Ukuchaza kabusha indlela umhlaba oya ngayo eholidini

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Ukuchaza kabusha indlela umhlaba ohamba ngayo eholidini

Usomabhizinisi odumile waseJamaican uGordon “Butch” Stewart, ongomunye wabantu abasebenza kakhulu embonini yezokungenisa izihambi futhi ongumsunguli weSandals Resorts International, okuyinkampani ehamba phambili kunazo zonke yezindawo zokungcebeleka emhlabeni, ushone eneminyaka engama-79 ngoJanuwari 4, 2021. Ibutho elinganqandeki, ukujabulele ukuphikisa izingqinamba ngokudlula obekulindelekile, uStewart ngawodwana wakha uphawu lomhlaba oluthola umklomelo emhlabeni kusuka endaweni eyodwa eJamaica kuya ezindaweni zokungcebeleka ezihlukene ezingaphezu kweziyishumi nambili kulo lonke elaseCaribbean, echaza kabusha indlela umhlaba oya eholidini ngayo.

Indodana yaseJamaica, uButch Stewart wazalelwa eKingston ngoJulayi 6, 1941, futhi wakhulela ngasogwini olusenyakatho yezwe elisesiqhingini, ipharadesi elishisayo manje elinamabhilidi amaningi eLuxury Included® Sandals and Beaches Resorts nalapho uthando lwakhe lolwandle kwahlwanyelwa ama-dominoes namabhizinisi amahhala. Ngokuqinisekile kusukela ekuqaleni ukuthi wayefuna ukuba nenkampani yakhe, esemncane eneminyaka engu-12, uStewart waqala wangena embonini yezivakashi ethengisa izinhlanzi ezisanda kubanjwa emahhotela endawo. Impumelelo yakhe yamenza “waxhunywa” futhi nentshisekelo yakhe kwezamabhizinisi ayizange yehle.

Ngemuva kokuphothula izifundo zakhe zamabanga aphesheya phesheya, uStewart wabuyela ekhaya eJamaica lapho akhombisa khona ithalente lakhe lokuzalwa njengomthengisi omkhulu enkampanini eyaziwayo ephethwe ngabakwaDashi iCuraçao Trading Company, wakhuphuka ngokushesha waba yimenenja yokuthengisa kodwa eluma ukuqala inkampani yakhe. Ngo-1968, uStewart wazinika ithuba. Ngaphandle kwesibambiso kepha sibona induduzo engenza ukufakwa kwesimo somoya kube insizakalo ebalulekile, StewarUqinisekisile umkhiqizi waseMelika uFedders Corporation ukuthi amvumele ukuthi amele umkhiqizo wabo eJamaica. Ngalokho, ibhizinisi lesisekelo sikaStewart - iAppliance Traders Limited (ATL), lazalwa, kanti wayesendleleni.

Kwa-ATL, uStewart wasungula ifilosofi yebhizinisi elula ayichaza kaningi: "Thola ukuthi abantu bafunani, ubanike, futhi ngokwenza kanjalo - kudlule abakulindele." Lokhu kuzoba indinganiso yawo wonke amabhizinisi akwaStewart futhi kwenziwe yibo bonke abasebenzi bezinkampani eziningi uStewart aqhubeke nokuthola, kufaka phakathi futhi okubaluleke kakhulu, iSandals Resorts International.

UStewart Uthola Izindawo Zokuhlalisa Izimbadada

Ngo-1981, enesipho sokubona ithuba, uStewart walithola eBay Roc: ihhotela elisezingeni eliphezulu ebhishi elihle eMontego Bay, eJamaica. Ezinyangeni eziyisikhombisa kanye namaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-4 ekulungisweni kamuva, iSandals Montego Bay izovulwa njengophawu lwalokho namuhla okuwumklomelo owaziwa kakhulu owina izindondo, ohlanganisa zonke izindawo emhlabeni.

Ngenkathi uStewart engakaze afune ukusungula umqondo ofaka konke, uyaziwa emhlabeni wonke ngomzamo wakhe wokuzikhandla wokuphakamisa ulwazi, enikeza izivakashi zakhe izinga elingenakulinganiswa lokunethezeka, futhi abelane ngokuqiniseka kwakhe ukuthi inkampani yaseCaribbean ingaphumelela ukuncintisana nanoma yikuphi inhlangano emhlabeni. Wazifeza zombili.

