Yasungulwa ngo-1972, i-Rockhouse yayingelinye lamahhotela okuqala e-Negril's West End, e-Jamaica. Ihhotela elimangalisayo libonakala ngobuhle balo bemvelo, ukwakheka okuqinile kwezakhiwo, izinto zokwakha zasendaweni kanye nobuciko, isevisi enhle kakhulu kanye nesipiliyoni esiphumuzayo, esijabulisayo nesiyiqiniso sase-Jamaican.
I-Rockhouse isanda kuqinisekiswa kabusha futhi inesimo seGreen Globe Gold ngokuthuthuka kwayo okuqhubekayo. Umgomo wehhotela uwukulinganisela ngokuzibophezela nangokuqhubekayo izintshisekelo zabo bonke abathintekayo - ukunikeza izivakashi iholide elimangalisayo lehhotela le-boutique, ukwenza ozakwethu beqembu lase-Jamaica babe ingxenye ebalulekile yempumelelo, ukunakekela indawo ezungezile, nokubuyisela emphakathini nge-Rockhouse Foundation. .
“Ukuba ihhotela elinomthwalo wemfanelo futhi elizinzile kungenye yezinto eziza kuqala kithi e-Rockhouse, kokubili maqondana nemvelo kanye nomphakathi wendawo,” kusho uSihlalo weRockhouse Hotel, uPaul Salmon. “Sifuna izivakashi zethu zibe nakho okujabulisayo nokuyiqiniso ohambweni lwazo oluya e-Jamaica. Ukuhlonipha imvelo nokubuyisela emphakathini wethu yikhona okusivumela ukuthi siqhubeke nokwenza lokhu.”
Iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20, i-Rockhouse ibonise ukuzibophezela kwayo okuqhubekayo ekusimamiseni imvelo futhi inikezwe isitifiketi seGreen Globe isikhathi esiningi. Ihhotela lilwela ukunakekela izinqubo zemvelo ezingcono kakhulu kukho konke ukusebenza kwamahhotela ngokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwalo kwemithombo yemvelo nezinto eziyingozi, ukunciphisa ukukhishwa kwe-CO2 nokuqapha njalo ukusebenza kwalo kwemvelo.
Ngo-2009, i-Rockhouse yasungula i-Negril Area Green Globe Quiz, umncintiswano waminyaka yonke phakathi kwezikole zasendaweni ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuqwashisa kwabafundi ngemvelo. Unyaka ngamunye, abafundi abaneminyaka engu-9 kuya kwengu-12 bayaqhudelana ngokuphendula imibuzo yemvelo nokusimama ngefomethi yombukiso wegeyimu. Umcimbi waminyaka yonke ubonakale uyimpumelelo enkulu ekuqwashiseni izingane ngemvelo.
I-Rockhouse Foundation, uphiko olusiza abantulayo lwehhotela, iqoqe imali engaphezu kuka-US$5 wezigidi kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, itshala le mali ekwakhiweni, ekuthuthukiseni nasekunakekeleni izikole zendawo zomphakathi nemitapo yolwazi. Ngo-2017 isisekelo saphothula iphrojekthi yaso ebaluleke kakhulu: I-Savanna-la-Mar Inclusive Infant Academy (SIIA), imodeli yokuqala yesikole esidinga amakhono akhethekile axubile (kubo bobabili abafundi abavamile nabakhubazekile) eNtshonalanga Jamaica. Lesi sikole sizophinde sisebenze njengendawo yokuqeqesha othisha emphakathini wothisha wezwe.
Indawo esendaweni yase-Rockhouse ingaphezu kwehektare lendawo yokulima lapho izindawo zokudlela zehhotela zithola izithelo zazo eziningi, imifino namakhambi. Ihhotela lisebenzisa ipulazi lezinto eziphilayo ukuze livune amanzi emvula, enze umquba futhi linikeze nohambo lwamasonto onke engadini ukuze lifundise izivakashi ukuthi ukudla kwazo kuvelaphi nokuthi ihhotela likuthuthukisa kanjani ukusimama.
Njengoba ibalwa njengenye yezindawo zokungcebeleka eziphezulu e-Caribbean, i-Rockhouse ibalwe ku-#1 ihhotela e-Jamaica e-Condé Nast Traveler “Readers' Choice Awards”, yafakwa ku-Condé Nast Traveller “Gold List 2018”, Ihhotela elingu-#1 e-Jamaica ngo-Travel + Ezokungcebeleka “Imiklomelo Engcono Kakhulu Emhlabeni” yamenyezelwa ngoJulayi 2017, kwathi kuma-World Travel Awards ka-2016 i-Rockhouse yawina “i-Caribbean's Leading Boutique Hotel”.
Umeluleki Wohambo uklelisa i-Rockhouse Ihhotela elingu-#5 e-Caribbean Emiklomelweni yabo yango-2016 futhi i-The Knot ihlonze i-Rockhouse phezulu ohlwini lwayo Lwezindawo Zomshado Ezingcono Kakhulu Emhlabeni. U-Patricia Schult ubiza i-Rockhouse njengenye ye-“1000 Places to See Before You Die” encwadini yakhe ethi New York Times Ethengisa Kakhulu. I-Rockhouse iphinde yahlonishwa ngokuthi yaqashelwa njengomphathi ojwayelekile kwezokuvakasha okunesibopho sokuwina i-Travel + Leisure's Global Vision Award ngomsebenzi wayo wokwakha umphakathi nge-Rockhouse Foundation.
IGreen Globe iwuhlelo lokusimama komhlaba wonke olusekelwe kumibandela eyamukelekayo emhlabeni wonke yokusebenza okusimeme nokuphathwa kwamabhizinisi ezokuvakasha nawokuvakasha. Isebenza ngaphansi kwelayisensi yomhlaba wonke, iGreen Globe izinze eCalifornia, eU.SA futhi imelwe emazweni angaphezu kuka-83. IGreen Globe iyilungu Lenhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yezokuvakasha (UNWTO). Ukuze uthole ulwazi, sicela Chofoza lapha.
