IBenchmark Hospitality International - ephethe iTurtle Bay Resort - izolo iqokwe ukuthi ithathe izintambo zokuphatha iMaui Prince Hotel nenkundla yegalofu ngesonto elizayo.
Ukuqokwa kokuqala kwenzeke ngemuva kokuthi iJaji Lesifunda sase-Maui u-Shackley Raffetto eqoke umamukeli wale ndawo izolo. Iqembu lababolekisi ladla i-Maui Prince Hotel ngenyanga edlule futhi lacela inkantolo ukuthi iqoke umamukeli ozothatha imisebenzi ye-resort futhi agcine indawo ivulekile ngemuva kwemibiko yokulahlekelwa okukhulayo.
U-Raffetto ukhethe ummeli wase-Hawai'i u-Miles B. Furutani njengomamukeli; Ummeli we-Honolulu u-Steven Mau njengomeluleki jikelele wabamukeli; Ummeli we-Honolulu u-Anna Elento-Sneed njengomeluleki wezabasebenzi abathola usizo; kanye nesikhulu semboni u-Peter Herndon njengomphathi wehhotela nomeluleki wezinguquko. Umabolekisi wezindlu wavuma ukuqhubeka nokuhlinzeka ngezimali ngokuyalelwa yinkantolo.
U-Barry Sullivan, ummeli wombolekisi we-Wells Fargo Bank, uthe ithimba likhethe iBenchmark, okulindeleke ukuthi ibe semthethweni namuhla enkantolo.
Uthe lesi sinyathelo siza ngemuva kokuthi abaphathi bangaphambili bePrince Resorts Hawaii bebike ukulahleka kwesigidi esingu- $ 1 ngenyanga.
"Manje sibheke phambili ezinyathelweni ezilandelayo zokubuyisela ihhotela futhi sisebenzise inzuzo," kusho uSullivan.
Umongameli wase-Prince Resorts eHawaii u-Donn Takahashi uthe inkampani yakhe ilungiselela ukunikeza abaphathi behhotela nabasebenzi balo ngo-Septhemba 16. "Impela ngifuna inguquko eshelela kakhulu. Bathola indawo enhle; iqembu elikhulu labasebenzi. Ngibafisela impumelelo enkulu.”
Kodwa lolo shintsho lubhekene nezithiyo ezithile. Izolo, isizindalwazi seMaui Prince besingeke samukele ukubhuka ngaphambi noma ngemuva komhla ka-16, noma ngabe indawo ibisebenza cishe ngamaphesenti angama-50:
“Le ndawo ayitholakali ngezinsuku ozicelile. Siyajabula ukukunikeza lezi zindawo ezilandelayo ukuze uzicabangele,” kusho ingosi ye-inthanethi yehhotela.
U-Sullivan uthe uthemba ukuthi i-Maui Prince izosicubungula lesi sinyathelo. "Sithemba ukuthi bazoqala ukwamukela ukubhukha kule ndawo ... njengoba bebophekile ngokomthetho ukwenza kanjalo."
U-Bob Boyle, iphini likamongameli kanye nomqondisi wesifunda we-Benchmark Hospitality International, uzokwengamela zonke izinkinga zokusebenza nezokuthengisa endaweni yokungcebeleka yaseMaui. UBoyle unomthwalo wemfanelo wokwengamela i-Turtle Bay Resort enamagumbi angu-443 kanye ne-Scottsdale Resort & Conference Centre e-Scottsdale, e-Ariz., izakhiwo ezimbili ezinkulu zenkampani zokungcebeleka.
I-Benchmark Hospitality isebenze i-Turtle Bay Resort kusukela ngo-2001 futhi yayiyingxenye yethimba lezokuthuthukiswa elalingamele ukulungiswa kwendawo yaseNorth Shore engu-$63 million.
UBoyle uchithe izolo eMaui efunda ngehhotela elinamagumbi angu-310 nabasebenzi abavamile abangama-300.
Uchaze ithuba lokuthatha indawo yokungcebeleka eneminyaka engu-23 “njengethuba elihle”. Uthe ihhotela “alithengiswa kancane futhi alisebenzi kahle” kodwa “linabasebenzi abahle.”
UBoyle uthe ihhotela lizoqala ukuqasha kabusha abasebenzi futhi lizoba negama elisha ngoSepthemba 17.
Umnikazi wehhotela, okuyibhizinisi eliphakathi kwe-Everett Dowling Co. nesikhwama sezindlu ze-Morgan Stanley, wathenga indawo ngo-2007 kwa-Seibu Railway Co. Ltd. futhi watshala imali engaphezu kuka-$200 million. Ngaphezu kwalokho, yaboleka izigidi ezingama- $227 kwabanye ababolekisi.
