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I-ANGUILLA, eBritish West Indies - URobert Sillerman uqongelele ingcebo yezigidigidi zamaRandi okuthenga nokudayisa izinkampani zemidiya nezokuzijabulisa. Phakathi kwezivumelwano zakhe eziphumelele kakhulu: ukuthengwa kwe-franchise yethelevishini "i-American Idol."

Ukuphumelela kukaMnu. Sillerman kuphele endaweni ekhangayo yolwandle kulesi siqhingi esincane sase-Caribbean.

Ihhotela lakhe eliwubukhazikhazi, i-condominium nendawo yokudlala igalofu lapha, iTemenos, iphelelwa yimali eyakhiwe futhi iphelelwe yimali. Umqambi we-"American Idol" uSimon Fuller kanye nombhali wezincwadi uDan Brown, phakathi kwabanye, babeke phansi idiphozithi ezindlini zamadola ayizigidi. Akukacaci ukuthi amakhaya abo okuvakasha azoqedwa nini noma nini.

“Ngizizwa ngizisola, futhi ngiyazisola,” kusho uMnu. Sillerman engxoxweni ebisehhovisi lakhe eManhattan. Uthe akasalindele ukubuyisela imali engu-$180 million ayitshale mathupha eTemenos. "Ngicabanga ukuthi ngibonise isici se-hubris," esho. Ukuthuthukiswa kwezindawo zokungcebeleka “kwakungeyona indawo yami yobungcweti ngokwanoma yimuphi umcabango.”

Kwabanye abantu baseMelika abacebile kakhulu njengoMnu. Sillerman, ukutshalwa kwezimali kwamahhotela emiklomelo okwenziwe ngesikhathi sokuthuthukiswa kwezindawo ezithengiswayo kuphenduke imithwalo emikhulu.

Ezinye izakhiwo ezisanda kuvulwa azikhiqizi imali eyanele ukukhokhela izindleko zokusebenza. Ukwakhiwa kwabanye kuyamiswa njengoba ababolekisi nabatshalizimali bephuma. Ezinyangeni zokuqala eziyisishiyagalolunye zonyaka, abathuthukisi bahlehlise noma bakhansele amahhotela kanokusho angama-43 anengqikithi yamagumbi angaba ngu-9,300 e-US naseCaribbean, ngokusho kwenkampani yocwaningo i-Lodging Econometrics.

Yize omakadebona bamahhotela bejwayele ukugigiyela namabhasi, abasanda kufika bathola isifundo esinzima ngobungozi bokuba nezindawo zokulala ezisezingeni eliphezulu, okuhlaselwe kakhulu wukugqekezwa kwezindlu.

Iqembu labatshalizimali eliholwa umsunguli we-Dell Inc. u-Michael Dell uhlanganyele ne-Rockpoint Capital LLC ukuze bathole i-Four Seasons Hualalai e-Hawaii ngo-2006. Kusukela lapho, ukungena kwemali kwaminyaka yonke kwehhotela elinamagumbi angu-243 kwehle kwafika ku-$7.9 wezigidi, kusuka ku-$20.6 million, kanye izinga lokuhlala lehle ngamaphesenti angama-33 laya ku-54%. Isikhulu sehhotela sithi ingxenye yokwehla kwaba khona ngenxa yokulungiswa okuvale okwesikhashana amanye amagumbi.

U-Ty Warner, i-Beanie Baby mogul, angase alahlekelwe yisimo sakhe esidilikayo se-Four Seasons New York kanye namanye amahhotela amathathu kanokusho azodliwa ngaphandle uma engathola isandiso sonyaka owodwa emalini ebolekiwe engu-$345 million, ezayo ngenxa ka-Jan. 9, ngokusho kuka- inkampani ekala izikweletu i-Realpoint LLC.

