Ekuqaleni yaphuhliswa ngo-1972, iRockhouse yenye yeehotele zokuqala eNegril's West End, eJamaica. Ihotele eyothusayo ibonakaliswa bubuhle bayo bendalo, uyilo olomeleleyo loyilo, izinto zasekhaya kunye nobugcisa, inkonzo egqwesileyo kunye namava okuphumla, okumnandi kunye nokunyaniseka kweJamaican.
I-Rockhouse isandula ukuphinda ichazwe kwaye ibambe isikhundla seGreen Globe Gold ngophuculo lwayo oluzinzileyo. Injongo yehotele kukugcina uxanduva ngokuzinzileyo nangokuzinzileyo kuwo onke amaqela-unike iindwendwe iholide ezimangalisayo zehotele, wenze iqela lamaqabane aseJamaican libe yinxalenye yempumelelo, unakekele okusingqongileyo, kwaye ubuyisele eluntwini ngeRockhouse Foundation .
Usihlalo weRockhouse Hotel, uPaul Salmon uthi: "Ukuba yihotele enoxanduva nezinzileyo yenye yezona zinto ziphambili eRockhouse, ngokunxulumene nokusingqongileyo kunye noluntu lwasekhaya." “Sifuna iindwendwe zethu zibenamava awonwabisayo kwaye ayinyani kuhambo lwabo oluya eJamaica. Ukuhlonipha okusingqongileyo kunye nokubuyisela kwindawo esihlala kuyo yinto esivumela ukuba siqhubeke nokwenza oku. ”
Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-20, iRockhouse ibonakalise ukuzibophelela kwayo ekuqhubekekeni kozinzo kokusingqongileyo kwaye ibingqinwe liGlobe yeGreen ixesha elininzi ngelo xesha. Ihotele izama ukugcina ezona ndlela zilungileyo zokusingqongileyo kuyo yonke imisebenzi yehotele ngokunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwayo kwemithombo yendalo kunye nezinto eziyingozi, ukunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwe-CO2 kunye nokujonga ngokuqhubekayo ukusebenza kwayo kokusingqongileyo.
Ngo-2009, uRockhouse waseka i-Negril Area Green Globe Quiz, ukhuphiswano lonyaka phakathi kwezikolo zalapha ekhaya ukomeleza ukuqonda kwabafundi ngendalo esingqongileyo. Unyaka ngamnye, abafundi abaneminyaka eli-9 ukuya kweli-12 ubudala bakhuphisana ngokuphendula imibuzo yendalo esingqongileyo kunye nozinzo kwifomathi yomdlalo. Umsitho waminyaka le ubonakalise ukuba yimpumelelo kakhulu ekwaziseni abantwana ngemeko yendalo.
I-Rockhouse Foundation, ingalo yesisa yehotele, inyuse ngaphezulu kwe-US $ 5 yezigidi kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, ityale le mali kulwakhiwo, ukuphucula kunye nokugcinwa kwezikolo zikarhulumente zasekuhlaleni kunye neelayibrari. Kwi-2017 isiseko sigqibe eyona projekthi inomdla: I-Savanna-la-Mar Inclusive Infant Academy (i-SIIA), imodeli yokuqala yokubandakanywa kwesikolo esinezixhobo ezizodwa (kubo bonke abafundi abaqhelekileyo nabakhubazekileyo) eNtshona Jamaica. Esi sikolo siza kusebenza njengendawo yoqeqesho lootitshala abafikayo kwindawo yabahlali beli lizwe.
Ime kwipropathi yeRockhouse ngaphezulu kwe-acre yefama ephilayo apho iivenkile zokutyela ehotele zinika khona iziqhamo, imifuno kunye namayeza. Ihotele isebenzisa ifama ye-organic ukuvuna amanzi emvula, ukwenza umgquba kunye nokubonelela ngotyelelo lwegadi ngeveki ukufundisa iindwendwe apho ukutya kwazo kuvela khona kunye nendlela ihotele ekhuthaza ngayo uzinzo.
Rockhouse ibekwe kuluhlu # 1 lweehotele eJamaica e-Condé Nast Traveler "Readers 'Choice Awards", ibandakanyiwe kwiCondé Nast Traveler "Uluhlu lweGolide 2018", # 1 Ihotele eJamaica kuhambo + Ixesha lokuzonwabisa “Elona Mbasa liBalaseleyo kwiHlabathi liphela” libhengeze uJulayi ka-2017, nakwii-Rockhouse ze-2016 zoKhenketho lweHlabathi liphumelele “ihotele ehamba phambili yaseCaribbean”.
Umcebisi wohambo ubeka iRockhouse i # 5 Ihotele kwiiCaribbean kwiiMbasa zabo zango-2016 kwaye iThe Knot ichonge iRockhouse phezulu kuluhlu lwazo Iindawo eziBalaseleyo zoMtshato eMhlabeni. Amagama kaPatricia Schult athi Rockhouse njengenye yeendawo ezili “1000 zokuBona ngaphambi kokuba ufe” kwincwadi yakhe ethi New York Times yokuThengisa ngokuBalaseleyo. I-Rockhouse ikwanembeko yokuba iye yamkelwa njengomntu ohamba phambili kwezokhenketho ekuphumeleleni i-Travel + Leisure ye-Global Vision Award ngomsebenzi wayo kulwakhiwo loluntu ngeRockhouse Foundation.
IGreen Globe yinkqubo yozinzo kwihlabathi jikelele esekwe kwiikhrayitheriya ezamkelweyo kumazwe ngamazwe ukuze zisebenze ngokuzinzileyo kunye nolawulo lwamashishini ohambo nokhenketho. Isebenza phantsi kwelayisensi yehlabathi jikelele, iGreen Globe izinze eCalifornia, eMelika kwaye imelwe kumazwe angaphezu kwama-83. IGreen Globe lilungu eliManyano loMbutho weZizwe eziManyeneyo woKhenketho lweHlabathi (UNWTO). Ngolwazi, nceda Cofa apha.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The hotel's goal is to responsibly and sustainably balance the interests of all parties – give guests an amazing boutique hotel vacation, make Jamaican team partners a key part of the success, take care of the environment, and give back to the community through the Rockhouse Foundation.
- Consistently ranked one of the top resorts in the Caribbean, Rockhouse was listed #1 hotel in Jamaica in Condé Nast Traveler “Readers' Choice Awards”, was included on Condé Nast Traveler “Gold List 2018”, #1 Hotel in Jamaica in Travel + Leisure “World's Best Awards” announced July 2017, and at the 2016 World Travel Awards Rockhouse won “Caribbean’s Leading Boutique Hotel”.
- Trip Advisor ranks Rockhouse the #5 Hotel in the Caribbean in their 2016 Awards and The Knot identified Rockhouse at the top of their list of the Best Destination Wedding Venues in the World.
