Usomashishini odumileyo waseJamaican uGordon “Butch” Stewart, ongomnye wabantu abadumileyo kushishino lokubuka iindwendwe kunye nomsunguli weSandals Resorts International, eyona nkampani iphambili ebandakanya zonke iiholide, usweleke eneminyaka engama-79 nge-4 kaJanuwari 2021. uchulumancile kukuchasana nobunzima ngokugqitha kokulindelweyo, uStewart yedwa-wakha elona bhaso likazwelonke linikwa iiholide ukusuka kwindawo enye eJamaica ukuya kwiindawo zokungcebeleka kunye neendawo zokuhlala ezikwiCaribbean, echaza indlela umhlaba owa eholideyini ngayo.
Unyana waseJamaica, uButch Stewart wazalelwa eKingston ngoJulayi 6, 1941, kwaye wakhulela kunxweme lweli lizwe oluseMantla oLwandle, iparadesi yetropiki ngoku enezinto ezininzi zeNdawo eNtofontofo ezibandakanya iiSandals kunye neeLwandle zoLwandle nalapho uthando lwakhe lolwandle , iidominoes, kunye neshishini lasimahla lahlwayelwa. Ngokuqinisekileyo kwasekuqaleni ukuba wayefuna ukuqhuba inkampani yakhe, xa wayeneminyaka eli-12 ubudala, uStewart waqala wangena kumzi-mveliso wokubuka iindwendwe ethengisa iintlanzi ezisandul 'ukubanjwa kwiihotele zalapha. Impumelelo yakhe yamenza "waxhuma" kwaye inzondelelo yakhe kwezorhwebo ayizange yehle.
Emva kokugqiba imfundo yakhe yamabanga aphesheya phesheya, uStewart wabuyela ekhaya eJamaica apho wabonisa khona italente yakhe yokuzalwa njengomthengisi ophambili kwiNkampani eyaziwayo yaseCuraçao yokurhweba, ngokukhawuleza enyukela kwisikhundla sokuba ngumphathi wentengiso kodwa efuna ukuqala inkampani yakhe. Ngo-1968, uStewart wathatha ithuba. Ngaphandle kwesibambiso kodwa ukuqonda intuthuzelo eya kwenza imeko yomoya ibe yinkonzo ebalulekileyo, StewarUqinisekisile umenzi waseMelika uFedders Corporation ukuba amvumele ukuba amele uphawu lwabo eJamaica. Ngaloo nto, ishishini elisisiseko likaStewart - iAppliance Traders Limited (ATL), lazalwa, kwaye wayesendleleni.
Kwi-ATL, uStewart wavelisa ifilosofi yeshishini elichazayo amaxesha amaninzi: "Fumanisa ukuba abantu bafuna ntoni na, ubanike, kwaye ngokwenza njalo-bagqithe kulindelo lwabo." Oku kuya kuba ngumgangatho kuwo onke amashishini eStewart kwaye kwenziwe ngabo bonke abasebenzi beenkampani ezininzi uStewart uya kuqhubeka nokufumana, kubandakanya kwaye mhlawumbi okona kubaluleke kakhulu, iSandals Resorts International.
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Ngo-1981, ngesipho sokubona ithuba, uStewart wafumana enye eBay Roc: ihotele ehamba phambili elunxwemeni oluhle eMontego Bay, eJamaica. Kwiinyanga ezisixhenxe kunye ne- $ 4 yezigidi kulungiso kamva, iiSandals Montego Bay ziya kuvula njengeflegi yento namhlanje eyimbasa ethandwa kakhulu ekuphumeleleni amabhaso, ebandakanya konke ukubandakanywa kukhenketho kwihlabathi.
Ngelixa uStewart engazange enze ibango lokuyila umxholo oquka konke, uyaziwa kwihlabathi liphela ngomzamo wakhe ongakhathaliyo wokuphakamisa amava, ehambisa iindwendwe zakhe inqanaba elingenakuthelekiswa nanto lobunewunewu, kunye nokwabelana ngokuqiniseka kwakhe ukuba inkampani yaseCaribbean inokukhuphisana ngempumelelo nayo nayiphi na umbutho emhlabeni. Wazifezekisa zombini.