Umsunguli we-Microsoft Corp. u-Bill Gates uhlangabezane nezinkinga ezimbalwa ngaphambi kwehhotela. Ngo-2007, inkampani yakhe yokutshala izimali yahlangana neSaudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal ukuze bathole amahhotela ama-Four Seasons & Resorts, aphethe izindawo zokunethezeka ezingama-82, ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3.4. Kusukela lapho, imali engenayo ngegumbi ngalinye elitholakalayo kulezo zakhiwo yehle ngo-25%. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inkampani yakhe yokutshala izimali ivala indawo yokungcebeleka ye-Terranea enamagumbi angu-582 e-Palos Verdes, eCalif., engazange ikhokhe imali ebolekiwe engu-$110 million enkampanini kaMnu. Gates ngemva nje kokuvulwa ngoJuni.

Umsunguli we-EBay Inc. u-Pierre Omidyar ungumtshali-zimali omkhulu e-Montage Hotels & Resorts, enamahhotela amabili kanokusho e-California nelilodwa elizovulwa e-Utah. Ehhotela layo elisha le-boutique i-Beverly Hills, inani lazo lilinganiselwa ku-60%, kanti yizindawo zokuhlala ezine kuphela kwezingama-20 ezidayisiwe kuze kube manje.

Eminyakeni edlule, amahhotela amaningi amakhulu nezindawo zokungcebeleka kwakungezamabhizinisi afana ne-Hilton Worldwide Inc. kanye ne-Marriott International Inc. Kodwa ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980, izinkampani ezinkulu zamahhotela zaqala ukuthengisa izakhiwo zazo ukuze zigxile ekuphatheni nasekusebenziseni amahhotela aphethwe abanye.

Abatshalizimali abacebile ngezinye izikhathi babheka amahhotela asezingeni eliphezulu nezindawo zokungcebeleka njengendlela yokugqamisa izindlela zabo zomuntu siqu zokuphila okunethezeka, kusho uJim Taylor, isekela likasihlalo we-Harrison Group e-Waterbury, Conn., elandelela imikhuba yokuchitha nokutshala imali yabacebile. “Kuyibhizinisi…lapho bezoba nombono ohlukile wokuthi yini esebenzayo,” usho kanje. “Kukhona nenani le-ego kubunikazi behhotela.”

Imboni manje isintekenteke kakhulu. Kusukela ngo-2007, imali engenayo ngekamelo ngalinye elitholakalayo emahhotela kanokusho aseNyakatho Melika, okuhlanganisa naseCaribbean, yehle ngo-26%, yafinyelela ku-$141.58, ngokusho kweSmith Travel Research. Lokho kuqhathaniswa nokwehla ngo-18% kuya ku-$56.53 kuwo wonke amahhotela ase-US. Kulo nyaka, amanani okuhlala ezindaweni zokungcebeleka zaseNyakatho Melika ehle ngamaphesenti angu-10 aya ku-60.3%, edlula isilayidi samaphuzu ayisishiyagalombili kuwo wonke amahhotela aseNyakatho Melika, ngokusho kukaSmith Travel.

Okungenza izinto zibe zimbi kakhulu, amahhotela kanokusho aqale eminyakeni yokugcina ye-boom manje ayaqedwa, anezela ekuhlinzekweni. “Ngicabanga ukuthi sibheka iminyaka eyisikhombisa kuya kweyishumi ngaphambi kokuba ukunethezeka kubuyele lapho kwakudala khona,” kusho uBjorn Hanson, isekela likaprofesa wendawo yokulala eNyuvesi yaseNew York.

UMnu Sillerman futhi unezinkinga e-Las Vegas, lapho enye yezinkampani zakhe ithenge amahektha ayi-18 ku-Strip ukwakha i-casino-hotela. Le phrojekthi ayikaze iqale, imali ebolekiwe engu-$475 million ayisebenzi, futhi umhlaba kulindeleke ukuthi udayiswe njengengxenye yokufakwa kwesicelo sokuqothuka esesihlanganiswe kusengaphambili.

Ngaphambi kokungena embonini yamahhotela, uMnu. Sillerman wayenerekhodi elihle lokwakha amabhizinisi futhi awadayise. Indoda ezacile, enempandla eneminyaka engu-61 ubudala enamadevu aminyene, ikhuluma ngendlela enqamukayo ngenxa yokulwa nomdlavuza ngo-2001.

