Umphathiswa wezoKhenketho, u-Edmund Bartlett uvakalise ukudabuka ngokusweleka kwegqala lezokhenketho uGordon 'Butch' Stewart.
“I-Butch yayiyeyona icon kunye ne-innovator, i-philanthropist kwaye mhlawumbi iyeyona ntengiso ibalaseleyo kwezakha zabonwa. Iimbadada ngokwenene lolona phawu lukhulu kunye nolunyamezelayo olwenziwe ngusomashishini waseCaribbean kwezokhenketho kwaye ngeliphikisayo lihlabathi namhlanje kunye nomgangatho ekugwetywa ngawo konke ukunethezeka. Ndiyamncoma njengotata, inkokeli, isibonelelo, kunye nosomashishini omkhulu kwezokhenketho kweli xesha lethu. Ukuphela kwakhe kubuhlungu ngokwenene, ”utshilo uMphathiswa.
UStewart wayengumsunguli weeSandals Resorts, ikhonkco lehotele eliphambili kwiiCaribbean, iiLwandle iiholide, kunye nenkampani yabo yabazali iSandals Resorts International. Wayekwangumsunguli kunye nosihlalo weQela leeNkampani ze-ATL kunye neJamaica Observer.
“UGordon Butch Stewart wenze uphawu olungacimekiyo. Uye wazimisela ukuba akanguye nje umgangatho wokushishina onokugwetywa ngawo, kodwa useke uphawu oluye lwangumhlaba jikelele kwaye ikwangummiselo onamandla othi isiqithi esincinci njengeJamaica singenza kwizigcawu zehlabathi, nokuba zithini iindawo zabo. ukubandakanyeka, ”utshilo uBartlett.
“Ndicinga ukuba sinokujonga emva kubomi bakhe nakumaxesha akhe kwaye sifumane inkuthazo kwimpumelelo athe wayifumana. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba, okona kubaluleke kakhulu, singakhuthazeka kukomelela kwakhe kunye nenyani yokuba aqale ndawo, kwaye waphela engomnye wabantu ababhiyozelwa kakhulu yiJamaica kule nkulungwane idlulileyo, ”Wongeze watsho.
UStewart wazama ukungena kwishishini lokubuk 'iindwendwe ngo-1981 ngokufumana iipropathi eMontego Bay, eSt James, enye yazo yaphuculwa yaze kamva yasungulwa njengesandulela sale ndawo ngoku iyiSandals Montego Bay.
UStewart uwongwe ngamawonga amaninzi kule minyaka idlulileyo, kubandakanywa iOrder of Jamaica (OJ), iCommander of the Order of Distinction (OD) kunye neGlobal Iconic legend kwezokhenketho UNWTO Isidlo sangokuhlwa esasibanjelwe kwiZiko leNgqungquthela laseMontego Bay ngo-2017.
“Mna, egameni loMphathiswa Wezokhenketho uphela, ndifuna ukuhlawula imbeko yethu kwaye ndisithi kusapho lwakhe, isipho osinike sona siza kuba yinto ezakusikhuthaza, ngakumbi ngelixesha linzima le COVID- 19. Ngumzuzu onzima ukuthi ndlela-ntle kodwa ngumzuzu omkhulu kuthi wokufumana inkuthazo kwaye sikhokelwe kwikamva, utshilo uMphathiswa.
“Wayeyintshatsheli eyoyikekayo, kwaye ndiyabulela kuThixo ngokuba uButch Stewart ebephakathi kwethu. Siyabulela kuThixo ngelifa alishiyileyo kwaye kufuneka sisebenzise loo mpembelelo inkulu kwaye sizakhele indawo eyomeleleyo nephucukileyo thina nezizukulwana zethu, ”wongeze watsho.
Ohloniphekileyo uGordon 'Butch' uStewart OJ. CD. Hon. LLD. wayeneminyaka engama-79 ubudala.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- He has established himself as not just the standard by which entrepreneurship can be judged, but he has established a brand that has become global and is also the strongest statement that small island states such as Jamaica can make on global scenes, irrespective of their areas of involvement,” said Bartlett.
- But I think, most importantly, we can be inspired by his resilience and the fact that he has started from nowhere, and has ended up as being one of the most celebrated human beings that Jamaica has produced in the last century,” He added.
- UStewart uwongwe ngamawonga amaninzi kule minyaka idlulileyo, kubandakanywa iOrder of Jamaica (OJ), iCommander of the Order of Distinction (OD) kunye neGlobal Iconic legend kwezokhenketho UNWTO Isidlo sangokuhlwa esasibanjelwe kwiZiko leNgqungquthela laseMontego Bay ngo-2017.
