I-Nairobi, Kenya kanye ne-MCLEAN, Va. - Okthoba 3, 2018 - I-Hilton (NYSE:HLT) namuhla imemezele ukutshalwa kwezimali kokuqala kuka-USD$1 wesigidi ukuze kuqhutshwe ukuvakasha nokuvakasha okusimeme e-Afrika. Ukwenza lokho, inkampani izogxila ezindaweni ezinhlanu ezibalulekile - I-Big Five ka-Hilton:
Ithuba Lentsha: ukutshala izimali ezinhlelweni zokuqeqesha kanye nokufundela umsebenzi ukuze kwakhiwe ipayipi eliqinile lamathalente futhi kubhekwane nezinselelo ezihlonziwe zentsha, okuhlanganisa ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi.
I-Water Stewardship: ukunwetshwa kobambiswano olukhona kanye nokwakhiwa kwemifelandawonye emisha ukusiza i-Hilton ifinyelele umgomo wayo wokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwayo kwamanzi ngo-50% futhi ivule amaphrojekthi amanzi asekelwe kumongo angama-20 emiphakathini esengozini ngo-2030.
I-Anti-Human Trafficking: ukuhlinzekwa kokuqeqeshwa kanye nokucwaninga ukuze kuncishiswe ukushushumbiswa kwabantu, kanye nokuxoxisana nama-NGO wendawo ukubhekana nezinselelo zomphakathi emiphakathini yendawo.
I-Local Sourcing: ukwakhiwa kobambiswano ukuze kwakhiwe amandla osomabhizinisi bendawo ukuze balethe izimpahla nezinsizakalo ezisezingeni eliphezulu neziyiqiniso, futhi bazihlanganise ne-supply chain ka-Hilton.
Ukuvikela Izilwane Zasendle: ukukhuthaza ezokuvakasha ezisekelwe ezilwaneni zasendle, ngokuhambisana ne WTTC I-Buenos Aires Declaration on Travel & Tourism and Illegal Wildlife Trade
Lesi simemezelo silandela ukwethulwa kwakamuva kwezinjongo ze-Hilton's Travel with Purpose 2030 zokuphinda kabili ukutshalwa kwezimali kwayo emthelela wenhlalo futhi kunciphise isizinda sayo semvelo ngesigamu emhlabeni wonke.
Ekhuluma e-Africa Hotel Investment Forum eNairobi, uMongameli kanye noMphathi Omkhulu kaChris Nassetta Hilton uthe: “U-Hilton uzibophezele ekwakheni umthelela omuhle kwezenhlalo nezemvelo kuyo yonke imiphakathi esisebenza kuyo. I-Afrika iyizwekazi elihluke ngendlela emangalisayo, elinezinselelo namathuba ahlukahlukene ngokulinganayo - futhi njengoba siqhubeka sikhula esifundeni, sigxile ekwenzeni lokho ngendlela ekhuthaza ukuhamba nokuvakasha okusimeme. Namuhla siyajabula ukuyisa imizamo yethu kwelinye izinga ngokuzibophezela kokuqala kwesigidi esingu-$1, okuzosivumela ukuthi sitshale futhi sikhulise izinhlelo ezakha amakhono entsheni, ukunciphisa ubungozi bokushushumbiswa kwabantu, ukubandakanya osomabhizinisi bendawo kukho konke esikuphakelayo. chain, ithuthukise ukusebenza kahle kwamanzi futhi ikhuthaze ezokuvakasha ezisekelwe ezilwaneni zasendle.”
“Uhambo oluyingqophamlando lwe-Hilton kanye ne-CEO e-Afrika lufike ngesikhathi futhi luthumela uphawu oluqinile kubatshalizimali abakhathalela imvelo kulo lonke izwekazi. Izobeka amazinga aphezulu amaphrojekthi wesikhathi esizayo embonini yezokuvakasha e-Afrika yonkana. Intshisekelo ekhulayo ka-Hilton emakethe yase-Afrika ethembisayo nesafufusa iwumphumela wokudala amathuba emisebenzi entsheni futhi izofaka isandla kakhulu ekukhuleni komnotho okusimeme kanye nokuchuma okwabelwana ngakho,” uLeila Ndiaye, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Initiative for Global Development.
I-Big Five ka-Hilton izokwakhela phezu kwesisekelo esikhona sobambiswano kanye nemizamo yokujulisa umthelela wenkampani futhi ikhuthaze ushintsho oluhle lwezenhlalo nezemvelo kulo lonke uchungechunge lwayo lwenani.
Amahhotela akhona angama-41 ase-Hilton ase-Afrika enze amaphrojekthi okuzithandela angama-460 kusukela ngo-2012 ukuze asekele imiphakathi yawo futhi alawule umthelela wawo kwezemvelo. Ezinye izibonelo zihlanganisa:
I-Passport to Successsoft ukuqeqeshwa kwamakhono ithuthukiswe nozakwethu womhlaba wonke, i-International Youth Foundation, ukuze kwakhiwe amakhono ahlanganisa ukuxazulula izinkinga, ukusebenza kweqembu namakhono obuholi. Kuze kube manje, lokhu kuqeqeshwa sekuthinte abantu abasha abangaba ngu-800 e-Afrika yonkana
Ubambiswano ne-International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) e-Seychelles: U-Hilton uthenga kubakhiqizi bendawo egxile kwezolimo ezisimeme futhi amahhotela abuye adale izingadi ezikhona ezilekelela ekuhlinzekeni kwabo ngemikhiqizo emisha, futhi sebebonke, bathola ngaphezu kuka-80% wemikhiqizo yabo. imifino endaweni
I-Soap4Hopein isebenzisana ne-Diversey, iletha ukugaywa kabusha kwensipho emiphakathini enesidingo. U-Hilton ube ngowokuqala ukwethula i-Soap4Hope emazweni ayisishiyagalombili: Kenya, Namibia, Seychelles, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritius, Ethiopia neNigeria. Kusukela ngo-2014, ngaphezu kwamathani angama-39 wensipho aphinde agaywa kabusha yizakhiwo eziyi-14 zase-Hilton ezibamba iqhaza, zakha izinsipho ezingaphezu kuka-7,000 ngenyanga.
U-Hilton ubelokhu esebenza e-Afrika kusukela ngo-1959 futhi uzibophezele ekukhuleni okusimeme isikhathi eside kulo lonke izwekazi. Njengoba inezindawo ezingama-53 epayipini layo lokuthuthukiswa i-Hilton ilindele ukuphinda kabili iphothifoliyo yayo yamahhotela ezwenikazi phakathi neminyaka emihlanu ezayo, okuhlanganisa nokungena ezimakethe ezintsha ezifana neBotswana, iGhana, iSwaziland, i-Uganda, iMalawi neRwanda.
