Utsogoleri Waulendo Waku Africa Wazindikiridwa: Ross Kennedy, CEO Africa Albida Tours

Africa ndi malo ovuta okopa alendo. Kwa apaulendo omwe azolowera kutulukira Europe, Asia, ndi United States, ngakhale lingaliro lokonzekera tchuthi loyendayenda m'chigawo cha Africa lingakhale lodetsa nkhawa. Kwa alendo odziwa zambiri komanso / kapena anthu omwe amatcha gawo ili la dziko lapansi "kunyumba" - kukonzekera ulendo ndi kosavuta, osati kwa tonsefe.

Chifukwa chake - kuwonjezera pakujambula maola angapo kuti mufufuze pa intaneti pazonse zaku Africa, kuyankhula ndi abwenzi ndi abale omwe adayendera kontinentiyi, ndikuwona kalendala yanu kuti mupeze nthawi yayitali yoyenda, sitepe yofunika kwambiri pakuwongolera maloto aku Africa. ku ulendo weniweni ndikupeza gulu la akatswiri omwe ali ndi luso komanso chipiriro omwe angagwire ntchito nanu kukonzekera ulendo wanu wabwino.

Skill-Set

Pali mawebusayiti ambiri omwe amawonetsa maulendo aku Africa, ndipo pali anthu ambiri omwe amadzinenera kuti amadziwa za derali; komabe, sizingatheke kupeza wina wodziwa zambiri komanso wodziwa zambiri kuposa Ross Kennedy, CEO Africa Albida Tours. Iye ndi akatswiri ake ogwira ntchito amapereka chitsimikiziro chakuti apaulendo omwe apereka nthawi, mphamvu ndi zothandizira kukonzekera "ulendo wa moyo wonse," adzakhala osangalala msasa.

Mpira wa Crystal kapena Sagacity

Bizinesi yokopa alendo ku Zimbabwe idayamba kuwonekera pafupifupi zaka 30 zapitazo pomwe Ross Kennedy adalumikizana ndi Dave Glynn ndikuwona zomwe zikuchitika ku USA ndi Europe. Pa nthawiyo, chuma cha dziko la Zimbabwe chinkalamulidwa ndi boma ndipo nzika zinkawaletsa kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zakunja, zomwe zinachititsa kuti mpata wopita kunja kwa dzikolo ukhale wochepa.

Malinga ndi Kennedy, mmodzi wa kukongola kwa chitsanzo timeshare, anali phindu la kutha kusinthana umwini timeshare m'dziko lina malo ogona lina, kudzera kugwirizana ndi RCI Padziko Lonse. Ngati mapulani a Kennedy okhudza malo ochitirako malo ochezerako angavomerezedwe ndi boma, nzika za Zimbabwe zitha kusinthana ndi malo omwe agulidwa kwanuko ndi malo ochezera padziko lonse lapansi.

Kukankhira Envelopu

Kennedy adadziwa kuti vuto loti mtunduwu uvomerezedwe ku Zimbabwe silikhala lophweka. Kafukufuku wake adayambira ku Kenya komwe 27 mwa malo ogona komanso mahotela ochita bwino kwambiri analipo. Kutenga malingaliro abwino ndikuwasefa kudzera mu ukatswiri wake komanso kuzindikira za hotelo, zoyendera ndi zokopa alendo, adawunikiranso zomwe angasankhe ndi gulu lake.

Chotsatira chake chinali kuyesa malo omwe alipo. Anasankha malo pafupi (m'kati mwa makilomita atatu) amodzi mwa zodabwitsa 3 zapadziko lonse lapansi (Victoria Falls). Malowa analinso ndi 7 peresenti ya zitsamba zachilengedwe moyandikana ndi National Park yokhala ndi phiri lokwera lomwe limayang'ana pa dzenje lamadzi lomwe silikuwoneka bwino. Mawonekedwewo adatambasulidwa kupyola m'chizimezime ndipo mbali yakumadzulo idalola kulowa kwadzuwa kwaulemerero ku Africa pamwamba pa Paki ndi dzenje lamadzi. Kennedy akuti malowa anali "zamwayi," kuphatikiza "kumvetsetsa zamakampani atsopano a Safari."

Chivomerezo Chomaliza

Ngakhale kuti chitukuko chamagulu achinsinsi chikulimbikitsidwa, maboma nthawi zambiri amakhala mbali ya zokambirana. Pamene akuluakulu a boma ku Harare adadziwitsidwa za ntchito ya timeshare adasamala chifukwa linali lingaliro latsopano. Zinatengera gulu la Kennedy zaka 2 kuti polojekitiyi ivomerezedwe (kugula malo komanso kukhazikitsidwa kwa lingaliro la nthawi). Tsoka ilo, kuvomereza kwanthawi yayitali kunali kwa zaka 25 zokha (osati kosatha) - koma chinali chiyambi.

