The I-Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation uphatheke kabi ngokudlula emhlabeni kukaSol Kerzner. Ulethe umbono wangempela wokuthuthukisa izinhlobo zakhe zokungenisa izihambi, futhi ukwethulwa kwe-The Atlantis kwaletha ukunakwa okusha nokuvuselelwa e-Bahamas, okube nesandla kakhulu ekukhuleni okumangalisayo esikubonile njengoba imboni yethu yezokuvakasha ikhula.
Siyaziqhenya ngokuba yindawo okwazalelwa kuyo Umqondo we-Atlantist futhi ngiyajabula ukuthi ngijabulele ukubambisana nokusekelwa kwakhe iminyaka engaphezu kwengama-25. Izinkulungwane eziningi zabantu baseBahamas bebeyingxenye yethimba elinwetshiwe lase-Atlantis abaningi babo abaqala imisebenzi njengochwepheshe bezokuvakasha kuleyo nhlangano.
“USol Kerzner ubeyisikhondlakhondla embonini yezivakashi futhi ngeke siphinde sikubone ukufana kwakhe. Umbono wakhe nge-Atlantis wenze kabusha isimo sethu sesibhakabhaka lapha e-Nassau futhi wachaza kabusha iholide lase-Bahamas ngezigidi eziningi. Uzomkhumbula kakhulu,” kusho uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, uDionisio D'Aguilar.
Amazwi enduduzo nemithandazo yoMnyango Wezokuvakasha kanye nabo bonke labo bantu baseBahamas abahlomule ngomsebenzi wakhe baya emndenini wakhe. Umthelela ka-Sol Kerzner esizweni sakithi uzoqhubeka nokudlula iminyaka yakhe futhi ngalokho, sihlala sibonga ingunaphakade.
Isitatimende Somnyango Wezokuvakasha Nezokundiza e-Bahamas
UMnu. Kerzner ushone ngoMgqibelo ebusuku ezungezwe amalungu omndeni ekhaya lomndeni, iLeeukoppie Estate eKapa. Ubephethwe umdlavuza.
Indodana yabokufika baseRussia, uKerzner wazalelwa eGoli ngo-1935. Eqeqeshelwe i-accounting, wangena embonini ye-hospitality ngo-1962 ngesikhathi ethenga i-Astra, i-inn encane eseThekwini.
Ngo-1975, i-Kerzner yaqala ngokusungulwa kwe-Sun City. Umsebenzi wokwakha owathatha iminyaka eyishumi, le ndawo yakhiwe amahhotela amane, ichibi elenziwe umuntu, izinkundla zegalofu ezimbili, kanye nenkundla yezemidlalo nezokuzijabulisa enezihlalo ezingu-6 000. Le ndawo bekudlalwa kuyo osaziwayo abehlukene abafana noFrank Sinatra noQueen.
Ngo-1994, u-Kerzner wacelwa nguMongameli u-Nelson Mandela ukuthi ahlele umsebenzi we-VIP wokugcotshwa kwakhe njengomongameli.
I-Kerzner kamuva yayizothola i-One&Only Resorts, esebenza ngezakhiwo zikanokusho emazweni afana nala amaBahamas, Mexico, Maldives, Mauritius, Dubai, naseNingizimu Afrika. Ngo-2009, wavula i-One&Only Hotel e-V&A Waterfront eKapa.
Ngo-2010, waqashelwa ohlwini Lokuhlonishwa Kosuku Lokuzalwa Lwendlovukazi, ngendondo ye-insignia Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG).
Ngo-2014, uphume e-Kerzner International futhi wathatha umhlalaphansi njengosihlalo wenkampani.
U-Ian Douglas, umngane nesisebenzi saseKerzner, ngemuva kokushona kwakhe wathi: “USol ubengumuntu obenenhlanganisela eyivelakancane yobuhlakani bokudala, ubuhlakani obumangalisayo bezezimali namandla amangalisayo, ayewathululela kuwo wonke amabhizinisi ayewathinta. Ayikho into ayeyakha eyake yaba nesicefe futhi akazange ayijahe imali. Wajaha impumelelo kuphela. Wayehlale elandela, ephishekela amaphrojekthi amakhulu, angcono, amasha, ahlukile, aqine kakhulu futhi ajabulisayo emhlabeni jikelele. "
UKerzner ushiye izingane zakhe u-Andrea, uBeverley, uBrandon noChantal nabazukulu abayishumi. Indodana yakhe endala, uHoward 'Butch' Kerzner washona ngo-2006.
Uzofihlwa ngomngcwabo omncane ozimele ohanjelwa umndeni wakhe kuphela.