“Ngangizwile ngalo mqondo, kodwa ngaleso sikhathi, izinsizakalo namakamelo kwakungeyona into eyisisekelo. Ngokuphikisana nalokho, ngicabange ukuthi singaletha indawo yokunethezeka yokunikeza amakhasimende okuningi kakhulu. Ngakho-ke, sayiphelelisa. Yimibhede engu-XNUMX emibhede emine emikhulu kakhulu, izingadi ezenziwe kahle ezenziwe ngomuntu, izando zokuthokomala nohlobo lwenkonzo efudumele, ecwengekile iCaribbean esaziwa ngayo. Njengoba kwakubalulekile ukuthi kubekwe ebhishi elihle kakhulu, ngoba yilokho wonke umuntu aphupha ngakho. ”

Lapho okunye okubizwa ngokuthi “konke okubandakanya” kunikela ngokudla namakamelo ngenani elibekiwe, amanani eSandals Resorts 'abhekele izinketho zokudlela eziphakeme, iziphuzo zomkhiqizo we-premium, izipho, ukudluliswa kwezikhumulo zezindiza, izintela nayo yonke imisebenzi yomhlaba nezamanzi. Ukudla kwabancintisana nabo kwakuyisitayela se-buffet, ngakho-ke uStewart wakha izindawo zokudlela ezikhethekile ezisendlini ezinamazinga aphezulu okupheka kanye nensizakalo yeglove emhlophe. AmaSandals Resorts futhi abeyinkampani yokuqala yamahhotela eCaribbean ukunikela ngama-whirlpools nensizakalo yethelevishini yesathelayithi, eyokuqala enezindawo zokubhukuda zokubhukuda futhi eyokuqala ukuqinisekisa ukuthi igumbi ngalinye linombhede osayizi benkosi kanye nokomisa izinwele. Ukuqamba okusha kwakamuva kufake umqondo we-spa wesiginesha - iRed Lane® Spa, amasudi okunethezeka asayinelwe ubumfihlo nokuvivinywa kokugcina, i-WiFi yokuncoma, nokusebenzisana kwesiginesha nezinhlangano ezinesithunzi ezifana neMicrosoft Xbox® Play Lounge, iSesame Workshop, i-PADI, iMondavi® Wines , Izifundo zikaGreg Norman Signature Golf kanye neGuild of Professional English Butlers eseLondon. Futhi ngo-2017, uStewart wethule indawo yokuqala yokuhlala emanzini yaseCaribbean, eyanwetshwa masinyane yafaka amabhage e-Over-the-Water kanye namasonto omshado e-Over-the-Water.

Ngokunamathela ngokuqinile kumgomo wokuthi "singakwenza kangcono" ukujabulisa izivakashi zakhe, uStewart wakhuthaza inkampani ekhululekile ukucabanga futhi ikhululekile ukukhuphula izinga njalo. Le mithetho yamzuzela isihloko se- "King of All-Inclusives," eshintsha ubuso befomethi ehlanganisa konke futhi esungula amaSandals Resorts njengophawu oluphumelele kakhulu esigabeni - eqhosha ngamazinga okuhlala unyaka wonke angaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-85, isici sesivakashi esibuyayo esingenakulinganiswa samaphesenti angama-40 kanye nesidingo esiholele ekwandeni okungakaze kube khona okubandakanya ukwakhiwa kwemiqondo eyengeziwe efana neBeaches Resorts, manje esezingeni lomkhakha lokwenza kahle emaholidini omndeni wasebhishi.

UButch Stewart wayethanda izimbadada. Ngesikhathi sokudlula kwakhe emhlabeni, ubesebenza kanzima ezinhlelweni zokwandiswa okusanda kumenyezelwa esiqhingini saseDashi iCuraçao naseSt. Vincent. 

UStewart Njenge Statesmanman

Ubuholi bukaStewart bamsiza ekuvuseleleni umkhakha wezokuvakasha waseJamaica futhi wamenza wahlonishwa ontanga yakhe kanye nokwaziswa ngabantu bakubo. Wakhethwa njengoMongameli we-Private Sector Organisation yaseJamaica ngo-1989 futhi wangeniswa kwi- “Hall of Fame” yayo ngo-1995. Wasebenza njengoMqondisi weJamaica Tourist Board iminyaka eyishumi nanjengoMongameli weJamaica Hotel and Tourist Association e phakathi kweminyaka yama-80s, kulinganisa ably izinto eziseqhulwini kuhulumeni nezinkampani ezizimele, kubuyisana ukukhathazeka kwamahhotela amakhulu namancane eJamaican, futhi kukhulise ukuqonda komphakathi ngemboni yezokuvakasha. Ngo-1994, uStewart wahola iqembu labatshalizimali ukuthi lihole i-Air Jamaica, okuyisiphathimandla esikhulu kunazo zonke eCaribbean esifundeni. Kwakuwumsebenzi owesabekayo - izindiza zazingcolile, izinsiza zazingenandaba futhi amashejuli esikhathi angavamile ukuhlangatshezwa, okwenza isabelo semakethe sehle kanye nemali engenayo. 