“Ndakhe ndeva ngalo mbono, kodwa ngelo xesha, iinkonzo kunye namagumbi zazisisiseko. Ngokuchasene noko, ndacinga ukuba singazisa indawo yokutyela ekunikezeleni abathengi kakhulu. Ke siyifezekisile. Kuphela bobona bukumkani bukhululekileyo beebhedi ezine zeepowusta, iigadi ezenziwe kakuhle, ihammock epholileyo kunye nohlobo lwenkonzo efudumeleyo, ecokisekileyo yeCaribbean eyaziwa ngayo. Okubaluleke kakhulu kukuba ibekwe elunxwemeni olungcono, kuba yilento wonke umntu aphupha ngayo. ”
Apho ezinye izinto ezibizwa ngokuba “zizonke ezibandakanya” zinika izidlo kunye namagumbi ngeseti ebekiweyo, amaxabiso eeSandals Resorts afikelela kukhetho lokutya okumnandi, iziselo zohlobo lweprimiyamu, izipho, ukuhanjiswa kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya, iirhafu nayo yonke imisebenzi yomhlaba kunye neendawo zamanzi. Ukutya kwabakhuphisana nabo yayiyindlela yokutya, ngenxa yoko uStewart wenza iindawo zokutyela ezikhethekileyo kwipropathi ezinemigangatho ephezulu yokupheka kunye nenkonzo yegloves emhlophe. IiSandals Resorts ikwayinkampani yokuqala yehotele yaseCaribbean ukubonelela ngeenkonzo zomoya ovuthuzayo kunye nenkonzo kamabonakude yesathelayithi, eyokuqala enebhari yokuqubha kunye neyokuqala ukuqinisekisa ukuba igumbi ngalinye linebhedi ebukhulu benkosi kunye nokomisa iinwele. Izinto ezintsha ezisandula ukwenziwa zibandakanye utyikityo lwe-spa-iRed Lane® Spa, iisuti zokutyikitya zokutyela eziyilelwe ubumfihlo kunye nokugqibezela, i-WiFi eyongezelelweyo, kunye nentsebenziswano yokutyikitywa kwemibutho yeempawu ezinje ngeMicrosoft Xbox® Play Lounge, iSesame Workshop, i-PADI, i-Mondavi® Wines , UGreg Norman Utyikityo lwezifundo zeGalufa kunye neGuild-based Guild of Professional English Butlers. Kwaye ngo-2017, uStewart wazisa indawo yokuqala yokuhlala amanzi eCaribbean, eyandiswa ngokukhawuleza ukuba ibandakanye imivalo engaphezulu kwamanzi kunye neenkonzo zokutshata ezingaphezulu kwamanzi.
Ngokubambelela ngokungagungqiyo kumgaqo "singayenza ngcono" imigaqo yokonwabisa iindwendwe zakhe, uStewart wakhuthaza inkampani ekhululekile ukuba icinge kwaye ikhululekile ukuba inyuse ibar ngokungaguquguqukiyo. Le ethos yamzuzela isihloko esithi "King of All-Inclusives," etshintsha ubuso bayo yonke into ebandakanyayo kunye nokuseka iiSandals Resorts njengowona mpawu uphumeleleyo kudidi - eqhayisa amanqanaba okuhlala unyaka wonke ngaphezulu kwepesenti ze-85, i into engenakuthelekiswa nanto ebuyayo yeepesenti ezingama-40 kunye nemfuno ekhokelele kulwandiso olungazange lubonwe kubandakanya nokudala iikhonsepthi ezongezelelweyo ezinjengeeBeaches Resorts, ngoku ngumgangatho womgangatho wokugqwesa kwiiholide zosapho losapho.
I-Butch uStewart wayemthanda iimbadada. Ngexesha lokudlula kwakhe, wayenzima emsebenzini kwizicwangciso zokwandiswa kutsha nje kwisiqithi saseDatshi iCuraçao neSt. Vincent.
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Ubunkokeli bukaStewart banceda ekuvuseleleni ishishini lokuhamba laseJamaica kwaye lamenza ukuba ahlonitshwe ngoontanga bakhe kunye nokunconywa ngabantu belizwe lakhe. Wonyulwa njengoMongameli woMbutho weCandelo labucala laseJamaica ngo-1989 kwaye wangeniswa kwi “Hall of Fame” yayo ngo-1995. Wayesebenza njengoMlawuli weBhodi yeJamaica yabakhenkethi ishumi leminyaka nanjengoMongameli weJamaica Hotel kunye noMbutho wabakhenkethi e-Jamaica. phakathi kweminyaka yama-80s, urhulumente elungelelanisa ably kunye neendawo eziphambili ngokubaluleka, ukulungelelanisa iinkxalabo zeehotele ezinkulu nezincinci zaseJamaican, kunye nokuphakamisa ukuqonda koluntu kushishino lokhenketho. Ngo-1994, uStewart wakhokela iqela labatyali-mali ukuba bathathe ubunkokheli be-Air Jamaica, eyona ndawo iphethe indawo enkulu eCaribbean. Yayingumsebenzi otyhafisayo- iinqwelomoya zazingcolile, iinkonzo zazingakhathali kwaye iishedyuli zexesha zazingafane zidibane, zibangele ukuba isabelo sentengiso sehle kunye nengeniso.
