I-Sheraton Brooklyn izovula iminyango yayo ngoLwesine ilethe inkathi entsha yokuncintisana endaweni eyayinganakwa isikhathi eside imboni yamahhotela.
Cishe iminyaka eyi-12, iMarriott esedolobheni laseBrooklyn bekuyiyona kuphela ihhotela elinenkonzo egcwele kulesi sifunda, ithokozela ukuzimela lapho kubhukwa abaningi abaqoqi bezimali bezepolitiki bendawo, ama-bar mitzvahs, imihlangano yezinkampani kanye nokwamukela umphakathi.
Lokho kubusa kuzophela lapho i-Sheraton isika iribhoni ehhotela layo elisha elinamagumbi angu-321 ebangeni elikude. I-Sheraton Brooklyn, ibhrendi engaphansi kwe-Starwood Hotels & Resorts, iyingxenye yokwanda kwalolu chungechunge lwamabhiliyoni ama-$5 okuhlanganisa nokuvula amahhotela angu-50 emhlabeni wonke phakathi neminyaka emithathu ezayo. Uchungechunge lwamahhotela kulindeleke ukuthi luvule i-Sheraton e-Tribeca ngoSepthemba.
Ukuvulwa kweBrooklyn kuza njengoba amahhotela eDolobheni laseNew York alulama ekwehleni ngokushesha kunawo wonke umkhakha. Ukwehla komnotho okunonya kuphoqe abathengi abaningi ukuthi bayeke amaholide kanye nezinkampani ukuthi zinciphise ukuhamba kwebhizinisi okuphoqa amaketanga amahhotela ukuthi anikeze amanani aphansi aphansi ukuze agcwalise amagumbi angenalutho.
Kepha iNew York ibona ukukhula kukho kokubili ezokuvakasha kanye nabahambi bebhizinisi. Amazinga okuhlala kwabantu emahhotela aseNew York City akhuphuke afinyelela ku-72% kwikota yokuqala, akhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-11.6 kusukela ngonyaka odlule, ngokusho kweSmith Travel Research.
Ngaleso sikhathi, imali engenayo ngegumbi ngalinye elitholakalayo inyuke ngo-7.6% yaya ku-$135 kuyilapho isilinganiso sikazwelonke sehle ngo-2% saya ku-$50.
Iminyaka eminingi, ukuhlakanipha okuvamile kwakuwukuthi iBrooklyn yayingeke ikwazi ukusekela ihhotela elikhulu. Phela, iningi labavakashi nabahambi bebhizinisi bancamela ukuhlala eManhattan eduze kwasetiyetha, izindawo zokudlela kanye nezindawo eziheha izivakashi.
I-New York Marriott e-Brooklyn Bridge yavulwa ngo-1998 futhi yabonisa ngokushesha ukuthi abagxeki banephutha ngokuheha abahambi bebhizinisi nabavakashi. Ngo-2006, ibe nokunwetshwa okukhulu okwakhulisa isibalo samagumbi saba ngu-668 sisuka ku-376.
"IBrooklyn manje isiyindawo oya kuyo," kusho umthuthukisi weMariot, uJoshua Muss. "Ngezindlela eziningi yiManhattan [edlula isikhathi] ngokwemibandela ...izindawo zokudla [kanye] nezinye izindawo zokuhlala."
Ingxenye yempumelelo kaMnu. Muss ivele ekhonweni leMarriott lokuheha imicimbi yomphakathi. Izinhlangano zaseBrooklyn zaqasha idili layo nendawo yokuhlangana esikhundleni sokuthatha uhambo oluya eManhattan. I-Marriott nayo yaduma emphakathini wamaJuda angama-Orthodox ngoba inekhishi elizinikele le-kosher.
I-Sheraton ilungiselela ukuthatha ingxenye yemakethe ye-Marriott. Nayo, izoba nekhishi le-kosher eligcwele kanye namamitha-skwele angu-4,300 wendawo yokuhlangana.
"Asikwazi ukwamukela izidingo zezivakashi ezingenayo kuphela, kodwa nomphakathi wendawo," kusho u-Hoyt Harper, iphini likamongameli omkhulu kanye nomholi womkhiqizo womhlaba wonke we-Sheraton Hotels and Resorts.
UMnu. Muss uthi akakhathazekile ngengane entsha ebhulokhini.
"Ngikholwa ukuthi….I-Marriott Brooklyn Bridge ayikwazi ukuqhudelana nayo futhi izobamba eyayo emashumini ambalwa eminyaka ezayo," esho. “Angikholwa ukuthi kukhona umuntu ongakwazi ukwenza okufanayo, izinsiza, indawo [kanye] nendawo yokupaka.”
I-Sheraton Brooklyn ingeye-Lam Group, umthuthukisi waseNew York ongumnini wamahhotela amaningi kakhulu eNew York, futhi iphethwe yi-Sheraton.
Uchungechunge lwamahhotela ekuqaleni lwaluhlelelwe ukuvulwa ngonyaka odlule, kodwa ukwethulwa kwabambezeleka ngenxa yomnotho. "Ngokusobala ngomnotho, sidinga isikhathi esengeziwe ukuze siqedele lolu hlelo," kusho uMnu. Harper.
Amahhotela amaningana ezitolo angenayo indawo yomhlangano avulwe e-Brooklyn eminyakeni yamuva nje okuhlanganisa ne-NU Hotel edolobheni kanye ne-Hotel Le Bleu e-Park Slope.
I-Starwood Hotels kulindeleke ukuthi ivule ihhotela i-Aloft, uhlobo lwayo olusha, ngo-Okthoba.
Maningi amanye amahhotela ahleliwe kodwa angakaphumi ezinhlelweni zokudweba ngenxa yomnotho.
Kunamahhotela acishe abe ngu-20 okuhlanganisa nendawo yokulala neyokudla kwasekuseni e-Brooklyn, okuyinani elincane uma kuqhathaniswa nedolobha eliyikhaya lezakhamuzi eziyizigidi ezi-2.5.