UMnu. Sillerman, ongowokuzalwa eNew York, waqala ukuthenga iziteshi zomsakazo ngeminyaka yawo-1970, ehlangana kwezinye izivumelwano ne-disc jockey "uCousin Brucie" Morrow. Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili eyalandela, wathenga iziteshi eziningi zomsakazo nezethelevishini. Ngo-1998, wathengisa inkampani yakhe eneziteshi ezingu-120, i-SFX Broadcasting, kuCapstar Broadcasting Corp. ngezigidigidi ezingu-1.2 zamaRandi. “Kunzima ukubhala noma yini ehamba kangcono kunokusakaza kwe-SFX,” usho kanje.

Wabe eseqala ukukhulisa ibhizinisi elithenga izindawo zamakhonsathi nezinkampani ezithuthukisa umculo, ebheja ukuthi izinga elikhulu lalizomnika amandla amakhulu ekubhukheni abaculi be-pop ne-rock. Wathengisa leyo nkampani, i-SFX Entertainment, ku-Clear Channel Communications Inc. ngo-2000 ngo-$3 billion.

Waze waba nenhlanhla kuBroadway. Ngemva kokuhlangana nomculi wezokuzijabulisa uMel Brooks ngo-1998, uMnu. Sillerman wavuma ukuhlanganisa amaRandi ayizigidi ezimbili ukuze asize ngezimali ingoma kaMnu. Brooks ethi “The Producers.” Umculo uqhubekile waba ngomunye wemikhiqizo engenisa imali kakhulu emashumini eminyaka.

UMnu. Sillerman usungule ibhizinisi lakhe lakamuva, i-CKx Inc., ngo-2004. Yasebenzisa i-$100 million ukuthola ingxenye engu-85% ye-Elvis Presley Enterprises, ehlanganisa abaphathi beGraceland, ifa lomculi ongasekho iMemphis, Tenn., estate. Wathenga amalungelo okumaketha igama lomshayisibhakela u-Muhammad Ali. Ngo-2005, ngemuva kwesizini yesithathu ye- “American Idol,” u-CKx wathenga i-19 Entertainment, umdidiyeli walolo hlelo olushisa izikhotha kanye nombukiso womdanso othi “So You Think You Can Dance,” ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-190. Imibukiso yayo kanye nemigqa yebhizinisi ehlobene yenze izigidi ezingama-224 zamaRandi emalini engenayo kanye nezigidi ezingama-$75 emalini engenayo yokusebenza ye-CKx ngo-2008, kubika inkampani.

U-Jonathan Knee, owayeyibhange e-Goldman Sachs Group kanye no-Morgan Stanley oxoxisane noMnu. Sillerman, uthi umtshali-zimali "unomzwelo omangalisayo webhizinisi elihle" futhi wayehlale eqaphela ukuthi angavumeli amandla enkanyezi athonye izinqumo zebhizinisi lokuzijabulisa. “Ukuqagela kwami ​​ukuthi indawo ethengiswayo iyindawo edinga ulwazi oluthile lwemboni,” kusho uMnu. Knee. "Futhi angazi ukuthi lokho bekungumsebenzi kaBob othile."

UMnu. Sillerman waqala ukubeka unyawo e-Anguilla ngo-1982, futhi ngokuhamba kweminyaka, wavakashela njalo, eqedela ikhaya lapho ngo-2007. Lesi siqhingi - indawo encane, eyisicaba ye-limestone, i-coral kanye nezitshalo ezikhuhlayo - sinabantu abangu-14,000 kuphela. Amabhishi ayo ahlanzekile nezixhobo zamakhorali azidonsi izivakashi eziningi njengezinye iziqhingi zaseCaribbean.

