KIGALI, Rwanda - Isu lokukhula ngesivinini kwe-Afrika likaCarlson Rezidor, elinye lamaqembu amakhulu amahhotela emhlabeni, lisendleleni yokufeza okuhlosiwe kwalo kwamakamelo angaphezu kuka-23,000 avuliwe noma angaphansi kwentuthuko e-Afrika ekupheleni kuka-2020.
UMengameli kanye ne-CEO kaRezidor, uWolfgang M. Neumann, noyisikhulumi e-Africa Hotel Investment Conference eKigali, eRwanda, uthi ithimba lamahhotela lethule isu lalo elisheshayo lokukhula kwe-Afrika ngo-2014 ngezifiso zokuphinda kabili izikhundla zalo e-Afrika ekupheleni kuka-2020. “I-Afrika ibilokhu iseduze nezinhliziyo zethu. Saba ngabafuduki bokuqala ezwenikazi ngo-2000 lapho sisungula isizinda sethu esizinikele sokuthuthukisa amabhizinisi eKapa.
“Namuhla, i-Afrika iyimakethe yethu enkulu yokukhula eneHhovisi Lokusekela Lendawo elisebenza ngokugcwele eKapa kusukela ngo-2016. Siphinde saguqula inkampani yethu ehlanganyelwe nama-ejensi amane okuThuthukiswa koHulumeni baseNordic, i-AfriNord, isuka esikhungweni sokuxhasa ngezimali isikweletu se-mezzanine sayitshala ekutshalweni kwezimali kwamasheya amancane. imoto yokweseka isu nabanikazi bethu.”
URezidor waqala ukungena e-Afrika ngo-2000 ngesikhathi evula iRadisson Blu yokuqala eKapa. Namuhla umkhondo ka-Carlson Rezidor e-Afrika usukhule wafaka amahhotela angama-69 avuliwe futhi asathuthukiswa emazweni angama-28, ahlanganisa amakamelo angaphezu kuka-15,000.
UNeumann uthi ezinyangeni ezingu-24 ezedlule uCarlson Rezidor usayine isivumelwano esisha samahhotela e-Afrika njalo ezinsukwini ezingu-37. “Yebo, siyazi ukuthi akukhona nje ukusayina. Imayelana nokuletha ipayipi. Sivule ihhotela elisha e-Afrika njalo ezinsukwini ezingama-60 kule minyaka emibili edlule. Kulo nyaka, sesivule amahhotela ayisithupha e-Radisson Blu futhi silindele ukuvula i-Park Inn by Radisson eNingizimu Afrika ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezizayo. Sihlose ukuqhubeka nalo mgqigqo wokusayinisa abadlali okulandelwa wukuvuleka ngempumelelo.”
Amahhotela ayisithupha avulwe ngo-2016 ahlanganisa amahhotela e-Radisson Blu eNairobi, eKenya; eMarrakech, eMorocco; iMaputo, eMozambique (indawo yokuqala yokuhlala e-Afrika); E-Abidjan, e-Ivory Coast (ihhotela lokuqala lesikhumulo sezindiza), eLomé, eTogo; kanye ne-Radisson Blu Hotel & Convention Centre e-Kigali, e-Rwanda, isikhungo somhlangano esikhulu kunazo zonke eMpumalanga Afrika futhi isingathe i-Africa Hotel Investment Forum ka-2016.
U-Carlson Rezidor IPhini likaMongameli Omkhulu Wokuthuthukiswa Kwebhizinisi e-Afrika kanye ne-Indian Ocean u-Andrew McLachlan, uthi iRadisson Blu ihamba phambili ngamakamelo amahhotela amaningi asathuthukiswayo kunanoma imaphi amanye amahhotela angama-85 nangaphezulu asebenza e-Afrika namuhla, ngokombiko we-W-Hospitality. “Isifiso sethu wukuba ngumdlali ohamba phambili emkhakheni wezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha ezwenikazi lonke.”
Intuthuko entsha ethokozisayo emakhadini kaCarlson Rezidor e-Afrika ihlanganisa ukusayinwa kweRadisson RED yokuqala, okulindeleke ukuthi ivulwe eKapa phakathi no-2017, kanye nokusayinwa kweQoqo le-Quorvus lokuqala elizokwakhiwa eLagos, INigeria, okulindeleke ukuthi ivulwe ngo-2019.
