Ungowokuzalwa eNetherlands, uPottinga unolwazi lweminyaka engaphezu kwengu-25 ezikhundleni zoMphathi Omkhulu kanye neMenenja Jikelele esebenza emhlabeni wonke, kusukela eMelika, e-Europe nase-Asia.
Eqala umsebenzi wakhe e-Des Indes InterContinental The Hague, uhambo lukaPottinga lwamyisa ezindaweni ezidumile njenge-InterContinental New Orleans kanye ne-InterContinental Edinburgh The George. U-Pottinga ujoyina i- I-InterContinental Chiang Mai Mae Ping esikhundleni sakhe njengeMenenja Jikelele e-InterContinental Budapest. U-Pottinga usebambe ezinye izikhundla zoMphathi-Jikelele e-Harbour Grand Kowloon e-Hong Kong, e-Crowne Plaza Landmark Hotel & Suites Shenzhen nase-Crowne Plaza Bratislava.
KuPottinga, ukuqokwa kwakhe no I-InterContinental Chiang Mai Mae Ping kuphawula ukubuya okujabulisayo eThailand, izwe akhulela kulo lapho athweswa khona iziqu e-International School Bangkok. Kuphinde kube yithuba lokusiza ukuphakamisa iphrofayili ye-Chiang Mai njengendawo ehamba phambili yezivakashi e-Asia kulandela ukuqokwa kwayo njengelungu le-UNESCO Crafts and Folk-Art Creative Cities Network ngo-2017. U-Pottinga ubekwe endaweni ehlukile kule ndima njengehhotela lakhe langaphambilini, i- I-InterContinental Budapest, iphinde yanikeza ifasitela enhliziyweni yesiza samagugu omhlaba se-UNESCO.
Ukuhamba bekulokhu kuwuthando lwePottinga, futhi ubheke ngabomvu ukuhlala kwelinye idolobha elinempilo nelinomlando.
“Njengoba sisebenzela ukuvulwa maphakathi no-2023, mina neqembu siye sagxila kakhulu emsebenzini omangalisayo wokwethula i-InterContinental Chiang Mai Mae Ping kubavakashi bakuleli nabakwamanye amazwe,” kusho u-Peter Pottinga. “Ngokuhlanganisa ukudla okukhangayo kwesifunda, umsebenzi wezandla wezingcweti zasendaweni, nomlando wasenyakatho ye-Thai kanye nezici zesiginesha zophawu olufana ne-InterContinental sihlose ukudala okuhlangenwe nakho kwesivakashi esithuthukisa amasiko nobuciko babantu baseLanna.”
I-InterContinental Chiang Mai Mae Ping itholakala enkabeni yedolobha elidala laseChiang Mai, kanye nebanga elifushane ukusuka esikhumulweni sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe. Leli ihhotela elidalwe “njengemnyuziyamu ephilayo,” eligqugquzelwe isiko elihlonishwayo le-Lanna futhi libonisa umsebenzi wezandla wamangcweti wendawo, kuyilapho linikeza indlela yokubalekela yesimanje. Lapha, izivakashi zizothola indawo ethule e-Wat Chang Kong, i-stupa engapheli etholakala emagcekeni; ujabulele ubuciko obuhle kakhulu, ubuciko, nomculo otshanini; futhi ujabulele ukudla okuhlukile kwasenyakatho yeThailand.
