Ebona umsebenzi wakhe njengosomabhizinisi kanye ne-philanthropist, uSihlalo Omkhulu we-Sandals Resorts International (SRI) u-Adam Stewart uhlonishwe ngeziqu ze-Doctor of Laws (LLD) ezihlonishwayo emcimbini wokuthweswa iziqu e-University of the West Indies (The UWI), Mona Campus ngo-2022. , obubanjwe ngalo Mgqibelo odlule, Novemba 5, 2022.
Umpetha oshisekayo ongase ube khona e-Jamaica nakuyo yonke i-Caribbean, uStewart uhola inhlangano yokungenisa izihambi engumqashi ozimele omkhulu kunayo yonke esifundeni enamalungu eqembu angaphezu kuka-15,000 asabalale kuzo zonke izindawo zokungcebeleka ezingu-24 neziqhingi eziyisishiyagalombili. Ngale kwezindawo zokungcebeleka ze-Sandals, uStewart uqondisa imidiya ebanzi yomndeni wakhe, ibhizinisi lezimoto nelezinto zikagesi, futhi ungamandla abangela izinhlobo zamazwe ngamazwe i-AC kaMarriott kanye ne-Starbucks® ukuthi ingene emakethe yaseCaribbean. Futhi nakuba amabhizinisi akhe nolwazi lwakhe luhlonishwa kakhulu, ukusebenza kwakhe ngokungakhathali ezindabeni ezicindezela kakhulu esifundeni - kusukela ekufinyeleleni ukunakekelwa kwezempilo nokuvikelwa kwemithombo yemvelo kuya ekutshalweni kwezimali kwezemfundo - yilapho uStewart ekhanya khona. Kungalezi zizathu uStewart aklonyeliswa ngazo lezi ziqu.
“Ngithobekile futhi ngiyaziqhenya ngokuhlonishwa yi-UWI ngomsebenzi engiwuthandayo. Ubaba, uGordon “Butch” Stewart ongasekho, wangifundisa ukuthi ithuba liyisipho okungamelwe sisaphazwe. Ukuqina kwakhe kanye nogqozi lwakhe lokwenza impilo ibe ngcono hhayi kuye yedwa nomndeni wakhe kuphela, kodwa kubasebenzi bakhe, umphakathi kanye nezwe kunginikeze ukuqonda mathupha kokuthi yini engenzeka uma abantu benikezwa ithuba. Ngizamukela ngenhliziyo egcwele lezi ziqu kanye nesethembiso sokuqhubeka nokuzethemba lesi sigungu esibeke kimina,” kusho uStewart.
“Inyuvesi yase-West Indies ihlonishwe ngokuba no-Adam Stewart ajoyine iqembu lethu elihlonishwayo elihlomule ngeziqu zobuDokotela ezihlonishwayo.”
USolwazi uSir Hilary Beckles, iSekela-Shansela leNyuvesi yaseWest Indies, uqhubeke wathi, “U-Adam uwumfanekiso wendoda yesimanje yokuvuselelwa kabusha ehola eCaribbean ekusunguleni nasekusunguleni okubalulekile ekufinyeleleni amazinga aphezulu okukhula. Okwakhe wuhlobo lwe-acumen nobuchule i-UWI ezigqaja ngayo ngokuyicija ukuze ihlangabezane nezidingo zesifunda sethu esithuthukayo. Sihalalisela uDkt The Hon. U-Adam Stewart. Ufanelwe!”
UNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha eJamaica u-Edmund Bartlett uthumele ukubingelela weWorld Travel Market (WTM) eLondon, ethi, “wayengeke avumele isenzakalo esibaluleke kangaka sidlule ngaphandle kokuveza indlela ayejabule ngayo ngokujulile” futhi ehalalisela “le ngqwele entsha yezokuvakasha zaseCaribbean.” “Akukona nje kuphela ukuthi uye wathwala ijazi eladluliselwa nguyise ongasekho, uMhlonishwa. UGordon 'Butch' Stewart, kodwa ubelokhu ethatha izintambo ezihamba phambili e-Caribbean waya phezulu kakhulu," kusho u-Bartlett.
Ngaphambi kokuthi abe nguSihlalo Omkhulu we-SRI, uStewart uchithe isikhathi esingaphezu kweminyaka eyishumi njengePhini likaSihlalo kanye neSikhulu Esiphezulu senhlangano, ehola uguquko lomkhiqizo ekusayineni kwalo manje olubizwa ngokuthi i-Luxury Included® nokwengamela isikhathi sokunwetshwa okukhulu okubuye kwethule indawo yokuqala yesifunda. -izindawo zokuhlala emanzini. Imizamo yakhe iye yaqashelwa imiklomelo eminingi yemboni yezokuvakasha okuhlanganisa nokubizwa ngokuthi i-2015 Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Hotelier of the Year.
Usomabhizinisi ngokwakhe, uStewart ungumsunguli kanye ne-CEO yenkampani ehehayo neyokuvakasha i-Island Routes Adventure Tours, ehlinzeka ngohambo olungaphezu kuka-500 ezindaweni ezingu-12 zaseCaribbean, okwenza kube lula ngezivakashi ukuthi zixhumane ngokuyiqiniso nabantu bendawo futhi bazizwele indawo.
