Xa ndenza ugcino lwaseMarriott, ndenza oku kuba ndine-App ye-Bonvoy, kodwa xa ndikhangela le app, ndisebenzisa igama elaziwayo elithi Marriott, kwaye xa ndifowuna, ndihlala ndisebenzisa i-800-Marriott. Ndiyaqonda ukuba iWestin inebhedi yasezulwini endiyithandayo, kodwa ibhedi eRitz-Carlton ingcono nangakumbi.
Ke ngoko, iyandixaka into yokuba iMarriott International ithenge uhlobo lwendlela yokuphila ummi izolo.
Ngaba oku kuthetha ukuba xa uhlala kuyo nayiphi na enye ihotele enegama laseMarriott, awukwazi ukufumana ubunewunewu obufikelelekayo okanye indawo yokulala ye-boutique?
UMarriott uthe kwingxelo yakhe yeendaba ukuba uMmi M ngumnikelo okhethekileyo kunye nentsha kwicandelo lenkonzo ekhethiweyo. Intengiselwano kulindeleke ukuba ikhawulezise ukwandiswa kwehlabathi kukaMarriott kwenkonzo yayo ekhethiweyo kunye nendlela yokuphila yokuhlala, njengoko inkampani iqhubeka nokwandisa ipotfoliyo yayo ukubonelela ngeenketho ezinomdla ngakumbi kwiindwendwe kunye namalungu eMarriott Bonvoy kwihlabathi liphela.
Ipotfoliyo yabemi behlabathi ngoku ineehotele ezivuliweyo ezingama-36, eziquka amagumbi ayi-8,544, kwizixeko ezingaphezulu kwama-20 ezithatha i-US, iYurophu, neAsia Pacific, kubandakanywa izixeko ezingamasango njengeNew York, iLondon, iParis, neRome. Umbhobho wangoku wolu phawu ubandakanya iihotele ezintathu ezingakhiwanga phantsi zizonke ezingaphezulu kwamagumbi angama-600 ekulindeleke ukuba zivulwe phakathi ku-2026, ngethemba lokukhula okubonakalayo okubonakalayo kuyo yonke imimandla yehlabathi yaseMarriott kule minyaka ilishumi izayo.
Hayi uMarriott, kodwa uhlobo lwe-citizenM lwaziwa ngenkonzo yalo yokwenyani, amava e-tech-savvy ehotele, ukusetyenziswa kakuhle kwendawo, kunye nokugxila kubugcisa kunye noyilo.
I-brand, eyasekwa ngo-2008, ibonelela ngenani labantu elikhulayo labakhenkethi abazixabisayo abafuna indawo yokuhlala eqhutywa bubuchwephesha kunye neempawu ezifana noyilo lwangaphakathi kwigumbi, indawo zangaphakathi nezangaphandle eziqhelekileyo ezinomsebenzi wobugcisa ontywilayo kunye nezinto zakudala zendawo, amagumbi okuhlala anyulwe ngokukhululekileyo asebenza njengeendawo zokusebenza ezisebenzisanayo, iinketho zokuyila zokuhlangana, amagumbi okuhlangana, amagumbi okuhlangana, amagumbi okuhlangana, amagumbi okuhlamba kunye nophahla kunye nokutya.
Ekuvaleni intengiselwano, uMarriott uya kuhlawula i-355 yezigidi zeedola ukufumana uphawu kunye nepropathi ehambelana nayo. Emva kokuvala, i-citizenM portfolio iya kuba yinxalenye yenkqubo ye-Marriott, kunye neehotele ezizezabo kwaye ziqeshiswe ngumthengisi ngokuxhomekeke kwizivumelwano zexesha elide ze-franchise kunye noMarriott. Imirhumo ezinzisiweyo yepotfoliyo yombhobho evulekileyo nengaphantsi kolwakhiwo kulindeleke ukuba ibe malunga nezigidi ezingama-30 zeerandi ngonyaka. Umthengisi usenokufumana iintlawulo eziya kuthi ga kwi-110 lezigidi zeerandi ngokusekwe kukukhula kohlobo lwexesha elizayo kwixesha elibekiweyo, leminyaka emininzi. Ezi ntlawulo azinakuqala de kube ngunyaka wesine olandela ukuvalwa.
Ukuvalwa kwentengiselwano kuxhomekeke kwiimeko eziqhelekileyo, kuquka ukuvunywa kwe-US. Ukucinga ngokuvala ngo-2025, uMarriott ngoku ulindele ukukhula kwegumbi elipheleleyo lika-2025 ukuba lisondele kwi-5 ekhulwini.
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