Umakadebona wamahhotela uGeoffrey Gelardi uklonyeliswe nge-Cateys 2018: Special Award, okungenye yezindondo ezihlonishwayo embonini yezokuvakasha, eyethulwa incwadi yase-UK ethi The Caterer. Udumo luhlonipha impumelelo kaMnu. Gelardi njengomqondisi ophethe isikhathi eside kunabo bonke endaweni ewubukhazikhazi e-London nokuzibophezela kwakhe okungapheli kubavakashi nabasebenzi base-The Lanesborough.
UMnu. Gelardi usanda kwehla esikhundleni sokuba nguMqondisi Ophethe ngemva kweminyaka ecishe ibe ngamashumi amathathu ephethe i-Lanesborough, ayivule ngo-1991. Ngesikhathi sokuphatha, uMnu. Gelardi wahlonishwa ngokuthi “Umqaphi Ozimele Womhlaba” yi-HOTELS Magazine futhi wavotela “Phezulu IMenenja Jikelele Yehhotela Lokunethezeka Emhlabeni Wonke” kaLuxury Travel Advisor, phakathi kweminye imiklomelo eminingi, kanye ne-The Lanesborough yathola cishe zonke izindondo embonini yezokuvakasha, isanda kuhlonishwa nge-“Number 1 Hotel in London” yi-Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards. .
Umnikazi wamahhotela wesizukulwane sesithathu ovela eGoli, eNingizimu Afrika, uMnu. Gelardi ungumholi ongavamile wokungenisa izihambi, okhululekile ekusingatheni imisebenzi eyahlukene yokuvula amahhotela aphambili njengokuyiqhuba. UMnu. Gelardi waqala umsebenzi wakhe njengoMqondisi Ophethe we-Hotel Bel-Air, lapho ayengamele khona ukulungiswa nokwandiswa okwalandela kwendawo enezinkanyezi ezinhlanu. Ngemuva kokusebenza kwakhe e-Hotel Bel Air, usebenze njengoMqondisi Ophethe wehhotela i-Sorrento e-Seattle ngaphambi kokuthatha isikhundla sokuba nguMqondisi Ophethe we-Lanesborough futhi wahola ekulungisweni nasekuguqulweni komlando waba elinye lamahhotela ahlonishwayo eLondon, elavulwa ngo-1991. Kusukela lapho, uMnu. Gelardi usungule futhi waphayona izinsiza ezihlukile, ulwazi, izinhlelo kanye nezinsizakalo ezichaze kabusha umqondo wokungenisa izihambi okunethezeka.
Kusho u-Roland Fasel, Isikhulu Esiyinhloko Sezokusebenza Kwa-Aman, “Ihhotela likweleta yonke into ngokuzibophezela, ukuzinikela kanye nokugxila kukaGeoffrey. Bekuyisitayela sakhe sobuholi esagcina ihhotela lihamba phambili emdlalweni walo iminyaka eminingi.” Umnikazi wendawo uMichael Malone, owanxenxa uMnu. Gelardi ukuba athuthele e-Seattle ukuze aphathe Ihhotela lakhe i-Sorrento, wanezela, “Ngichithe ingxenye engcono kakhulu yokuphila kwami emahhotela aphambili, futhi uGeoffrey usekilasini lakhe. Iso lakhe lemininingwane nobuholi obubambekayo, obungene shí ekuqeqesheni nasekilasini, alinakuqhathaniswa.”
Selokhu ashiya i-Lanesborough, uMnu. Gelardi uthole imibuzo eminingi kanye nezicelo ezivela ezinkampanini zikanokusho zokungenisa izihambi kanye nemikhiqizo ethengiswayo, amabhizinisi, abathuthukisi kanye nezinkampani zokuphatha emhlabeni wonke, ngenxa yalokho asungula i-Gelardi Management, i-consultancy esebenza ngokunethezeka kokungenisa izihambi futhi indawo yokuhlala esezingeni eliphezulu. Kuze kube manje, uMnu. Gelardi usethathe amaphrojekthi amaningana futhi uhlola idlanzana lamanye amathuba.