I-Carlson Rezidor ihlose ukuvula amahhotela angu-15 noma ngaphezulu eNingizimu Afrika naseNigeria kuphela ekupheleni kuka-2020, okuhlanganisa nephothifoliyo yomkhiqizo wayo ogcwele, kusukela ku-Quorvus Collection, Radisson Blu, Radisson RED, ne-Park Inn ka-Radisson.
UMcLachlan uthi i-Afrika inikeza ithuba lokuthi uCarlson Rezidor akhulise indawo yayo yokungcebeleka ngaphansi kweRadisson Blu neQuorvus Collection ezindaweni ezifana neMauritius, Seychelles, Zanzibar, East Coast of Kenya kanye neTanzania kanye neCape Verde Islands.
Wengeza ngokuthi izinselelo ezikhona e-Afrika azihlukile kulezo ezitholakala kwezinye izimakethe ezisafufusa. “Uma sikhuluma nje, isigaba sabanikazi e-Afrika namuhla sivame ukuba ngabanikazi basendaweni, abaqala ngqá kanye nethimba lendawo eliqeqeshiwe elinolwazi olulinganiselwe noma olungenalo nhlobo lokuthuthukiswa kwamahhotela. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ijika lokufunda liphezulu futhi liyabiza. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kunesidingo esikhulu semikhiqizo nezinto zokusebenza ezingeniswa kwamanye amazwe ezimakethe eziningi. Ukuze sinciphise lezi zingozi, sinikeza idizayini ye-turnkey yamahhotela futhi sakhe osonkontileka ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi abanikazi namathimba abo banosekelo olubalulekile uma kuziwa ekuletheni ihhotela ngalinye.”
“Amanzi nogesi yizindleko ezimbili zokusebenza ezibiza kakhulu emahhotela ase-Afrika namuhla futhi sihlala sibheka izindlela zokuklama nokusebenzisa amahhotela ethu ngenhloso yokonga izindleko nokwenza ngcono imiphumela, njengengxenye yesu lethu lebhizinisi elinomthwalo wemfanelo,” kusho uMcLachlan.
Ngokuphawulekayo, u-77% wamahhotela ka-Carlson Rezidor emhlabeni wonke anelebuli ye-eco futhi iqembu lamahhotela liqophe ukonga amandla okungama-22% kusukela ngo-2011 kanye nokonga amanzi okungama-29% kusukela ngo-2007 kulo lonke elaseYurophu, eMpumalanga Ephakathi nase-Afrika. Iqembu lamahhotela ligxile kakhulu ekulondolozeni imithombo yamanzi ayivelakancane kulo mhlaba futhi umkhankaso walo we-Blu Planet uhloselwe ukuhlinzeka ngamanzi okuphuza aphephile kuzingane ezisezindaweni ezintulayo ngokubambisana nenhlangano yamazwe ngamazwe yosizo lwamanzi, i-Just a Drop.
I-Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group iphinde ibambisane ne-IFC, ilungu leQembu Lebhange Lomhlaba eligxile ekuthuthukisweni kwemboni ezimele, ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuklanywa nokwakhiwa kwezakhiwo eziluhlaza ezimakethe ezisafufusa. Ngobambiswano, u-Carlson Rezidor uzosebenzisa isofthiwe ye-EDGE yokuhlaziya imvelo kuwo wonke amaphrojekthi ayo amahhotela esikhathi esizayo eMpumalanga Yurophu, eMpumalanga Ephakathi nase-Afrika. Njengoba u-40% wekhabhoni ekhishwa emhlabeni wonke ukhiqizwa ngokwakhiwa nokusebenza kwezakhiwo, ukuklama amahhotela aluhlaza kusekela isibopho semboni sokuhlangabezana nemigomo ye-COP21.
Ukwandisa umkhondo wayo e-Afrika kusho futhi ukudala amathuba emisebenzi kubantu bendawo ezweni ngalinye, kugcizelelwa ukuthuthukisa abesifazane ezikhundleni zobuholi. “Imisebenzi eminingi yasehhotela ayidingi imfundo ephakeme futhi inikeza abantu bendawo amathuba okuba baqeqeshwe futhi bathuthukiswe ukuze bafeze izindima ezithile,” kusho uMcLachlan.
