UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, uMhlonishwa u-Edmund Bartlett uzwakalise ukudabuka okukhulu ngokudlula emhlabeni kwesihlabani sezokuvakasha uGordon 'Butch' Stewart.
“I-Butch ngempela yayiyisithonjana nomqambi wezinto ezintsha, eyayithanda ukusiza abantu futhi mhlawumbe iyindawo yezokuvakasha emakethe enkulu kunazo zonke eyake yabonwa. Izimbadada ngempela zingumkhiqizo omkhulu futhi ohlala njalo owenziwe ngusomabhizinisi waseCaribbean kwezokuvakasha futhi ngokusobala umhlaba namuhla kanye nezinga ukwahlulela okunethezeka Konke Okubandakanya. Ngimdumisa njengobaba, umholi, osizayo, kanye nosomabhizinisi omkhulu wezokuvakasha esikhathini sethu. Ukudlula kwakhe emhlabeni kubuhlungu impela, ”kusho uNgqongqoshe.
UStewart wayengumsunguli weSandals Resorts, uchungechunge lwamahhotela ahamba phambili eCaribbean, Beaches Resorts, kanye nenkampani yabo engumzali iSandals Resorts International. Wayengumsunguli nosihlalo we-ATL Group of Companies kanye neJamaica Observer.
“UGordon Butch Stewart wenze uphawu olungacimeki. Uzibonakalise engeyona nje indinganiso yezamabhizinisi engahlulelwa ngayo, kepha usungule uphawu oluye lwaba yimbulunga yonke futhi futhi kuyisitatimende esiqine kakhulu esiqhingini esincane esinjengeJamaica esingasenza ezingeni lomhlaba, kungakhathalekile izindawo zabo. ukuzibandakanya, ”kusho uBartlett.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi singabheka emuva empilweni yakhe nasezikhathini zakhe bese sithola ugqozi empumelelweni abe nayo. Kepha ngicabanga ukuthi, okubaluleke kakhulu, ukuthi singakhuthazeka ngokuqina kwakhe nokuthi uqalile kusuka ndawo, futhi wagcina esengomunye wabantu ababungazwa kakhulu yiJamicaica eminyakeni eyedlule, ”Wengeza.
UStewart wangena ebhizinisini lokungenisa izihambi ngo-1981 ngokuthengwa kwezakhiwo eMontego Bay, eSt James, esinye sazo sathuthukiswa futhi kamuva savulwa njengesandulela salokho manje okuyiSandals Montego Bay.
UStewart uhlonishwe ngezindondo eziningi eminyakeni edlule, okuhlanganisa i-Order of Jamaica (OJ), i-Commander of the Order of Distinction (OD) kanye nenganekwane ye-Global Iconic yezokuvakasha endaweni. UNWTO isidlo sakusihlwa esibanjelwe eMontego Bay Convention Center ngo-2017.
“Mina, egameni loMnyango wonke Wezokuvakasha, ngifuna ukumhlonipha kakhulu futhi ngithi kuye emndenini wakhe, isipho sakho ozosinika sona yiso esizosikhuthaza, ikakhulukazi kulesi sikhathi esinzima se-COVID- 19. Kungumzuzu onzima ukuvalelisa kodwa ngumzuzu omuhle kithina ukuthola ugqozi nokuqondiswa nekusasa, ”kusho uNgqongqoshe.
“Ubengumpetha onolaka, futhi ngibonga uNkulunkulu ngokuthi kube khona uButch Stewart phakathi kwethu. Sibonga uNkulunkulu ngefa alishiye ngemuva futhi kufanele sisebenzise lokho kugqugquzela okukhulu futhi sizakhele indawo enamandla futhi engcono thina kanye nezizukulwane ezizayo, ”engeza.
UMhlonishwa uGordon 'Butch' uStewart OJ. CD. Hon. I-LLD. wayeneminyaka engu-79 ubudala.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Uye wazibeka njengezinga nje izinga osomabhizinisi abangahlulelwa ngalo, kodwa usesungule uphawu oseluphenduke umhlaba wonke futhi okuyisitatimende esiqine kunazo zonke amazwe aseziqhingini ezincane ezifana neJamaica angasenza ezigcawini zomhlaba, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yiziphi izindawo ezikuzo. ukubandakanyeka,” kusho uBartlett.
- Kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi, okubaluleke kakhulu, singagqugquzelwa ukuqina kwakhe kanye neqiniso lokuthi akaqale ndawo, futhi wagcina engomunye wabantu abahlonishwa kakhulu abakhiqizwa yi-Jamaica ekhulwini leminyaka elidlule,” wengeza.
- UStewart uhlonishwe ngezindondo eziningi eminyakeni edlule, okuhlanganisa i-Order of Jamaica (OJ), i-Commander of the Order of Distinction (OD) kanye nenganekwane ye-Global Iconic yezokuvakasha endaweni. UNWTO isidlo sakusihlwa esibanjelwe eMontego Bay Convention Center ngo-2017.
