Umsitho wokuvula obalaseleyo wamkele abantu abaqaphelekayo, kuquka uMongameli Wavel Ramkalawan kunye neNenekazi likaMongameli uLinda Ramkalawan, kunye neendwendwe ezibalaseleyo ezivela kwicandelo lezokhenketho, kubandakanywa uNobhala oyiNtloko wezoKhenketho, uNksk. Sherin Francis, uMlawuli Jikelele weNtengiso yeNdawo yokuFikela Seychelles yoKhenketho, uNksk. Bernadette Willemin, kunye noMnu Glenny Savy, iGosa eliyiNtloko yeSigqeba seNkampani yoPhuhliso lweSiqithi (IDC).
Usingathwe nguMnumzana Guy Hutchinson, uMongameli wase-Hilton kuMbindi Mpuma kunye ne-Afrika, lo msitho wawuphawulwe ngokusikwa iribhoni nguMongameli uRamkalawan kwenye yeevillas zodidi oluphezulu, kulandele ukutyalwa komfuziselo kwemithi ye-coco-de-mer.
Ngexesha lentetho yakhe kumsitho wokuvula, uNksk. Francis wagxininisa ukuba ukusungulwa kweWaldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island Resort kuphawula ikamva eliqaqambileyo loKhenketho lwaseSeychelles kunye nentsebenziswano eqhubekayo phakathi kweHilton kunye neSeychelles.
“Ukuqalisa olu hambo, ukusuka kwingcinga yombono ukuya kwinto eyoyikekayo esimi phezu kwayo namhlanje, yodlula awona maphupha angalawulekiyo. Njengobungqina bokuzivelela kwayo, ukusuka kwinkcazo yokuqala kwibhodi ye-Island Development Company, ndothuswa sisiphelo esimangalisayo semveliso. Sivuyisana neqela le-Hilton kunye nabaphathi ngokugqithisa konke obekulindelwe. Njengoko simangaliswa kunxweme olumangalisayo lwePlatte Island, ejikelezwe bubutyebi boLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, ubuhle bendalo obubalaseleyo beSeychelles bulungelelaniswa ngaphandle komthungo newonga leWaldorf Astoria. Le ndawo ibekwe kwenye yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo zolwandle emhlabeni, ithembisa ubuncwane baselwandle basendle neentlobo ngeentlobo—indawo yokubukela abantu abathanda indalo abafuna uhambo lwangaphandle kunye nokuzola.”
UMnu Guy Hutchinson, uMongameli we-Hilton waseMbindi Mpuma kunye ne-Afrika, wavakalisa uvuyo lwakhe, esithi:
“Sichulumancile ukwazisa iWaldorf Astoria eSeychelles – sisenza indawo ekhethekileyo edibanisa ubuhle obutofotofo nobuhle bendalo bePlatte Island.”
“Indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide ibonelela ngamava angenakulibaleka kwiindwendwe kwaye ibonisa iinkqubo ze-eco kunye nobuhlakani obukhokelwa yingcali yenzululwazi yezebhayoloji yaselwandle, ejolise ekulondolozeni nasekukhuseleni indalo engqongileyo kunye nobomi baselwandle kule ndawo ibalaseleyo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide.”
IPlatte Island, ekwiikhilomitha ezili-130 kumazantsi eMahe, inomtsalane njengendawo yokuphumla abathanda indalo, enamahlathi esundu, ulwalwa lwekorale, kunye nechweba elijikelezileyo. Sifikeleleka ngenqwelomoya, esi siqithi sineendawo ezahlukeneyo zokuphilisana kwezidalwa, ezisebenza njengendawo yokuzalela iintaka zaselwandle nendawo exabisekileyo yokuzalela iifudo zehawksbill. Indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide idibanisa inkonzo edumileyo kaWaldorf Astoria kunye nobunewunewu kunye nobuhle obungaphelelwa lixesha bePlatte Island, ibonelela ngamava akhethekileyo kubakhenkethi abaqondayo.
Ipropathi ineevillas ezingama-50 eziphambi kolwandle, nganye ibonelela ngendawo yokuhlala etofotofo kunye neenkonzo ze-concierge zobuqu. Ukusuka kwiivillas ezinegumbi elinye ukuya kwamathathu ukuya kwigumbi elikhulu elinamagumbi amahlanu aneegadi ezinkulu, indawo yokuchithela iholide ibonelela ngezinto ezahlukeneyo ezikhethwayo.
I-Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island imema iindwendwe ukuba zizibandakanye kwi-epitome ye-culinary egqwesileyo, kunye neendawo zokutyela ezintandathu kunye nemivalo ebonisa indibaniselwano yeencasa zamazwe ngamazwe nezendawo. Olu hambo lwe-gastronomic luthembisa ukonwatyiswa koluvo nakwezona inkalakahla zintsonkothileyo.
Ngokuhambelana nomoya we-ikholoji wesiqithi, indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide iphumeze amanyathelo okugcina nokukhusela iintlobo ngeentlobo zezityalo nezilwanyana. Iinzame ziquka ukukhusela iindawo ezizalela kuzo iihawksbill kunye nofudo oluluhlaza kunxweme olunesanti kunye nokuqaphela ummandla ongaphantsi kwamanzi wePlatte Island njengelitye lembombo elibalulekileyo le-ikholoji.
Kwisiteyitimenti sakhe, uNksk. Willemin, uMlawuli Jikelele weNtengiso yeNdawo yokuFikela, uthe: “I-Waldorf Astoria ikulungele ukuphinda ichaze ibhenchmark yokuzonwabisa kwindawo esisingise kuyo, inike indawo ekhethekileyo yokurhoxa kubahambi xa bekhangela eyona nto iphambili kubunewunewu. Ngeevillas eziyilwe ngobunono, inkonzo ekhethekileyo, kunye nokugqwesa kwezokupheka, le ndawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide ithembisa amava angenakulibaleka eparadesi, iphucula ngakumbi igama leSeychelles njengelinye ilizwe.
Njengokusekwa kokhenketho lwesihlanu liqela le-Hilton eSeychelles, iWaldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island ibeka umgangatho omtsha wobunewunewu kunye nokuzinza kule ndawo icocekileyo yokusingwa.