Uhulumeni wase-Anguilla ubeke lesi siqhingi njengendawo yabavakashi abacebile, ekhawulela usayizi wezindawo zokungcebeleka emagumbini amahhotela angaphezu kuka-150. Idlanzana lezindawo zikanokusho zibusa ukuhweba kwezivakashi, okuhlanganisa ne-102-unit CuisinArt Resort & Spa eyavulwa ngo-1999 nguLeandro Rizzuto, umnikazi wemikhiqizo yempahla yasekhaya yaseCuisinart neConair Corp..

Ngo-2002, uMnu. Sillerman wenza isiphakamiso kuhulumeni wase-Anguilla ukuthi akhe inkundla yegalofu yokuqala kulesi siqhingi. UNgqongqoshe Omkhulu wase-Anguillan u-Osbourne Fleming uphakamise ukuthi uMnu. Sillerman akhe indawo yokungcebeleka enezinkanyezi ezinhlanu ukuze ihambisane nesifundo. Usopolitiki ucabange ukuthi le ndawo yokungcebeleka izohlinzeka ngemisebenzi engu-500 ngokugcwele kanye namakhulu emisebenzi yokwakha. Uzibophezele ekuyekeni intela yempahla nempahla yokwakha yehhotela.

UMnu. Sillerman wanikeza lo mbono ku-Flag Luxury Properties LLC, umthuthukisi wamahhotela angumtshali-zimali kuwo. Isikhulu Esiphezulu Sefulegi uPaul Kanavos samxwayisa ngokuthi ukuthuthukiswa kwamahhotela eCaribbean kuyingozi, ngokuvamile kuncike ekuthandeni kohulumeni basekhaya, kukhumbula uMnu. Sillerman. Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengoba izinto eziningi zokwakha nemisebenzi kufanele zithengiswe kwamanye amazwe, intuthuko eCaribbean ivamise ukuthatha isikhathi esiphindwe kabili ukwakha futhi kubiza okungenani ngama-30% ngaphezu kwase-US.

UMnu Sillerman no-Kanavos banqume ukuqhubeka naphezu kobungozi. "Ngicabanga ukuthi bekuyinhlanganisela yokufuna ukwenza okwengeziwe esiqhingini futhi ngikholelwa ukuthi kuzoba utshalomali olukhiqizayo," kusho uMnu. Sillerman.

Uhulumeni kaMnu. Fleming wahlanganisa amahektha angu-200 ukuze aqashise i-Temenos nenkundla yayo yegalofu, futhi u-Flag wathenga amahektha angu-80 engeziwe. Ukwakhiwa kwaqala ngo-2005. Ezinye zezindawo ezingama-villas ezihleliwe ezingu-78 nezindlu ezithengiswayo ezithengiselwe abangani bakaMnu. Sillerman kanye nozakwabo, okuhlanganisa noMnu. Fuller, umdali we-“American Idol”, kanye noMnu. Brown, umbhali we-“The Da Vinci Code.” Ngokusho kukaFlag, ngonyaka odlule, izingxenye ezintathu kwezine zamayunithi zazinenkontileka, abathengi bekhokha amadiphozithi afinyelela ku-30%. Inkundla yegalofu kanye ne-clubhouse yavulwa ngo-2007.

Onjiniyela bahlele ihhotela elinamayunithi angama-32, elizophathwa uhlobo lwe-Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide's St. Regis, ngamanani asebusuku asuka ku-$900 kuya ku-$1,500.

I-Temenos - igama lesiGreki elisho indawo engcwele - ngokushesha yahlaselwa izinkinga. Izindleko zamafutha nezimpahla zenyuka kakhulu ngesikhathi sokwakhiwa. Izindleko zokwakha zikhuphuke ngo-30% kusukela ngo-2005 kuya ku-2007, kusho uMnu Kanavos weFlag.

U-Anguilla wayeshilo ukuthi ukucatshangelwa kwemisebenzi yokwakha kuqala kwabase-Anguillan. UMnu. Kanavos uthi lokho okudingekayo kubangele ukushoda kwabasebenzi kanye nokungasebenzi kahle, okudale ukubambezeleka. Uthi ufulegi akazange ayithole imvume kahulumeni yokungenisa abasebenzi kwamanye amazwe kwaze kwaba yiminyaka emibili kuqalwe ukwakhiwa. I-Anguilla iphinde yadinga ukuthi kuqashwe imishini yokwakha ezinkampanini zasendaweni, uMnu Kanavos athi zengeze izigidi zamaRandi ezindlekweni.

