I-HALONG BAY, eVietnam - I-Emeraude yavela kwi-dry-dock kwiveki ephelileyo kunye ne-suite entsha, i-crew eyandisiweyo yabafuduki, iyure eyonwabileyo kwi-sundeck kunye nehlobo elitsha elikhethekileyo.
I-Captain's Suite iqala njengeqela lesithathu enqanaweni. Inkulu kancinane kunoPaul Roque kwaye incinci kune-Emeraude, i-Suite ye-square-square ye-square-12.3 iquka indawo yokuhlambela yesibini ye-3.4-square-meter.
"Saqala nge-suite enye - uPaul Roque, obizwa ngokuba yikholoni inkampani yakhe eyakha i-Emeraude yokuqala ngo-1906," kusho uKurt Walter, umphathi jikelele we-Emeraude Classic Cruises. “Imfuno yendawo eyongezelelekileyo iye yabangela ukuba songeze i-Emeraude Suite eyi-15.2 square-meter kwaye ngoku yiKapteni’s Suite.”
Kwiminyaka emine ukususela ekusungulweni kwayo kwi-UNESCO World Heritage Site yaseHalong Bay, i-Emeraude iye yafumana udumo njengenqanawa ekwazi ukudlula kwindawo kunye nexesha. Uyilo lwayo kunye ne-ambience, ukusuka kuyilo lwe-fin de siècle, ukuya kwizixhobo zayo zobhedu zobhedu, iiplanga ezihonjisiweyo kunye nezitulo ezinomqolo eziphezulu, zivusa i-nostalgia yexesha lobukoloniyali.
Idekhi eziphangaleleyo zibhinqisa idesika ephambili kunye nephezulu ngelixa i-sundeck ibonelela ngesithuba esaneleyo esivulekileyo sokuhlala.
“Yonke le ndawo iyahlulahlula,” utshilo uWalter. “Phandle apha echwebeni, ufuna ukuchitha ixesha elininzi ngaphandle kangangoko, kwindawo eyimfihlo kangangoko, nokuba kukwisitulo esinamavili ngaphandle kwekhabhathi yakho okanye kwi-sundeck. Le yenye yezinto esizenza ngcono kunaye nabani na – indawo yobuqu, yangaphandle.”
Kongezwe uSylvain Marmet kunye noSarah Panigada, abasebenzi base-Emeraude abaphuma kwamanye amazwe banda ukuya kuma-French amathathu kunye ne-Austrian enye (iChief Purser Thomas Koessler) njengomphelelisi kubasebenzi baseVietnam abanamava.
Umsebenzi wokutya kunye nesiselo sikaMarmet uquka iindawo zokuchithela iiholide elwandle eBritani, indawo yokutyibiliza ekhephini e-US kunye nomsebenzi wehotele okwinqanaba eliphezulu kwiZiqithi zeChannel. Umsebenzi kaPanigada wokubuk' iindwendwe uye wasusela eJamani ukuya eBelgium, eFransi naseSwitzerland.
Ukuqala ngoJulayi 5, i-Emeraude isungula iyure entsha eyonwabileyo kwi-sundeck, kunye ne-canapés encomekayo. Njengesiqhelo, i-sundeck ibulisa ngorhatya ngokuvuthuza kweprojektha bhanyabhanya kunye nomboniso wasebusuku we-epic yaseFransi, i-Indochine.
Imenyu yangoku ye-Emeraude yaveliswa kwaye ilawulwa nguMarcel Issak, umpheki olawulayo weqela osuka eSwitzerland.
Ukongeza kwii-suites ezintathu, i-Emeraude yeemitha ezingama-55 ngoku ineekhabhathi eziphezulu ezili-12 kunye neekhabhini ze-deluxe ezingama-22 kubagibeli abangama-74 ubuninzi.
I-Emeraude Classic Cruises iphethwe kwaye iqhutywa yi-Apple Tree Group, inkampani yaseFransi, esekelwe kwiSixeko saseHo Chi Minh enomdla kukhenketho kunye nokwamkela iindwendwe, izindlu nomhlaba kunye nokwakhiwa kunye nokungenisa kunye nokusasazwa kulo lonke elaseMzantsi-mpuma Asia. Iipropati zayo zokungenisa iindwendwe zikwabandakanya iLa Residence Hotel & Spa eHue kunye neClub Press eHanoi, kunye neKamu Lodge kuMlambo waseMekong kufuphi neLuang Prabang kunye ne-Villa Maly, ihotele ye-boutique ecwangciselwe ukuvulwa eLuang Prabang emva kwe-2008.
