I-Santiburi Koh Samui, isiphelo esiphakamileyo, esinamava esiqhutywa elunxwemeni lwaselwandle, sonyule uMnu.Alexandre Frenkel njengoMphathi Jikelele omtsha, ukuqala nge-1 Agasti 2020.
I-hotelier yaseSwitzerland enezakhono eziphezulu phantse iminyaka engamashumi amathathu yamava, u-Alexandre usebenze kunye neehotele eziphambili kunye neeholide kumazwe amahlanu. Ukwanolwazi olunzulu ngecandelo lehotele laseThai, echithe iminyaka eli-16 edlulileyo ehlala kwaye esebenza eBukumkanini.
Kwakungenxa yokuba uAlexandre wayeza kuba yingcali yeendwendwe; Wazalelwa kwaye wakhulela kwigumbi losapho elinamagumbi angama-24 emaphandleni kufutshane naseGeneva, kwilizwe lakhe laseSwitzerland. Emva kokuba efundile malunga neli shishini esemncinci, waya kwi-Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne yodumo kwaye waphumelela ngeDiploma kwi-Hotel & Restaurant Management. Eli xesha lokufunda ebomini bakhe langqamana nokuqala kuka-Aleksandre kwinkcubeko yaseThai, xa wayesebenza kwi-Phi Phi Palm Beach Resort ngo-1990.
Amanqanaba okuqala obuchwephesha beAlexandre achithwa kunye noHilton, njengoko wayesebenza indlela yakhe esuka ekubeni nguMmeli weNtengiso oGcinelweyo kwiMphathi weOfisi yangaphambili, kunye nokufikelela kwizikhundla eziphezulu zoMlawuli wezeMisebenzi kunye noMlawuli woPhuhliso lweShishini eHilton Beijing. Emva koko wabuyela eThailand kunye ne-Amari / Onyx Hospitality Group, wafezekisa indima yakhe yokuqala kuMphathi Jikelele ngo-2006. Waye wazilawula ezinye zeepropathi eziphambili zaseBangkok, kuquka neCentara Watergate Pavillion Hotel.
Ngexesha lomsebenzi wakhe, u-Alexandre uthathe inxaxheba ekuthathweni, ekuvuseleleni, ukulungiswa ngokutsha, kunye nokuvulwa kwee-spas ezahlukeneyo. Ulilungu elisebenzayo le-SKAL International, iSwitzerland-Thai Chamber of Commerce, kunye neSwitzerland Society Bangkok, kwaye uthetha iilwimi ezintandathu: isiNgesi, isiThai, isiFrentshi, isiJamani, isiTaliyane nesiJapan.
UAlexandre ngoku uzisa italente yakhe kunye nobuchule bakhe eSantiburi Koh Samui, yenye yeendawo zokutyela ezaziwayo eThailand. Ibekwe kwiihektare ezingama-23 zamagqabi akweleenjiko kunxweme olusemantla eSamui, enobude obuziimitha ezingama-300 ubude kunxweme olunentlabathi eselunxwemeni, le ndawo ingaphambi kolwandle inengqokelela yamagumbi aphezulu anendawo yokuhlala kunye neephuli, iindawo ezintlanu zokupheka, kunye nemidlalo ebanzi kunye neendawo zokuzonwabisa. Oku kubandakanya iphuli yokudada yeemitha ezingama-50, iZiko leMidlalo elixhotyiswe ngokupheleleyo, inkundla yentenetya ekhanyiswe ngamanzi, iZiko leMidlalo laManzi, iPanya kunye neYim's Junior Camp kunye neLèn Spa. Iqela leLizwe laseSantiburi Samui kunye negalufa kukufutshane. Kutshanje iSantiburi yazisa iVenkile, indawo yayo ekhethekileyo "yokuchithela ngaphakathi kwindawo yokuchithela indawo" equka iiVillas ezili-19 zeGreat Reserve Pool.
Ezi mpawu zibalaseleyo kunye nezixhobo zoncedo zanceda iSantiburi ukuba ifezekise ibhaso le-TripAdvisor "Elona liGqwesileyo" nge-2020, ebeka kwi-1% ephezulu yeehotele kunye neeholide kwihlabathi liphela.
“Ndichulumancile ukujoyina iSantiburi, indawo ekuyiwa kuyo eyindumasi eyakha ubuvulandlela kumbandela wokubuk 'iindwendwe obumnandi baseThailand eKoh Samui nalapho indalo nobucala buhlala budlala indima enkulu kwimpumelelo yayo. Ukuthatha inxaxheba kwicandelo lehotele laseThailand kangangesithuba seminyaka engamashumi amabini, ndichukumisekile yindlela le ndawo yosapho edumileyo eye yaqhubeka ngayo ukuzihlaziya kwakhona kwaye ihlala kwindawo ephambili kwezintsha, kutsha nje ngokusungulwa kweLeserve neLèn, eyahlukileyo Inkqubo yemisebenzi kunye nohambo. Ndijonge ukukhokelela iSantiburi kwixesha elitsha elinomdla, utshilo u-Alexandre Frenkel, Umphathi Jikelele omtsha weSantiburi.
ISantiburi ngoku yamkela iindwendwe ezibuyela eKoh Samui kwaye ihambisa amava awodwa, konke kuhambelana "nokuqhelekileyo okutsha" kohambo olukhuselekileyo nolukude ekuhlaleni. Indawo yokuphumla iye yazisa uluhlu olubanzi lwamanyathelo okhuseleko kwezempilo nococeko, kwaye iqinisekisiwe liSebe lezeMpilo laseThai kwaye yanikezela ngesatifikethi esimangalisayo soKhuseleko noLawulo lwezeMpilo (SHA) liGunya lezoKhenketho laseThailand.
“Kundonwabisa kakhulu ukwamkela iAlexandre eSantiburi naseS S Hotels & Resorts. Ulawulo lweehotele ayisiwo umsebenzi kuphela; bubizo obufuna iimpawu ezininzi ezizodwa, kubandakanya uthando, intuition kunye nokuzinikezela. UAlexandre udibanisa zonke ezi mpawu kunye nolwazi olunzulu lwasekhaya, kulandela phantse iminyaka engama-20 echitha kwaye esebenza eThailand. Ngerekhodi yomkhondo eqinisekisiweyo, andicingi ukuba akukho mntu ulunge ngakumbi oza kukhokela le ndawo yokubhenela. La ngamaxesha acela umngeni kuhambo lwehlabathi, kodwa ndinentembelo epheleleyo kwiqela lethu lokuqhubeka nokwenza amava angenakuthelekiswa nanto eendwendwe, ngoku nakwixesha elizayo, utshilo uDirk De Cuyper, iGosa eliyiNtloko lesiGqeba, iS Hotels & Resorts.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Having been involved with Thailand's hotel sector for approximately two decades, I have been very impressed by how this famous family resort has continued to reinvent itself and stay at the leading edge of innovation, most recently with the launch of The Reserve and Lèn, its unique programme of activities and excursions.
- The resort has introduced a wide range of precautionary health and hygiene measures, and has been certified by the Thai Ministry of Public Health and awarded the Amazing Thailand Safety and Health Administration (SHA) certificate by the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
- The early stages of Alexandre's professional career were spent with Hilton, as he worked his way up from being a Reservation Sales Agent to Front Office Manager, and culminating with the senior positions of Director of Operations and Director of Business Development at Hilton Beijing.