Uzibophezele ngokujulile esifundeni, uStewart ungumsunguli kanye noMongameli we-Sandals Foundation, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo engu-501 (c) (3) ehloselwe ukwenza umehluko emiphakathini yase-Caribbean lapho ama-Sandals Resorts asebenza khona. Amaphesenti ayikhulu emali enikelwe umphakathi ku-Sandals Foundation aya ngqo ezinhlelweni ezizuzisa i-Caribbean. Uphinde abe ngumsunguli kanye noSihlalo osebenzayo wenhlangano engenzi nzuzo yendawo ethi 'We Care for Cornwall Regional Hospital,' eqongelela izimali zokuthuthukisa izikhungo zesibhedlela futhi ungusihlalo weTourism Linkages Council yezwe, efuna ukuthuthukisa amandla kanye nokuncintisana kwabahlinzeki bendawo, amandla omsebenzi wezokuvakasha wawo wonke umuntu.
Ngeqhaza lakhe elivelele kwezokuvakasha kanye nemboni yamahhotela, uStewart wathola i-Order of Distinction (Commander Class) ngo-2016 futhi kamuva ngalowo nyaka, waqanjwa ngokuthi i-Caribbean American Mover and Shaker - Humanitarian of the Year yi-Caribbean Media Network. Ngo-2017, i-Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) yahlonipha uStewart nge-Jerry Award ngeqhaza elivelele ekuthuthukisweni kwe-Caribbean. Ngaphansi kobuholi bakhe ngo-2020, i-SRI yasabela esibizweni sikaHulumeni waseJamaican sokusiza i-COVID-19, yanikeza iSandals Carlyle Resort mahhala izinyanga eziyi-18 futhi yanikela ngo-JA$30M ukuze kuthengwe amaphakheji okunakekela.
UStewart uhlala eBhodini Labaqondisi be-Wysinco Group Limited futhi uyilungu leKomidi Eliphethe le-World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). Umfundi oneziqu futhi okhuthele e-The Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management eFlorida International University (FIU) eMiami, uStewart usanda kuhlela ubudlelwano phakathi kwe-FIU ne-The UWI, lapho esebenza khona njengeNxusa le-Western Jamaica Campus. Ithembisa u-US $10 wezigidi zokweseka yi-SRI, nokusayina i-MOU, i-UWI kanye ne-FIU bazosebenzisana ukusungula i-Gordon “Butch” Stewart International School of Hospitality and Tourism ukuhlonipha uyise kaStewart kanye nomsunguli we-SRI, uGordon “Butch” Stewart.
Ngaphezu kweziqu ezinikezwe uStewart, uMkhandlu Wenyuvesi ugunyaze ukunikezwa iziqu zokuhlonishwa kwabanye abantu abayi-15 abagqamile okuhlanganisa noSir Richard Benjamin Richardson wase-Antigua noBarbuda ngeqhaza lakhe kwezeMidlalo; U-Alston Becket Cyrus wase-St. Vincent kanye namaGrenadines ngomsebenzi wakhe njenge-Soca Artiste/Composer; UDkt. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, PhD, LLM of Dominica ngomsebenzi wakhe eMthethweni Wezabasebenzi Nowolwandle; USir Hugh Anthony Rawlins wase-St. Kitts kanye ne-Nevis ngeminikelo enkundleni yezobulungiswa; UDkt Joy St. John waseBarbados ngomsebenzi wakhe ebuholini beMedical and Public Health; Inxusa Lakhe Elihloniphekile u-Gabriel Abed lase-Barbados/UAE Kwezamabhizinisi kanye ne-Digital Currency ehamba phambili; UMnu. E. Neville Isdell wase-Ireland ngeminikelo kuBusiness and Philanthropy; UDkt. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted waseTrinidad naseTobago ngeminikelo Yesayensi Yezolimo Nokudla Okunempilo; UNksz Ingrid LA Lashley waseTrinidad naseTobago ngomsebenzi wakhe ku-Corporate Banking/Finance; UNksz Rosalind Gabriel waseTrinidad naseTobago ngomsebenzi wakhe njengoMholi Weqembu/uMthokozisi; UDkt. Wayne AI Frederick waseTrinidad naseTobago ngeminikelo Yesayensi Yokuhlinza; INkosi uRobert Nelson waseTrinidad naseTobago ngokunikela kwezamasiko neCalypso; USolwazi uMhlonishwa u-Orlando Patterson wase-Jamaica ngomsebenzi wakhe njengesazi sezomlando nezamasiko; USenator Ohloniphekile uDkt. Rosemary Moodie wase-Jamaica/Canada we-Pediatric Medicine and Philanthropy; kanye noNksz. Diane Jaffee wase-USA ngomsebenzi wakhe kwezezimali.
Mayelana neSandals Resorts International
I-Sandals Resorts International (i-SRI) ephethwe futhi esetshenziswayo yomndeni iyinkampani engumzali yezinkampani zezokuvakasha ezaziwa kakhulu emhlabeni ezihlanganisa i-Sandals® Resorts and Beaches® Resorts, izindawo zokungcebeleka ezihamba phambili ezihlanganisa konke okunethezeka e-Caribbean; isiqhingi esizimele i-Fowl Cay Resort; kanye neqoqo lasekhaya langasese Izindlu Zakho ZaseJamaican. Yasungulwa ngo-1981 nguGordon “Butch” Stewart ongasekho, i-SRI izinze eMontego Bay, e-Jamaica futhi ibhekele ukuthuthukiswa kwezindawo zokungcebeleka, amazinga ezinsiza, ukuqeqeshwa kwamakhono kanye nokusebenza kwansuku zonke. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe, vakashela Izimbadada Resorts International.
