Inzalelwane yaseNetherlands, uPottinga uneminyaka engaphezulu kwama-25 yamava kuMphathi oMkhulu kunye nezikhundla zoMphathi Jikelele osebenza kwihlabathi liphela, ukusuka eMelika, ukuya eYurophu naseAsia.
Ukuqala umsebenzi wakhe e-Des Indes InterContinental eHague, uhambo lukaPottinga lwamse kwiipropathi ezibhiyozelwayo ezifana ne-InterContinental New Orleans kunye ne-InterContinental Edinburgh IGeorge. IPotinga ijoyina I-InterContinental Chiang Mai Mae Ping ukusuka kwisikhundla sakhe njengoMlawuli Jikelele kwi-InterContinental Budapest. IPottinga ibambe izikhundla ezingaphezulu zoMlawuli Jikelele kwiZibuko iGrand Kowloon eHong Kong, iCrowne Plaza Landmark Hotel & Suites Shenzhen kunye neCrowne Plaza Bratislava.
KuPottinga, ukuqeshwa kwakhe kunye I-InterContinental Chiang Mai Mae Ping uphawula ukubuyela okumangalisayo eThailand, ilizwe lobuntwana bakhe apho waphumelela khona kwiSikolo samaZwe ngamaZwe saseBangkok. Ikwalithuba lokunceda ukuphakamisa inkangeleko yeChiang Mai njengenye yeendawo ezihamba phambili zabakhenkethi eAsia kulandela ukuchongwa kwayo njengelungu le-UNESCO Crafts kunye neFolk-Art Creative Cities Network ngo-2017. IPottinga ibekwe kwindawo ekhethekileyo kule ndima njengehotele yakhe yangaphambili, I-InterContinental Budapest, ikwabonelele ngefestile kumbindi wesiza selifa lehlabathi le-UNESCO.
Ukuhamba bekusoloko kukuthanda uPottinga, kwaye ujonge phambili ukuhlala kwesinye isixeko esidlamkileyo nesinembali.
“Njengokuba sisebenzela ukuvulwa phakathi ku-2023, mna neqela siye sazijul’ ijacu ngochulumanco kumsebenzi owoyikekayo wokutyhila i-InterContinental Chiang Mai Mae Ping kubakhenkethi basekhaya nabamazwe ngamazwe,” utshilo uPeter Pottinga. "Ngokudibanisa ukutya okunomtsalane kulo mmandla, umsebenzi wezandla zamagcisa alapha ekhaya, kunye nembali yasemantla eThai kunye neempawu zokutyikitya zophawu olufana ne-InterContinental, sijonge ukudala amava ondwendwe akhuthaza inkcubeko nenkcubeko yabantu baseLanna."
I-InterContinental Chiang Mai Mae Ping isembindini wesixeko esidala saseChiang Mai, kunye nohambo olufutshane ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya samazwe ngamazwe. Le yihotele eyenziwe "njengemyuziyam ephilayo," ikhuthazwe yinkcubeko yeLanna ehlonitshwa lixesha kwaye inomsebenzi wezandla wamagcisa asekhaya, ngelixa inikezela ngokubaleka kwangoku. Apha, iindwendwe ziya kufumana indawo ezolileyo e-Wat Chang Kong, i-stupa engapheliyo ebekwe kwiindawo; yonwabela ubugcisa obugqwesileyo, ubugcisa, kunye nomculo kwingca; kwaye ukonwabele ukutya okusemantla eThailand okukhethekileyo.
