Ihhotela iColony ePalm Beach liyajabula ukumemezela ukuqokwa kukaThomas List njengomphathi jikelele. Umakadebona ongumakad 'ebona emkhakheni wokungenisa izihambi, uLuhlu uletha iminyaka engaphezu kwengama-30 yobungoti, ubuholi kanye nentshisekelo ehhotela elibukekayo, manje eligubha unyaka wama-70.
Endimeni yakhe entsha, uList uzobheka yonke imikhakha yokusebenza kwehhotela, kubandakanya ukuphathwa kwabasebenzi, ukuqashwa, nentuthuko, phakathi kweminye imisebenzi yokusebenza nsuku zonke. Ngamakhono okuphatha afakazelwe, isinyathelo, ubuhlakani kanye nobuqotho, ingcebo yesipiliyoni yoLuhlu izomsiza ekwenzeni ngcono izinhloso zesikhathi eside zeThe Colony. Unconyelwe ukuba nomthelela omkhulu ekuheheni amakhasimende amasha ngenkathi esalungiselela ubuso obuningi obujwayelekile obuqhubeka nokubuya unyaka nonyaka.
"Sijabule kakhulu ukwamukela uThomas emndenini waseThe Colony," kusho uSarah Wetenhall, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO yeThe Colony Palm Beach. "Ukushisekela kwakhe nokuzinikela kwakhe ngokungangabazeki kuzosisiza ukufeza izinhloso zethu futhi sakhe izinhlelo zethu njengoba siphakamisela iColony ezingeni elisha, eliphakeme."
Uhlu ngumphathi wehhotela lesizukulwane sesithathu, owakhulela eNew York City, owayehlala futhi esebenza emahhotela aphethwe nguyise. Eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye, waqala ukugeza izimbiza namakhishi ekhishini elikhulu lehhotela ngamasenti ayi-25 ngembiza futhi waqhubeka nokubamba umsebenzi wehhotela njalo ehlobo kusukela lapho kuqhubeke. Uhlu waqala umsebenzi wakhe ePlaza Hotel eNew York City futhi selokhu waphatha upscale, izindawo zezitolo ezibandakanya iThe Inn eLittle Washington, VA .; I-Woodstock Inn ne-Resort, i-VT .; ICongress neHall Star Inn eCape May, NJ; kanye neWilliamsburg Inn, VA. phakathi kwabanye.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- At age nine, he began washing pots and pans in the hotel’s main kitchen for 25 cents a pot and continued to hold a hotel job every summer from then on.
- List began his career at the Plaza Hotel in New York City and has since managed upscale, boutique properties including The Inn at Little Washington, VA.
- He is primed to have an enormous impact with attracting new clientele while still catering to the many familiar faces who continue to return year after year.
