"Mmodzi mwa anthu odabwitsa kwambiri paulendo ndi zokopa alendo watisiya. Dzina lake ndi Stanley Tollman. Ndamudziwa iye ndi mkazi wake wokondedwa Bea kuyambira pamene ndinakumana nawo koyamba mu 1972 ku Tollman Towers, hotelo yatsopano yomwe anali atangomanga kumene ku Johannesburg mu 1970. Njira zathu zoyendera zakhala zikugwirizana kwambiri m’zaka zapitazi. Stan ndi banja lake lokondedwa nthawi zonse amakhala pachiwopsezo pamakampani oyendayenda ndipo amapitiliza kupanga zatsopano zomwe zimayendetsedwa ndi kalembedwe kake. Anasangalatsa anthu ambiri.”
M'zaka zotsatira, malo ochitira hotelo ndi maulendo a kampaniyo adasintha ndikukulitsidwa ndikuphatikiza ma Hotelo a Red Carnation omwe adalandira mphotho zambiri (otchedwa red carnation Tollman adavala pa lapel yake) ndi makampani ena otsogola kuphatikiza Insight Vacations, Contiki Holidays ndi Uniworld Boutique River Cruises.
Pamene mikangano yokhudzana ndi mafuko idayamba ku South Africa, Tollman adadalira kupambana kwake potsutsa mfundo za tsankho. Anali m'modzi mwa anthu oyamba kuhotela kuitanira alendo akuda ndi ochita zisudzo m'mahotela ake apamwamba ndipo adalimbikitsa pulogalamu yophunzitsira achinyamata akuda mu bizinesi yochereza alendo, kutsegulira mwayi wantchito mpaka pamenepo wosungidwa kwa azungu. Zachisoni, polephera kukhudza kapena kulekerera tsankho, Tollman adalanda chuma chake ku South Africa mu 1976 ndipo adasamuka ndi mkazi wake ndi ana anayi kupita ku London komwe anali ndi hotelo ya Montcalm ku Marble Arch.
Koma Africa sanamusiye Tollman. Ngakhale kuti anakakamizika kufunafuna chuma chake kutali ndi dziko lakwawo, pamene tsankho linathetsedwa, Tollman anabwerera kudziko limene anabadwira mu 1994. kukhazikitsidwa kwa kuthekera kwamtsogolo kwa anthu aku South Africa kuti amangenso miyoyo yawo kudzera mumakampani okopa alendo. Tollman anagwirizanitsa maulendo oyambirira a mayiko akunja kwa ojambula akunja kupita ku South Africa yatsopano, chochitika chomwe chinakhudza kwambiri kumvetsetsa kwake kwa ubale pakati pa alendo ndi anthu akumeneko ndipo zinayambitsa maziko a kunyada kwawo kuzungulira dziko lawo latsopano lomasulidwa.
Zotsatira zake, mitundu yonse ya TTC imayesetsa kupereka mwayi kwa alendo kuti akumane ndi kucheza ndi anthu am'deralo m'njira zowona, kupanga kumvetsetsa ndi kuyamikiridwa wina ndi mnzake komanso malo athu padziko lonse lapansi. Mu 2003 adakhazikitsa Mphotho ya Tollman for Visual Arts, kukondwerera chitukuko cha zaluso ku South Africa. Chiyambireni kukhazikitsidwa kwake, mphothoyi yapititsa patsogolo kwambiri chipambano ndi ntchito za omwe adalandira monga Zanele Muholi, Portia Zvavahera, Mawande Ka Zenzile ndi Nicholas Hlobo, omwe ntchito zawo zawonetsedwa m'malo olemekezeka monga Tate Modern ndi Venice Biennale.
Kudzera m'mitundu yake, Tollman adabweretsa alendo masauzande ambiri ku Africa ndipo mu 2020, atamaliza kuganizanso kwa zaka zitatu ngakhale kuti mliri wapadziko lonse lapansi wakumana ndi zovuta zomwe zidachitika, adavumbulutsa gawo lake la kukana, Xigera Safari Lodge, kalata yachikondi yopita ku Africa. Okavango Delta ya Botswana. Safari lodge nthawi yomweyo idalandira chiyamiko chapadziko lonse lapansi chifukwa chazidziwitso zake zokhazikika kuphatikiza kuyika ndalama pafamu yoyendera solar komanso kukwanitsa kuletsa mpweya wabwino ndipo idatchedwa Robb Report ngati imodzi mwamahotela 50 Atsopano Opambana Opambana Oti Mukaone mu 2021.