Ngenkathi uStewart engena, wagcizelela indlela evumelana nabagibeli: isevisi yesikhathi, ukuncishiswa kolayini, ukukhuphula ukuqeqeshwa kwabo bonke abasebenzi, nokusayina i-champagne yamahhala ezindizeni ukuhambisana nokugcizelelwa kokudla okungcono. Ubuye wavula imizila emisha eCaribbean, waletha izindiza ezintsha ze-Airbus futhi wasungula isikhungo seMontego Bay sezindiza ezivela zibuyele e-United States. Njengase-ATL naseSandals Resorts, ifomula likaStewart laba yimpumelelo futhi ngasekupheleni kuka-2004, uStewart wabuyisela inkampani yezindiza kuhulumeni ngokunyuka kwemali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-US $ 250.

Kwakungekhona okokuqala uStewart ezosiza izwe lakhe. Ngo-1992, wakhuthaza ukuhlonishwa kwabantu baseJamaica nge- “Butch Stewart Initiative,” efaka imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-US ngesonto emakethe esemthethweni yezimali zakwamanye amazwe ngamanani aphansi kakhulu okusiza ekunqandeni ukwehla kwedola laseJamaican. UDkt Henry Lowe, ngaleso sikhathi owayengumongameli kanye ne-CEO yeBlue Cross, wabhalela uStewart ethi: “Ngibhala ukunibongela ngobuqotho ngesinyathelo esikhulu esenze okukhulu, hhayi nje ukuqinisa imali yethu kuphela, kodwa , ngomuzwa omusha wethemba nombono oqondile manje esihlangabezana nawo sonke njengamaJamaica. ”

Okungaziwa kancane kungaba izinga lomusa omkhulu kaStewart, lapho iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-40 esize ekuthuthukiseni nasekulolongeni izimpilo zabantu baseCaribbean. Umsebenzi wakhe, owenziwe ngokusemthethweni ngo-2009 weSandals Foundation, unikeza ukwesekwa kusuka ekwakhiweni kwezikole nasekukhokheni othisha ekuletheni ukunakekelwa kwezempilo emnyango walabo abangenayo imali yokuyithenga. Lokhu ngaphezu kokuxhasa kwakhe ngokungakhathali izindlela ezahlukahlukene zemvelo. Ngaphandle komsebenzi weSisekelo, uStewart unikeze izigidi ezinhlosweni zokusiza ezifana nokubungaza ubuqhawe bezingqalabutho nabaphenduli bokuqala nokusiza labo abalandelwa yiziphepho ezibhubhisayo.

Ngo-2012, uStewart wasungula iSandals Corporate University, ehlose ukuhlinzeka ngokuthuthuka kwabasebenzi ngezinhlelo ezihlonishwayo zemfundo noqeqesho. Ngokufinyelela ezifundweni ezingaphezu kwe-230 kanye nokusebenzisana kwangaphandle namanyuvesi asezingeni eliphakeme asekhaya nakwamanye amazwe ayi-13, wonke umuntu osebenzayo angafaka isicelo, andise ulwazi lwabo, futhi athuthukise nomsebenzi wakhe.

Ukuphumelela kukaStewart kwezamabhizinisi nasempilweni kumzuzise izindondo ezingaphezu kwama-50 ezifanelekile zendawo, zesifunda, nezamazwe omhlaba kanye nemiklomelo kufaka phakathi ukuhlukaniswa okuphezulu kwezwe laseJamaica: I-Order of Jamaica (OJ), kanye ne-Commander of the Order of Distinction (CD). Ngo-2017, uStewart wahlonishwa ngomklomelo wokuqala weLifetime Achievement Award emhlanganweni waminyaka yonke weCaribbean Hotel & Resort Investment Summit (CHRIS), owawuphethwe yiBurba Hotel Network, ekhombisa umnikelo wakhe omkhulu embonini yezokungenisa izihambi. "Impumelelo yamaSandals isize ukukhulisa ukukhula komkhakha wezokuvakasha kanye nomnotho hhayi eJamaica kuphela kepha nakulo lonke iCaribbean," kusho umongameli weBHN uJim Burba. Igama elithi 'icon' ngokuqinisekile lisebenza kuButch Stewart. ”

Kwakujabulisa uStewart noma nini lapho ayedla noma kuphi emhlabeni futhi omunye wabasebenzi owayejabule wayehlanganyela naye, “Ngiyabonga. Ngiqale eSandals. ”

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