Iihotele zeBD namhlanje zibhengeza ukuqeshwa kukaRani Gharbie njengeNtloko yokuFumana kunye noPhuhliso lweeHotele zePod, imbono yehotele encinci yeBD enengeniso ephezulu. Iihotele zePod okwangoku zineepropati ezintlanu kwipotfoliyo, ezintathu zazo ezivulwe kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo (iphawu lophawu lwePod Times Square livulwe ngoJanuwari 2018; iPod DC kunye nePod Brooklyn yavulwa ngo-2017), kunye nebrand isandula ukubhengeza ezinye iihotele ezimbini. kumbhobho othe ngqo (ukuvulwa kwePod Philly ekwindla 2019 kunye nePod LA ehlelelwe i-2020). Ngoku, iihotele zePod ziqesha uGharbie ukuba aphindaphinde le modeli yeshishini iphumeleleyo nakwiimarike eziphambili ezibandakanya iMiami, iSan Francisco, iChicago, iAustin, iBoston, iNashville, iSeattle, iMontreal, iToronto, kunye neMexico City, phakathi kwabanye. UGharbie ebefudula ejongene nophuhliso kunye nokuthengwa kwempahla kuMntla Melika kwiiHotele zaseVirgin apho ebenegalelo elibonakalayo ekukhuliseni uphawu lwentengiso kwiimarike eziphambili.
Iihotele zePod zijongana nemfuno enyukayo ngokukhawuleza yeehotele ezifikelelekayo zokuphila ezijoliswe kubakhenkethi abanengqondo eqhubekayo kunye nohlahlo lwabiwo-mali abanobuchule bokuyila nabanamabhongo nabagcina ulindelo oluphezulu xa kuziwa kumava enyani, uyilo olukrelekrele kunye nobuchwephesha obunengqondo. Ngamagumbi ayo asebenzayo eendwendwe, indawo edlamkileyo yoluntu kunye noyilo olubhetyebhetye, iPod Hotels inikezela ngembuyekezo yotyalo-mali egqwesileyo xa ithelekiswa neebrendi zehotele zakudala ezikwindawo efanayo.
NjengeNtloko yokuThengwa noPhuhliso esebenza ngokubambisana nabanini beehotele ze-BD uRichard Born no-Ira Drukier, uGharbie uya kuba noxanduva lokuchonga amathuba otyalo-mali kunye nokudibanisa amaqabane kunye nabatyali mali ukuxhasa iiprojekthi ezizayo kwiimarike ezininzi. Uya kuphakamisa ubuchwephesha kwiihotele ze-BD kuphuhliso lweehotele, utyalo-mali kunye nokusebenza ukwandisa uphawu lweePod kwilizwe liphela kwaye ekugqibeleni kwihlabathi liphela.
"URani uzimanya nathi ngexesha elibalulekileyo njengoko sinyusa i-Pod Hotels portfolio ngokubonakalayo eMntla Melika" utshilo uRichard Born, ongumnini weehotele zeBD. "Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo uya kuba yinto ebalulekileyo njengoko eza namava angaphezulu kweminyaka engama-20 ekufumaneni ihotele, uphuhliso kunye nokusebenza."
"Ndijonge phambili ekwandiseni imodeli enenzuzo uRichard noIra abayenze kwiimarike eziphambili kwilizwe liphela," utshilo uGharbie. "Ndibona ukukhula okuphucukileyo kwebrend njengoko kukho umdla okhulayo kubakhenkethi banamhlanje wokuhlala kwiimpawu ezintle, ezinje ngeePod Hotels."
Phambi kokuba ajoyine iiVirgin Hotels, uGharbie wayenguMlawuli oPhetheyo kunye noMsunguli kwiiCedar Funds, eNew York City esekwe kuphuhliso kunye nenkampani yotyalo-mali egxile kwiihotele eziqhubela phambili kunye neeasethi zokuthengiswa kwezindlu, kunye noMlawuli woPhuhliso wengingqi kunye neQela leehotele laseIntercontinental (IHG ). Ukongeza, uGharbie nguNjingalwazi oNgekhoyo kwiNkqubo yeMasters yaseColumbia kwinkqubo yoPhuhliso lweZakhiwo, apho afundisa khona ikhosi yasentwasahlobo yoPhuhliso lwaBucala lwaBucala, kugxilwe kwihotele. Uphethe isidanga seMasters kule nkqubo, iMBA yeSikolo soShishino se-HEC eMontreal, isidanga seBachelor kuLawulo lweehotele eGlion Hotel School eSwitzerland, kunye neSatifikethi kwihotele yeeNdawo zokuThengisa izindlu kunye noLawulo lweeAsethi ezivela kwiYunivesithi yaseCornell eNew York. .
