U-Burt Cabañas ufike e-US enamahloni osuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lweminyaka eyi-10 nomama wakhe.
Wathatha umndeni waya eMiami esuka eCuba ukuze alulame ekufeni kukayise. Kodwa esikhundleni sokubuya, umndeni wanquma ukuhlala lapho uFidel Castro ehlobanisa uhulumeni wakhe nobukhomanisi.
Ngemva kweminyaka embalwa, uCabañas waqala ukusebenza ngemva kokuphuma kwesikole njengomqaphi ehhotela. Lokho kwamfaka emsebenzini wakhe embonini ye-hospitality. Endleleni, wabamba imisebenzi eyahlukene yokuphatha amahhotela futhi wathola iziqu zokuphatha amahhotela nezindawo zokudlela eFlorida International University. Ngo-1986, wathenga inkampani eyayaziwa ngokuthi i-Benchmark Management Co. ku-The Woodlands Corp.
Namuhla, i-Cabañas isebenza njengosihlalo kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu se-The Woodlands-based Benchmark Hospitality International, eqashe abantu abangaba ngu-6,000 abaphethe amahhotela nezindawo zokungcebeleka.
Usanda kukhethwa njengomunye “Wabaholi Be-Hispanic Abanethonya Kunabo Bonke ngo-100” ngumagazini we-Hispanic Business. UCabañas ukhulume nentatheli yeChronicle uJenalia Moreno muva nje. Kulandela izingcaphuno zaleyo ngxoxo.
Q: Usebenza kuphrojekthi no-Gloria no-Emilio Estefan. Kwenzeka kanjani lokho?
A: Besinomngane wethu sobabili owasethula. Babethenge ihhotela elidala eVero Beach, Fla., ababenemiklamo yokulilungisa. Sisayine nabo inkontileka esikhathini esingangonyaka esedlule. Sizoba umlingani wabo wokusebenza kulowo msebenzi. Izovulwa engxenyeni yokugcina yalo nyaka.
Banekhaya lesibili eVero Beach. Angicabangi ukuthi lokhu kuzoba isandiso sempilo yabo yokuzijabulisa, kodwa kuzoba isandiso sempilo yabo yomuntu siqu.
Q: Injani imboni yezihambi ngesikhathi abaningi bebikezela ukuwohloka komnotho?
IMP: Uma ukhuluma nami kusasa, isithombe singahluka. Njengamanje, uma kucatshangelwa inkampani yethu, asiboni ama-blips ajwayelekile esikrinini ongawathola uma usuzozwa ukwehla komnotho.
Asikaze sibe nezinguquko kumodeli yethu yebhizinisi ngo-2008. Asikaze sibe nezinguquko ezingabonisa ukuthi kunefu elimnyama ngaphambili.
Q: Njengoba idola lintekenteke kangaka, ingabe uthola izivakashi eziningi zakwamanye amazwe emahhotela akho?
A: Nakanjani. Ikakhulukazi lawo mahhotela aseduze ne-East Coast kanye ne-West Coast. Izivakashi eziya e-US zimatasatasa, ikakhulukazi eNew York City. Abanawo amagumbi ehhotela. Banezikhathi ezinhle kakhulu. Igcwaliswa ngokushesha kakhulu ngumhambi wamazwe ngamazwe.
Umbuzo: Ingabe uhlela ukuqhubeka nokusabalala emazweni omhlaba?
IMPENDULO: Amaphesenti angu-10 okukhula kwethu eminyakeni eyi-XNUMX ezayo azoba emazweni omhlaba, iningi lalokho kukhula liseMelika Ephakathi naseNingizimu Melika. Sinehhovisi eSantiago, eChile naseTokyo. Siqala phansi ePanama. Sihlela esinye isikhungo ekugcineni entshonalanga yePanama nesinye esePatagonia.
Umbuzo: Abantu bavame ukukhuluma ngempumelelo yosomabhizinisi baseCuba. Ucabanga ukuthi kungani kunjalo
kanjalo?
IMP: Ngicabanga ukuthi awunayo inketho. Ngicabanga ukuthi kunomehluko phakathi kokudingiswa kanye nowokufika. Ngomuntu ovela kwelinye izwe, umnyango wokubuyela emuva uhlale uvulekile kuwe.
Sasingenawo umnyango wokubuyela emuva. Lokho kudala i-psyche ehlukile. Ngokushesha uthola izwe elisha futhi uqhubekele phambili. Abantu abaqale beza ngodokotela nabamabhange, bakwazile ukuthola isisekelo. Beza ngezizathu zezombangazwe. Bavele badlulisa impumelelo yabo.
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