“Kungaba kuhle ukuba sezweni lapho imikhosi yokuziqhenya ingadingeki. Kodwa-ke, mayelana nokuphushela ku-conservatism emhlabeni jikelele, kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi abantu ngabanye nezinhlangano zibe ngabaholi ... zibonakale kulesi sikhala! Ngijabule kakhulu ngokusebenza neW Hotels kule WorldPride njengoba sisebenza ndawonye ukukhombisa ukubaluleka kokwazisa umehluko nokudala izindlela ezintsha zokuba khona,” kusho i-Contemporary Artist, u-Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran.
Onyakeni wesine uqhubeka, i-W Hotels, eyingxenye yephothifoliyo ka-Marriott Bonvoy yamahhotela angajwayelekile angama-30, ibungaza ukuzibophezela kwayo isikhathi eside ezinhlobonhlobo nokufakwa njengabaxhasi abakhulu be-The Sydney Gay kanye neLesbian Mardi Gras. Itimu ye-W Hotels ye-WorldPride kulo nyaka ibungaza iqiniso lokuthi – kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ungubani noma ukuphi, e-W Hotel, kuhlale kukhona 'Igumbi Lakho'.
“Amahhotela ama-W abelokhu enentshisekelo yokuhlinzeka ngenkundla yokuziveza kanye nokugubha imiphakathi ye-LGBTQIA+ ukuze kwakhe indawo eyamukelekayo kubo bonke abantu,” kusho uJennie Toh, iPhini Likamongameli, Ukumaketha Komkhiqizo kanye Nokuphathwa Komkhiqizo, iMarriott International Asia Pacific. "Ukubandakanywa bekulokhu kuhlezi kusenhliziyweni ye-DNA ka-W, kwakha isikhala lapho bonke bezizwa bekhululekile ukuba khona - ngokweqiniso nangokusobala."
“Abangane bethu abakhulu nozakwethu eW Hotels bangabasekeli abakhaliphile bakho kokubili i-Sydney WorldPride kanye nomphakathi we-LGBTQIA+ wonkana; ukuhlinzeka ngenkundla yobushoshovu nobuqiniso obamukelekayo kubo bonke. Kusukela ekungeneni kwabo kwe-Mardi Gras, kuya emilayezweni yabo ehlanganisayo, sijabule kakhulu ukuba nabo kule sizini yeFestival,” kusho uKate Wickett, oyi-CEO ye-Sydney WorldPride.
Amahhotela ama-W azoba yingxenye yokubonisa ukuziveza nokuzigqaja kwe-LGBTQIA+ e-Mardi Gras Parade e-Sydney's Oxford Street, February 25. Ukuhlanganyela nethimba le-LGBTQIA+ ithalente eliphefumula ifilosofi ye-W futhi elibe nomthelela omkhulu emculweni, ubuciko kanye emhlabeni wezemfashini, ama-W Hotels azobungaza ushintsho oluqalwe yila maphayona emikhakheni yawo emiphakathini yawo.
Ozogibela i-W Hotels entanta e-Mardi Gras Parade kuzoba yiciko lesimanje elazalelwa eSri-Lankan u-Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, umsebenzi wakhe wobuciko odume kakhulu oye waboniswa emhlabeni wonke ezithombeni ezithandwayo ze-NGA ne-Dark Mofo. Izwi elinamandla emphakathini we-LGBTQIA+, ubuciko buka-Ramesh buwukuvuma ngekhanda ukucabanga okungaphezu kokubili nokwazisa umehluko wamasiko – amanani asemqoka abiwe ama-W Hotels.
Ukubamba iqhaza ekucushweni okuklanywe ngokukhethekile eceleni kwamathalenta angu-40 avela ku-W Hotels embukisweni, amathalente ase-Australia okuhlanganisa nesitayile, umdali wokuqukethwe kanye neciko lemidlalo uMillie Sykes; umbhali, umsunguli wesitolo sezincwadi uGertrude no-Alice nomthandi wemfashini uJordan Turner; umdansi nomdwebi wamaculo uRhys Kosakowski; imodeli kanye nomdali wokuqukethwe okuwuchungechunge u-Brandon Kilgour; Umdwebi wezimonyo owaziwayo emhlabeni wonke u-Sean Brady kanye neciko eliyingqalabutho futhi ongumsunguli weqembu le-QTBIPOC labaculi i-House of Silky Mirasia, bazokwengeza emdansweni oshukumisayo eduze kwe-W Hotels float njengoba ihamba phakathi kwezihlwele.
I-W float yakhelwe ngokuhambisana nezimiso ze-'Room For You' kanye netimu ye-Sydney WorldPride ethi 'Butha, Phupha, Khulisa'. I-float incike emibaleni egqamile njengendlela ephakathi ukuze igcizelele nokudala okuzwela kakhulu okuzojabulisa ngempela. Ifaniswe ezikhaleni zesiginesha nomuzwa okwenza abahambi bathandane nama-W Hotels, balindele ukubona umbukiso onempilo wegumbi lezivakashi lesitayela sa-W, ibha yesiginesha kanye nephuli ye-WET ewuphawu. Ukweqa isisekelo se-float kuzoba izitatimende ezinesibindi ezisho lokho izihambeli ezikushisekelayo: Igumbi Lelukuluku. Igumbi Lokuziqhenya. Igumbi Lomphakathi. Igumbi Lothando. Igumbi lawo wonke umuntu.
Ukuhlela amahhotela e-W e-Australia nge-WorldPride kuzovusa uxhumo futhi kubungaze ubuciko. E-W Melbourne, ithalente lasendaweni le-LGBTQIA+ lomculo lizobonakala ku-WET Sunday Sessions ngoMashi 5. Ntambama ye-poolside yomculo omnandi, u-W Brisbane uzogcina imigubho ihamba nge-Mardi Gras Recovery Pool Party e-WET Deck yehhotela ngoMashi 12. U-DJ ENN uzobe edlala ingxube yezingoma ezibungaza uthando nokulingana kuyilapho ithimba le-W linikeza ama-cocktails amnandi nama-nibbles. I-W Sydney, indawo yesithathu yomkhiqizo wase-Australia, izohlanganyela emgubhweni lapho ivula iminyango yayo e-Darling Harbour ngo-Okthoba kulo nyaka.
