U-Burt Cabañas wafika e-US kanye nje eneentloni kumhla wakhe wokuzalwa we-10 kunye nomama wakhe.
Wathatha usapho waya eMiami esuka eCuba yabo ukuze alulame ekufeni kukayise. Kodwa endaweni yokubuya, intsapho yagqiba ekubeni ihlale xa uFidel Castro edibanisa urhulumente wakhe kunye nobukomanisi.
Kwiminyaka embalwa kamva, uCabañas waqalisa ukusebenza emva kokuphuma kwesikolo njengonogada ehotele. Loo nto yamenza wafumana umsebenzi kwishishini leendwendwe. Endleleni, wabamba imisebenzi eyahlukeneyo kulawulo lweehotele kwaye wafumana isidanga kulawulo lweehotele kunye nevenkile yokutyela kwiYunivesithi yaMazwe ngaMazwe yaseFlorida. Ngo-1986, wathenga inkampani eyayifudula ibizwa ngokuba yi-Benchmark Management Co. kwi-Woodlands Corp.
Namhlanje, iCabañas isebenza njengosihlalo kunye negosa elilawulayo le-Woodlands-based Benchmark Hospitality International, eqeshe abantu abamalunga ne-6,000 abalawula iihotele kunye neendawo zokungcebeleka.
Kutshanje uye wakhethwa njengomnye "we-100 yeeNkokheli ze-Hispanic ezininzi ezinempembelelo kwi-2007" ngumagazini we-Hispanic Business. UCabañas uthethe nentatheli yeChronicle uJenalia Moreno mva nje. Kulandela izicatshulwa zaloo ncoko.
Q: Usebenza kwiprojekthi kunye noGloria noEmilio Estefan. Kwenzeka njani oko?
IMPENDULO: Sinomhlobo wethu oye wasazisa. Babethenge ihotele endala eVero Beach, eFla., ukuba babenoyilo lokuyihlaziya. Satyikitya isivumelwano kunye nabo malunga nonyaka odlulileyo. Siya kuba liqabane labo lokusebenza kuloo projekthi. Iza kuvulwa ekupheleni kwalo nyaka.
Banekhaya lesibini eVero Beach. Andiqondi ukuba oku kuya kuba kukwandiswa kobomi babo bokuzonwabisa, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo iya kuba lulwandiso lobomi babo bobuqu.
Umbuzo: Liqhuba njani ishishini lokwamkela iindwendwe ngeli xesha abaninzi beqikelela ukudodobala koqoqosho?
A: Ukuba uthetha nam ngomso, umfanekiso ungahluka. Okwangoku, ukuya kuthi ga ngoku kuqwalaselwa inkampani yethu, asifumani zimpawu ziqhelekileyo kwiscreen onokuthi ube nazo ukuba ubunokuziva ukwimeko yokudodobala koqoqosho.
Asizange sibe naluphi na utshintsho kwimodeli yethu yoshishino ngo-2008. Asizange sibe naluphi na utshintsho oluya kubonisa ukuba kukho ilifu elimnyama ngaphambili.
Umbuzo: Njengoko idola ibuthathaka, ngaba ufumana iindwendwe ezininzi zangaphandle kwiihotele zakho?
A: Ngokuqinisekileyo. Ngokukodwa ezo hotele zikufuphi noNxweme lwaseMpuma kunye noNxweme lwaseNtshona. Abakhenkethi abaya e-US bagqogqa nje, ngakumbi kwisiXeko saseNew York. Abanawo nawaphi na amagumbi ehotele. Bafumana awona maxesha amnandi. Izaliswa ngokukhawuleza ngumhambi wamazwe ngamazwe.
Umbuzo: Ngaba uceba ukuqhubeka nokwandisa kumazwe ngamazwe?
IMPENDULO: Amashumi amahlanu epesenti olwando lwethu kwiminyaka eli-10 ezayo luya kuba lwamazwe ngamazwe, uninzi kolo lwando lukuMbindi Merika nakuMzantsi Merika. Sineofisi eSantiago, eChile, naseTokyo. Siqhekeza umhlaba ePanama. Sicwangcisa enye indawo kwintshona yePanama kunye nenye ePatagonia.
Umbuzo: Abantu bahlala bethetha ngempumelelo yoosomashishini baseCuba. Kutheni ucinga ukuba kunjalo
ngoko?
A: Ndicinga ukuba awunayo inketho. Ndicinga ukuba kukho umahluko phakathi kokugxothwa kunye nomphambukeli. Ngomphambukeli, umnyango wokubuyela umva uhlala uvule kuwe.
Sasingenamnyango wokubuyela emva. Oko kudala i-psyche eyahlukileyo. Ngokukhawuleza wamkela ilizwe elitsha kwaye uqhubele phambili. Abantu abaqale beza ngoogqirha kunye nabebhanki, kwaye bakwazi ukufumana indawo. Beza ngezizathu zopolitiko. Baye badlulisela nje impumelelo yabo.
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