UMnu. Fleming, ungqongqoshe omkhulu we-Anguilla, uphikile engxoxweni ukuthi iziqondiso zikahulumeni zokwakha ziholele ekwenyukeni kwezindleko. “Kube nokushoda” ezinhlelweni zikaFlag, enqaba ukuchaza kabanzi. Izikhulu zamafulegi ziphawula ukuthi inkampani isiqede ukwakhiwa kwezindawo zokungcebeleka ezimbalwa zase-US ngesikhathi nangesabelomali.

I-St. Regis, i-Starwood Hotels brand, ifune ukunwetshwa kwendlu yokungcebeleka, okunciphise intuthuko. U-St. Regis wahoxa kulo msebenzi ngoNovemba 2007, esikhundleni sakhe ngonyaka odlule kwafakwa i-Baccarat Hotels & Residences, okuwuphawu lwamahhotela kanokusho owethulwe ngu-Barry Sternlicht, owayeyisikhulu esiphezulu se-Starwood.

Njengoba izindleko zikhuphuka, ifulegi laphendukela kuMnu. Sillerman ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuze anikele ngemali eyengeziwe, ecela amaRandi ayizigidi ezi-5 kuya kweziyishumi zamaRandi isikhathi ngasinye. UMnu. Sillerman uthi wahlangabezana nezicelo eziningi, kodwa wagcina wayeka. Uthi: “Kwadingeka ngisebenzise indlela enenjongo ngayo. “Kwakubonakala sengathi izicelo zazingapheli, futhi ukukhetha okuhle kwaba ukuhlela kabusha” ngokufuna abatshalizimali bangaphandle.

I-Baccarat kaMnu. Sternlicht yahoxa, iveza ukwehluleka kwephrojekthi ukuthola enye imali. UMnu. Sternlicht wamangalela uMnu. Sillerman enkantolo yesifunda saseNew York ngoJuni, efuna ukubuyisela amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-25 etshalwe yinkampani yakhe. UMnu. Sillerman uyaphika ukuthi ukweleta leyo mali.

Muva nje, uMnu. Sillerman ukhokhe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-21.4 ukuze anelise isiqinisekiso somuntu siqu emalini ebolekiwe yendawo yokungcebeleka eyizigidi ezingu-180, engakhokhi, enezela ku-$180 wezigidi asevele ecwile kuyo.

Inkundla yegalofu, eklanywe ngu-Greg Norman, isivaliwe. Ifulegi lilinganisela ukuthi kuze kufike ku-$120 million ngaphezulu kuyadingeka ukuze kuqedwe ukwakhiwa kwendawo yokungcebeleka. Kodwa ngemva kwesikhathi esingaphezu konyaka becinga, iFlag noMnu. Sillerman abakabatholi abasekeli abasha.

Njengoba iphrojekthi imile, ayikakhiqizi imisebenzi yasendaweni elindelwe kanye nenzuzo yentela. Lokho kube nomthelela esidingweni sika-Anguilla sokunciphisa imali esetshenziswayo njengokunciphisa amaholo kahulumeni ngo-5% aye ku-15%, kusho uMnu. Fleming.

“Lowo msebenzi wawuyiphrojekthi ebaluleke kakhulu i-Anguilla eyake yaba nayo,” kusho uMnu. Fleming. "Wonke umuntu e-Anguilla uthintwe kabi ngokungenzi kahle kwawo."

UMnu. Sillerman uthi iTemenos ekugcineni izoqedwa. “Ngingathanda ukuyiqeda, kakhulu kubanikazi bezindlu kanye nabantu base-Anguilla,” usho kanje. “Sekunesikhathi eside ngicisha ukuthi ngingayithola kanjani imali yami.”