Iihotele zaseOvolo zonyula iGosa eliLawulayo eliyiNtloko elitsha

Iqoqo lehotele ye-designer boutique u-Ovolo ubhengeze ukunyuswa kukaDave Baswal kwiGosa eliLawulayo eliyiNtloko, evumela uMseki kunye noSihlalo oLawulayo u-Girish Jhunjhnuwala ukuba agxininise kwi-branding, uphuhliso kunye nokukhula okucwangcisiweyo kweshishini. I-Ovolo okwangoku ineehotele ezili-13 kunye neshumi elinesibini lokutyela e-Australia, e-Indonesia naseHong Kong, kwaye iceba ukwandisa kulo lonke elase-Asia Pacific, eYurophu nase-US. Ukuqeshwa kuza njengoko u-Ovolo elungiselela inqanaba elilandelayo lokuzivelela kwayo, nanjengoko umzi-mveliso wobubele ubuyela kwimpembelelo yobhubhane. 

Ngeminyaka engama-20 yamava kububele, imali kunye nolawulo lwezindlu, i-Baswal ibe negalelo ekukhuleni kuka-Ovolo ngexesha lobhubhane kunye nokwakha iqela elomeleleyo elihambelana neyona nto ibalulekileyo yeqela. 

“UDave Baswal ungumntu obalaseleyo Ovolo -umntu onomdla wokuphucula rhoqo amava eendwendwe; ubuchule bokuyila iinkonzo ezintsha; kunye nobuchule boshishino ukunikezela ngentsebenzo emandla,” utshilo uGirish. Okona kubaluleke kakhulu, wabelana ngendlela efanayo ne-ethos yabantu esembindini we-Ovolo, ezisa ulonwabo kwiindwendwe zethu, amaqela ethu kunye nabathathi-nxaxheba bethu. 

“Ndonwabile ukuba ukunyuselwa kwakhe kuya kundivumela ukuba ndilawule amandla am ekufumaneni amathuba amatsha okuthatha amava e-Ovolo kubakhenkethi abaninzi kwihlabathi liphela. Ndaqala uhambo lwam kwi-real estate kwiminyaka eyi-20 eyadlulayo kwaye ndasungula iiHotele ze-Ovolo ngo-2010, kwaye eli lixesha elifanelekileyo lokuguqula iqela phantsi kobunkokeli obuvuselelweyo. UDave unethemba lam kunye nabathathi-nxaxheba bethu, kwaye ukunyuswa kwakhe kuya kudala amathuba amatsha kwiqela lethu lonke. Ndiyayivuyela le nto izayo.” 

UDave uthi unebhongo ngokuthatha ingubo ye-CEO ku-Girish kwaye uwongekile ngokuzuza ukuthenjwa ngumseki wembono ka-Ovolo. “U-Girish ube lukhuthazo kum nakuwo onke amalungu eqela lethu, kwaye uhlala eyintliziyo nomphefumlo ka-Ovolo. Udale ibhrendi enomdla kakhulu kubakhenkethi banamhlanje kwaye ikhuthaza iqela lethu ukuba linike inkonzo ekhethekileyo yonke imihla,” utshilo uDave. "Ndiwongekile ngokukhokela eli qela limangalisayo kwaye ndithathe i-Ovolo kwinqanaba layo elilandelayo ngexesha lethuba elikhulu." 

Ilungu leNgcebiso yeBhodi yeSizwe yoKhenketho lokuHlala eOstreliya kunye nesigqeba sangaphambili kwi Iqela leMantra, UDave unesidanga seBachelor kulawulo lweehotele kunye nezidanga zeMasters kuzo zombini iaccounting yobuchwephesha kunye nokhenketho lwamazwe ngamazwe, kwaye izisa ubutyebi bamava kule ndima.