Igqala lehotele uGeoffrey Gelardi wawongwa ngeCateys 2018: Imbasa eKhethekileyo, lelinye lawona mawonga abalulekileyo kwishishini lokubuka iindwendwe, elinikezelwe yimpapasho esekwe e-UK iCaterer. Iwonga lithathela ingqalelo impumelelo kaMnu. Gelardi njengoyena mlawuli ulawulayo ixesha elide kwipropathi yodidi eLondon kunye nokuzinikela kwakhe okuqhubekayo kwiindwendwe kunye nabasebenzi baseLanesborough.
UMnu. Gelardi usandul 'ukwehla njengoMlawuli oLawulayo emva kweminyaka ephantse ibe ngamashumi amathathu kwi-helm ye-Lanesborough, eyavula ngo-1991. Ngethuba lokuhlala kwakhe, uMnumzana Gelardi uhlonitshwe njenge "I-Independent Hotelier yeHlabathi" yi-HOTELS Magazine kwaye wavotela "Phezulu UMphathi Jikelele weHotele eNtofontofo kwihlabathi liphela” nguMcebisi wokuHamba okuNtofontofo, phakathi kwamanye amabhaso amaninzi, kwaye i-Lanesborough ifumene phantse onke amawonga kwishishini lokubuka iindwendwe, isandula ukuwongwa nge-“Number 1 Hotel eLondon” ngamaBhaso aBalaseleyo eHlabathi lokuHamba + .
Umnini hotele wesizukulwana sesithathu osuka eRhawutini, eMzantsi Afrika, uMnumzana Gelardi luhlobo olunqabileyo lwenkokeli yokubuka iindwendwe, okhululekileyo ekusingatheni imisebenzi eyahlukahlukeneyo yokuvula iihotele zodidi njengokuziqhuba. UMnu Gelardi waqala umsebenzi wakhe njengoMlawuli oLawulayo we-Hotel Bel-Air, apho wayejongene nokulungiswa kunye nokwandiswa okulandelayo kwepropati yeenkwenkwezi ezintlanu. Ukulandela ixesha lakhe kwiHotele iBel Air, usebenze njengoMlawuli oLawulayo weHotele iSorrento eSeattle ngaphambi kokuthatha isikhundla sokuba nguMlawuli oLawulayo weLanesborough kwaye ekhokele ekulungisweni nasekuguqulweni kweyona hotele idumileyo yaseLondon, eyavulwa ngo-1991. Ukusukela ngoko, uMnumzana Gelardi uye wavelisa izinto ezintsha kwaye waba nguvulindlela eziluncedo ezizodwa, amava, iinkqubo kunye neenkonzo ezichaza ngokutsha ingqikelelo yokwamkela iindwendwe okunethezeka.
Utshilo u-Roland Fasel, iGosa eliyiNtloko lezeMisebenzi yase-Aman, “Ihotele inetyala layo yonke into ngokuzibophelela, ukuzinikela kunye nokugxila kukaGeoffrey. Yayiyindlela yakhe yobunkokeli eyagcina ihotele iphezulu kumdlalo wayo iminyaka emininzi. " Umnini wepropati uMichael Malone, owacenga uMnumzana Gelardi ukuba afudukele eSeattle ukuze alawule iHotele yakhe yaseSorrento, wongezelela, "Ndichithe inxalenye engcono yobomi bam kwiihotele ezintle, kwaye uGeoffrey useklasini yakhe. Iliso lakhe leenkcukacha kunye nobunkokeli obubambekayo, obungene kubuchwephesha kunye neklasi, alinakuthelekiswa nanto. "
Ukusukela ekushiyeni i-Lanesborough, uMnumzana Gelardi ufumene imibuzo emininzi kunye nezicelo ezivela kumoya wokubuk' iindwendwe obutofotofo kunye neempawu zokuthengisa izindlu, amashishini, abaphuhlisi kunye neenkampani zolawulo kwihlabathi liphela, ngenxa yoko uye waseka iGelardi Management, umcebisi osebenza ngobunewunewu bokundwendwela kwaye Izindlu zokuhlala ezinobunewunewu. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, uMnumzana Gelardi uthathe iiprojekthi ezininzi kwaye uvavanya inani lamanye amathuba.
