Iqela le-Accor linikezela ngovelwano lwalo olunyanisekileyo kwabo abathandayo ngakumbi kumtshana wakhe, uGilles Pélisson, osebenze kwi-Accor iminyaka eli-17, kuquka iminyaka emi-5 ekhokela iQela.
UGérard wayenguvulindlela obalaseleyo owathi, kunye nomseki-ntsapho uPaul Dubrule, baphefumlela indlela yangoku yokwamkela iindwendwe zaseFransi ngexesha apho yayilungele iimbono ezintsha. Ebekela bucala imvelaphi yakhe yobunjineli kunye nomsebenzi osakhasayo e-IBM, uGérard ngenkalipho walandela imodeli yeshishini lehotele esemgangathweni ngokuyilwa kweNovotel ephefumlelwe ngu-US eLille Lesquin, ngo-1967.
Kulo lonke uhambo lwakhe, uGérard wasebenzisa inethiwekhi yakhe ebanzi yoqhagamshelwano ukuze asebenzise amathuba okwakha iQela, ngelixa ejongene nezicwangciso zoshishino kunye neeprojekthi ezinkulu zemali. Bekunye no-Paul, baphumeze imiba engundoqo, besakha ipotfoliyo yeQela yokuqala equka: ukusekwa kwee-ibis, iMercure, iSofitel kunye neFormule1, phakathi kwezinye ezininzi.
UGérard wayenomdla wokwabelana ngolwazi lwakhe lwecandelo kunye nezizukulwana ezizayo, ebonakalisa indima yakhe njengoSihlalo we-Institut Paul Bocuse. Wayenenkolelo enzulu yokuba zonke iindima kulo lonke icandelo leendwendwe zithathelwe ingqalelo ngendima ebalulekileyo abayidlalileyo, nokuba yintoni na, ekufakeni igalelo kumava abalaseleyo. Uza kukhunjulwa njengomdlali wegalufa okhuphisanayo nowabelana ngothando lwakhe ngomdlalo noogxa bakhe xa wayesungula itumente 'Tee Bleu'.
Kwi-1997, uGérard wabuya ekukhokeleni iQela waza wathatha indima yakhe njengosihlalo-sihlalo weBhodi yoLawulo kunye noPaul.
Ukunika imbeko kwilifa likaGérard, amaqela e-Accor avela kwihlabathi liphela aya kube enika imbeko ngokusebenzisa udonga lwesikhumbuzo olubonakalayo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Wayenenkolelo enzulu yokuba zonke iindima kulo lonke icandelo leendwendwe zithathelwe ingqalelo ngendima ebalulekileyo abayidlalileyo, nokuba yintoni na, ekufakeni igalelo kumava abalaseleyo.
- Uza kukhunjulwa njengomdlali wegalufa okhuphisanayo nowabelana ngothando lwakhe ngomdlalo noogxa bakhe xa wayesungula itumente 'Tee Bleu'.
- Ukubekela ecaleni imvelaphi yakhe yobunjineli kunye nomsebenzi osakhasayo e-IBM, uGérard ngenkalipho walandela imodeli yeshishini lehotele esemgangathweni ngokuyilwa kweNovotel ephefumlelwe yi-US eLille Lesquin, ngo-1967.