo, i-sundeck ibingelela ukuhlwa ngokuvunguza kwe-movie projektha kanye nokubukwa kwasebusuku kwe-French epic, i-Indochine.
Imenyu yamanje ye-Emeraude yakhiqizwa futhi iphethwe u-Marcel Issak, umpheki omkhulu weqembu odabuka eSwitzerland.
Ngaphezu kwama-suites amathathu, i-Emeraude engamamitha angu-55 manje inamakhabethe aphezulu angu-12 kanye nama-deluxe angu-22 abagibeli abangu-74 esiphezulu.
I-Emeraude Classic Cruises iphethwe futhi iqhutshwa yi-The Apple Tree Group, inkampani ephethwe yiFrance, eseHo Chi Minh City ezinze eHo Chi Minh City enentshisekelo kwezokuvakasha nokwamukela izihambi, izakhiwo nezakhiwo kanye nokungenisa nokusabalalisa kulo lonke elaseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. Izakhiwo zayo zokungenisa izihambi zihlanganisa i-La Residence Hotel & Spa e-Hue kanye ne-Press Club e-Hanoi, kanye ne-Kamu Lodge esemfuleni i-Mekong eduze kwase-Luang Prabang kanye ne-Villa Maly, ihhotela le-boutique elihlelelwe ukuvulwa e-Luang Prabang ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ngo-2008.