Ukungena kukaStewart, wanyanzelisa indlela elungele abakhweli: inkonzo yexesha, ukuncitshiswa kwemigca yokulinda, ukonyusa uqeqesho kubo bonke abasebenzi, kunye nokutyikitya i-champagne yasimahla kwiinqwelomoya ehamba nokugxininisa kukutya okungcono. Ubuye wavula iindlela ezintsha kwiCaribbean, wazisa ngeejeti ezintsha zeAirbus kwaye waseka indawo yaseMontego Bay yeenqwelomoya ezivela nokubuya eUnited States. Njengakwii-ATL kunye neeNdawo zokuHlala zeSandali, ifomula kaStewart yangqineka iphumelele kwaye ngasekupheleni kuka-2004, uStewart wabuyisela inqwelomoya kurhulumente ngokwanda kwengeniso engaphezulu kwe-US $ 250 yezigidi.
Kwakungekona okokuqala uStewart eza kunceda ilizwe lakhe. Ngo-1992, wakhuthaza abantu baseJamaica ukuba bancome i- “Butch Stewart Initiative,” efaka i-US $ 1 yezigidi ngeveki kwimarike yaseburhulumenteni yezorhwebo kumazwe angaphandle ngexabiso eliphantsi ukunceda ukumisa isilayidi sedola laseJamaican. UGqr Henry Lowe, owayengu Mongameli kunye ne CEO ye Blue Cross, wabhalela uStewart esithi: “Ndibhalela ukunibulela ngokungazenzisiyo ngeli nyathelo lilikhulu nelithe lenza lukhulu, hayi nje ukomeleza imali yethu, kodwa .
Okungaziwa kancinci kunokuba bubungakanani benceba enkulu kaStewart, apho ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-40 ancede ekuphuculeni nasekubumbeni ubomi babantu baseCaribbean. Umsebenzi wakhe, owenziwe ngokusesikweni kwindalo kwi-2009 yeSandals Foundation, unikezela ngenkxaso ukusukela kulwakhiwo lwezikolo kunye nokuhlawulwa kootitshala ukuzisa ukhathalelo lwempilo kwiminyango yabo bangenakho ukuyifumana. Oku ukongeza kwinkxaso yakhe engadinwayo kuluhlu olubanzi lwamanyathelo okusingqongileyo. Ngaphandle komsebenzi weSiseko, uStewart unike izigidi kwizizathu zokunceda ezifana nokubhiyozela ubugorha bamagqala kunye nabaphenduli bokuqala kunye nokunceda abo bavuswa ziinkanyamba.
Ngo-2012, uStewart waseka iYunivesithi yeSandals Corporate, ejolise ekunikezeleni ngophuhliso lobungcali kubasebenzi ngenkqubo yemfundo noqeqesho. Ngokufikelela kwizifundo ezingaphezu kwe-230 kunye nentsebenziswano yangaphandle kunye neeyunivesithi eziphezulu zase-13 nakwamanye amazwe, wonke umntu unokufaka isicelo, andise ulwazi lwabo, kwaye aqhubele phambili nomsebenzi wabo.
Impumelelo kaStewart kwishishini nakubomi bakhe imzuzele amawonga angaphaya kwama-50 afanelekileyo, engingqi, nakwamanye amazwe kunye namabhaso kubandakanya awona mazwe aphezulu e-Jamaica: I-Order yaseJamaica (OJ), kunye noMlawuli we-Order of Distinction (CD). Ngo-2017, uStewart wahlonitshwa ngeMbasa yokuFezekiswa koBomi kwiNgqungquthela yoTyalo-mali yeCaribbean Hotel & Resort (CHRIS), eyayibanjwe yiBurba Hotel Network, ephawula igalelo lakhe elibalulekileyo kwishishini lokubuk 'iindwendwe. "Impumelelo yeeSandals incede ekuphuculeni ukukhula kwezokhenketho kunye noqoqosho kungekuphela eJamaica kodwa nakwiCaribbean iphela," utshilo umongameli we-BHN uJim Burba. Igama elithi 'icon' ngokuqinisekileyo lisebenza kuButch Stewart. ”
Kwakumonwabisa uStewart nanini na esitya naphina emhlabeni kwaye umntu onomdla wayeza kwabelana naye, “Enkosi. Ndiqale eSandals. ”
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- While Stewart never laid claim to inventing the all-inclusive concept, he is recognized worldwide for his tireless effort to elevate the experience, delivering to his guests an unsurpassed level of luxury, and to share his certainty that a Caribbean company could successfully compete with any organization in the world.
- A son of Jamaica, Butch Stewart was born in Kingston on July 6, 1941, and grew up along the island country's North Coast, a tropical paradise that now boasts several of his Luxury Included® Sandals and Beaches Resorts and where his love of the sea, dominoes, and free enterprise were sown.
- An unstoppable force, who delighted in defying the odds by exceeding expectations, Stewart single-handedly built the world's most awarded vacation brand from one resort in Jamaica to over two dozen distinct resorts and villas throughout the Caribbean, redefining the way the world goes on vacation.
