“Elinye lawona manani amangalisayo kuhambo nakukhenketho usishiyile. Igama lakhe nguStanley Tollman. Ndimazi kunye nenkosikazi yakhe ethandekayo uBea okoko ndadibana nabo okokuqala ngo-1972 eTollman Towers, ihotele entsha kraca ababesandula ukuyakha eRhawutini ngo-1970. Iindlela zethu zokuhamba ziye zanxulunyaniswa ngokusondeleyo kule minyaka idlulileyo. UStan kunye nosapho lwakhe oluthandekayo babesoloko bekwindawo yokusika kwishishini lokuhamba kwaye beqhubeka besenza iimveliso ezintsha eziqhutywa ngesitayile esigqibeleleyo. Bavuyisa abantu abaninzi kakhulu.”
Kwiminyaka eyalandelayo, ihotele yenkampani kunye neepotfoliyo zokuhamba zavela kwaye zanda ukuze zibandakanye iihotele eziphumelele amabhaso amaninzi eRed Carnation (ethiywe emva kweCarnation ebomvu uTollman awayeyinxibile kwilapel yakhe) kunye nezinye iimveliso ezikhokelayo kwicandelo elibandakanya iHolide ye-Insight, iiHolide zeContiki kunye Uniworld Boutique River Cruises.
Njengoko kwavela ukruthakruthwano olusekelwe kubuhlanga eMzantsi Afrika, u-Tollman wangqiyama kwimpumelelo yakhe ukuze acele umngeni kwimigaqo-nkqubo yocalucalulo. Waba ngomnye wabanikazi beehotele bokuqala ukumema iindwendwe ezintsundu kunye nabadlali beqonga kwiihotele zakhe zodidi oluphezulu kwaye waye wakhokela inkqubo yoqeqesho lwabantu abantsundu abathembisayo kwishishini lokwamkela iindwendwe, evula amathuba engqesho de kube ngoko kubekelwe abamhlophe. Okulusizi kukuba, engakwazi ukuchaphazela okanye ukunyamezela ucalucalulo, uTollman wahlutha izinto zakhe zoMzantsi Afrika ngo-1976 waza wahamba nenkosikazi nabantwana bakhe abane waya eLondon apho babengabanini behotele iMontcalm eMarble Arch.
Kodwa uAfrika akazange amshiye uTollman. Nangona kwanyanzeleka ukuba afune ubutyebi bakhe kude nelizwe lakhe, lwakuba lubhangisiwe ucalucalulo, uTollman wabuyela kumhlaba awazalelwa kuwo ngo-1994. ukuyilwa kwamathuba exesha elizayo okuba abemi boMzantsi Afrika baphinde bakhe ubomi babo ngoshishino lwezokhenketho. U-Tollman ulungelelanise ukhenketho lokuqala lwezizwe ngezizwe lwamagcisa angaphandle ukuya eMzantsi Afrika omtsha, amava awaba nefuthe elinzulu ekuqondeni kwakhe ubudlelwane phakathi kweendwendwe kunye nabantu basekuhlaleni kwaye wadala isiseko sokuzingca kwelizwe labo elisanda kukhululwa.
Ngenxa yoko, zonke iibrendi ze-TTC zizama ukunika amathuba iindwendwe ukuba zidibane kwaye zithethane nabantu balapha ngeendlela zokwenyani, ukudala ukuqonda kunye nokuxabisa omnye komnye kunye nendawo yethu kwihlabathi ekwabelwana ngalo. Ngo-2003 uye waseka iMbasa yeTollman kubuGcisa obuBonakalayo, ebhiyozela uphuhliso lobugcisa eMzantsi Afrika. Ukusukela oko yasungulwayo, eli wonga liqhubele phambili ngokumandla impumelelo kunye nomsebenzi wabo bathe bawongwa abaquka uZanele Muholi, uPortia Zvavahera, uMawande Ka Zenzile noNicholas Hlobo, abamsebenzi wabo ububoniswe kwiindawo ezikumgangatho ophezulu ezifana neTate Modern kunye ne Venice Biennale.
Ngeempawu zakhe, uTollman uye wazisa amashumi amawaka eendwendwe e-Afrika kwaye ngo-2020, emva kokugqiba iminyaka emithathu yokucinga kwakhona ngaphandle kwemiceli mngeni yobhubhani wehlabathi ekudalweni kwayo, watyhila i-piéce de rèsistance, i-Xigera Safari Lodge, ileta yothando eya e-Afrika e-Afrika. i-Okavango Delta yaseBotswana. I-safari lodge ngokukhawuleza yafumana udumo kwihlabathi jikelele ngeziqinisekiso zayo zozinzo kuquka utyalo-mali kwifama yelanga kunye nempumelelo yekhabhoni negative footprint kwaye yathiywa yiRobb Report njengenye yeeHotele eziNtsha zoNtofontofo ezingama-50 eziNdwendwela ngo-2021.
