I-DUBAI - Ubukhosi bakhe uShaikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, umongameli, i-Dubai Civil Aviation Authority kunye nosihlalo kunye nomphathi oyintloko, i-Emirates Airline kunye neQela, uye waqinisekisa ukuxhaswa kwakhe okuqhubekayo kwiNkomfa ye-Arabian Hotel Investment yesihlanu (AHIC), ngokuhambelana nolawulo lwenkomfa.
Umququzeleli we-AHIC, u-Jonathan Worsley, uthe ngaphezu kwe-100 iinkokeli zeshishini ziya kuthatha iqonga kwi-forum ezayo, yeentsuku ezintathu (ukususela ngoMeyi 2-4, 2009) ukuxoxa ngezicwangciso ezifunekayo zokulwa ne-meltdown yehlabathi.
Ethetha phambi kwe-AHIC ka-2009, u-Edmund O'Sullivan, umququzeleli wenkomfa uthe ishishini kufuneka lizihlaziye kwaye lichaze ngokutsha i-'Brand Arabia' ukuze kutsalwe utyalo-mali lwangaphandle oluqhubekayo. U-O'Sullivan ukhuthaze iinkampani ukuba zigcine umsebenzi wokuthengisa nangona ukwehla.
Evakalisa uluvo lwakhe, uGavin Samson, umlawuli kwi-TRI Hospitality Consulting, uthe amaphulo achubekileyo entengiso aya kunceda ukubuyisela ukuzithemba nokuqalisa ukuboleka imali kwiibhanki, abaqhubi ababini abacebisa ukuba baya kukhusela uphuhliso. Wathi: “Kufuneka sigcine igama lethu liphezulu kwaye siqinisekise ukuba siyakhuphisana. Ishishini kufuneka liqonde ukuba kufuneka lisebenze ngokuhlangeneyo ukuphemba amanyathelo oyilo. Kufuneka kwakhona sifumane ukuzithemba ukwenza izigqibo ezinzima ukuba sifuna ukugcina ukukhula ngo-2009. "
Ngeli xesha, uMarc Dardenne, i-CEO, i-Emaar Hospitality Group kunye ne-Emaar Hotels & Resorts, yaqaphela ukuba i-GCC yibhloko yezoqoqosho enyanzelisayo, apho oorhulumente bathatha amanyathelo ahlangeneyo ukuze bahluke uqoqosho kunye nokudala amathuba amatsha okukhula kumacandelo ahlukeneyo. Uthe iManyano yezeMali ye-GCC iya kuba linyathelo elikhulu lokuqhubela phambili ukuqinisa amandla entsebenziswano 'yeBrand Arabia.' Naye, uvumile ukuba iinzame zokuthengisa ezidibeneyo zibalulekile, esithi, "Iinzame ezidibeneyo zokubonisa amathuba okwenene alo mmandla kufuneka zithathwe, ngakumbi ngelixa bethatha inxaxheba kwimiboniso yaphesheya."
I-Toufic Tamim, i-VP, intengiso kunye nentengiso kuMbindi Mpuma we-Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, ukhuthaze ukuba kunye nohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwentengiso, uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwe-HR kunye noqeqesho luyagcinwa. Uthe umgangatho wenkonzo uyinto ebalulekileyo ekugcineni amanqanaba oshishino kunye nokuphepha ukungafuneki kulo lonke ishishini. “Kubalulekile ukuba imveliso ephezulu kunye nemigangatho yenkonzo efana ne 'Brand Arabia' igcinwe. Ukuba siyeka imigangatho yehle, oku kuya kuchaphazela ukuzithemba kwabo baza kuba ngabasebenzi, abathengi, kunye nabatyali-zimali. Singazibeka emngciphekweni wokutyhila wonke umsebenzi onzima osele wenziwe ukuseka lo mmandla njengendawo 'ephambili',” walumkisa watsho uTamin.
U-Worsley uthembise ukuba i-AHIC iya kubonelela ngeqonga elifanelekileyo lokufumana imvumelwano yoshishino kuyo yonke le miba.
Inkomfa ye-2009 iquka ingqungquthela yesiqingatha sosuku kunye ne-spotlight kwi-Saudi Arabia, ulwamkelo lothungelwano, kunye ne-faculty yokuthetha ekumgangatho wehlabathi kuquka ne-HRH iNkosana uSultan Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, usihlalo webhodi, unobhala jikelele weKhomishini yaseSaudi UKhenketho kunye nezinto zakudala (SCTA); UGqr Henry Azzam, i-CEO kuMbindi Mpuma kunye noMntla Afrika, i-Deutsche Bank AG; UPaul Griffiths, igosa elilawulayo, i-Dubai Airports; USarmad Zok, igosa eliyintloko leKingdom Hotel Investments; USheikh Fawaz Alhokair, usihlalo kunye nomseki, iFawaz Alhokair Group; UJohn Defterios, umphathi, indawo yeMarike yeCNN kuMbindi Mpuma; kunye noGerald Lawless, usihlalo wesigqeba, iJumeirah Group; phakathi kwabanye.
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