IForamu Yokutshalwa Kwehhotela Yamazwe Ngamazwe ibiza abamukeli be-Lifetime Achievement Award

I-International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) iyakuthokozela ukumemezela ukuthi u-Sol Kerzner (KCMG), uzoklonyeliswa ngendondo ye-Lifetime Achievement Award ngesikhathi se-IHIF 2019. Umsunguli nowake waba nguSihlalo we-Kerzner International Holdings Limited ubaze umsebenzi oncomekayo nobuphayona imboni yezihambi futhi uhlonishwa kabanzi njengomboni wemibono owachaza kabusha ububanzi nesilinganiso sezindawo zokungcebeleka.

Uthunjana ezinganeni ezine, ezalelwe eGoli ngabantu bokufika baseRussia, umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala ka-Kerzner waqala ukubalwa kwezimali ngaphambi kokuhola umndeni wamahhotela aphethwe futhi asetshenziswayo. Wathenga ihhotela lakhe lokuqala, i-Astra Hotel eThekwini, ngo-1962 futhi ngokushesha waqhubeka nokwakha ihhotela lokuqala lezinkanyezi ezi-5 eNingizimu Afrika, ihhotela iBeverly Hills. Kwalandela eminye imisebenzi eminingi yokuthuthukisa amahhotela, yanda ngale kweNingizimu Afrika, kwaze kwaba ngu-1979 lapho u-Kerzner ethuthukisa khona i-Sun City, iphrojekthi yokunethezeka enkulu kunazo zonke e-Afrika. Lo msebenzi weminyaka eyishumi ubuhlanganisa amahhotela amane, ichibi elenziwe ngumuntu, izinkundla zegalofu ezimbili kanye nesikhungo sokuzijabulisa esinenkundla yasendlini enezihlalo ezingu-6,000 lapho bekunazingwazi eziningi okuhlanganisa uFrank Sinatra, uLiza Minnelli noShirley Bassey.

Ukuthengwa okuningi okukhaliphile, intuthuko kanye nokwandiswa okulandelwa emhlabeni wonke okuhlanganisa ukusungulwa komkhiqizo owaziwa emhlabeni wonke wokungcebeleka, i-Atlantis, kanye nohlobo oluphambili oludumile lwe-One&Only Resorts. Yomibili le mikhiqizo iyaqhubeka nokukhula ngamaphrojekthi amasha ahlelelwe i-One&Only Resorts e-China, e-Montenegro nase-Saudi Arabia kanye nezinhlelo ezibalulekile zokunwetshwa kwendawo yase-Atlantis e-Dubai.

Lapho amenyezelwa njengothole i-IHIF Lifetime Achievement Award 2019, u-Kerzner uthe: “Ngibe nenhlanhla enkulu emsebenzini wami ukuthola izindondo eziye zaqaphela impumelelo yami, kodwa kubaluleke kakhulu ukuhlonishwa yi-IHIF ngalokhu. umklomelo wokuphila konke ovela kontanga yami kulokho okusobala ukuthi kuyingqungquthela yokutshala imali emahhotela ehamba phambili emhlabeni.” U-Alexi Khajavi, uMqondisi Ophethe we-EMEA Hospitality + Travel Group, u-Questex uthe: “Le ndondo imele okungaphezu nje kokuthuthukiswa kwamahhotela okuhlakaniphile. Izinga, inkimbinkimbi kanye namazinga akhethekile okunethezeka ahilelekile kumaphrojekthi amaningi uSir Sol awethule emsebenzini wakhe oncomekayo ayamangalisa futhi agqama kakhulu embonini. Kuyilungelo ukumethula indondo futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukumamukela ku-IHIF ngenyanga ezayo.”

I-Lifetime Achievement Award izokwethulwa ngesikhathi se-IHIF ezoba ngoMashi 4-6, 2019 e-InterContinental Berlin ngeseshini ezinikele kanye nenhlolokhono ehambisana nayo, eqhutshwa nguMichael Hirst OBE, Umxhumanisi wamahhotela e-CBRE, ngo-15.05 ngoMsombuluko, Mashi 4.