Msika wamalonda (othandizira oyendayenda, oyendetsa maulendo) ndi ogula anali magulu otsatirawa omwe anafunikira "kukopeka" ponena za kukongola kwa ntchitoyo. Pomaliza, adatha kunyengerera, kukopa komanso kutsimikizira mabungwe aboma ndi azibambo kuti lingaliro la timehare linali lodalirika ndipo tsopano akufunika ndalama. Pogwiritsa ntchito chithumwa chake, nzeru zake, ndi nzeru zake, Kennedy adalimbikitsa anthu azachuma kuti achite nawo ntchito yakeyo ndipo anali ndi kuwala kobiriwira pazachuma komanso ngongole zomanga Victoria Falls Safari Lodge.

Nthawi Yoyenera. Malo Oyenera

Kennedy ndi gulu lake adatsegula nthawi ya Lokuthula Lodges - Victoria Falls mu June 1992 ndipo likulu lomwe limachokera ku malonda a timehare linapereka ndalama zoyamba zomanga Victoria Falls Safari Lodge mu 1994.

Malonda Ayamba

Kuphunzitsa gulu laogulitsa zamitundu yosiyanasiyana yanthawi sikophweka, koma gulu la Kennedy lidachitapo kanthu ndipo misika yomwe akuyembekezeka idavomereza lingaliro mu Zimbabwe ndi dera. Ochokera ku Zimbabwe omwe ali ndi "ndalama zotsekeka" (ndalama zandalama m'mabanki zomwe sizikanatha kusamutsidwa chifukwa chaulamuliro wokhazikika wa Forex ndi kusowa) zidali zovomerezeka pantchitoyi popeza katundu wawo tsopano atha kugwiritsidwa ntchito kugula nthawi yakumaloko. Ndi kusinthana kwa RCI amatha kutenga tchuthi kulikonse padziko lapansi.

Next Venture

Gulu la Kennedy kenako lidayamba kupanga Eco Park, Victoria Falls - projekiti ina yomwe sinachitike mu Africa. Kutsegulira kokonzekera ndi 2020. Kuphatikiza apo, mabizinesi omwe alipo ku Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe ndi Chobe, Botswana akufika pamiyezo yatsopano komanso kukhutitsidwa kwa alendo.

Mikhalidwe ya ndale ikusintha ndipo ku Zimbabwe, pali malo atsopano ndi owunikira a ndale ndi zachuma omwe amalimbikitsa kukula kwa zokopa alendo. Kennedy apeza kuti "Mwayi umakhala wochuluka ndipo ochita malonda apadziko lonse akuyang'ana molimbika ..." Iye akuwona tsogolo labwino komanso labwino. "Nthawi zonse takhala tikukulitsa kulemera kwathu mumakampani athu ndipo izi sizisintha."

Mphotho Zalandilidwa

Katundu wa Kennedy wazindikirika ndi Conde Nast Annual Readers' Choice Awards Gold List (Top 25 Resorts and Safari Camps in Africa). Victoria Falls Safari Lodge yazindikiritsidwanso ndi Association of Zimbabwe Travel Agents (AZTA) monga Best Safari Lodge. Malo otchedwa Victoria Falls Safari Suites (otsegulidwa mu 2013) alandira kuzindikiridwa ndi ogwira ntchito paulendo ndi othandizira maulendo. Kennedy apeza kuti "Monga kopita komanso dziko, tili ndi zambiri zoti tipatse alendo komanso osunga ndalama…

Kuthandizira Kukhazikika

Africa Albida Tourism (AAT). Tanthauzo Lake

Albida imachokera ku mtengo wa Acadia Albida (apple ring) womwe umapezeka ku semi-arid Africa. Mtengowo ndi waukulu komanso wosinthika ndipo umalamulira malo. M’madera ambiri a mu Afirika, limalingaliridwa kukhala lopatulika chifukwa cha mikhalidwe yake yochirikiza moyo ndi yolemeretsa

Ntchito ya Kenney ikuphatikiza mahotela, malo ogona, ndi malo odyera ku Southern Africa pomwe Victoria Falls Safari Lodge ndiye malo ake odziwika bwino. Malo ena ndi awa: zipinda 20 Victoria Falls Safari Club, Lofuthula Lodges (Victoria Falls) ndi Ngoma Safari Lodge (Chobe, Botswana). The Restaurant Division ikuphatikizapo The Boma - Dinner and Drum Show, ndi MaKuwa-Kuwa Restaurant yomwe yapambana mphoto.

Kampaniyo ndi membala wa Pack for a Purpose, bungwe lomwe limalola apaulendo kukhala ndi chiyambukiro pagulu lomwe likuwayendera. Monga otenga nawo mbali mu Green Fund, AAT imathandiza kusunga malo a Victoria Falls World Heritage Site popereka $ 1 kuchokera pa malo aliwonse omwe asungidwa ku Victoria Falls Safari Lodge. Ogwira ntchito m’hotelo akugwira nawo ntchito yokonza misewu yaukhondo m’tauni ya Victoria Falls ku Victoria Falls. Kuphatikiza apo, AATT imathandizira maofesala awiri mu dipatimenti ya Local Tourism Police ndipo amapereka zowonjezera ku gululi. AAT imagwirizananso ndi Chobe Conservation Trust ndipo ikudzipereka kuti ikhale yokhazikika.

Kuti mudziwe zambiri, Dinani apa.

 

© Dr. Elinor Garely. Nkhani yakulemba, kuphatikiza zithunzi, sizingatengeredwe popanda chilolezo cholemba kuchokera kwa wolemba.