Paradaiso wotayika kwa olemera obwera kumene

ANGUILLA, British West Indies - Robert Sillerman adapeza ndalama zokwana madola mabiliyoni ambiri ogula ndi kugulitsa makampani atolankhani ndi zosangalatsa. Zina mwazochita zake zopambana kwambiri: kugula pawailesi yakanema "American Idol".

Mpikisano wopambana wa Bambo Sillerman udatha pagombe lokongola pachilumba chaching'ono cha Caribbean.

Hotelo yake yapamwamba, kondomu ndi malo ochitira gofu pano, Temenos, akuvutika ndi theka lomangidwa komanso opanda ndalama. Wopanga "American Idol" a Simon Fuller komanso wolemba mabuku a Dan Brown, mwa ena, ayika ndalama m'nyumba zokhala ndi madola miliyoni. Sizikudziwika kuti ndi liti kapena ngati nyumba zawo zatchuthi zidzamalizidwa.

"Ndikumva chisoni, ndipo ndikunong'oneza bondo," Bambo Sillerman anatero poyankhulana ndi ofesi yake ku Manhattan. Ananenanso kuti sakuyembekezeranso kubweza $180 miliyoni yomwe adayika yekha ku Temenos. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndawonetsa chinthu cha hubris," adatero. Kukula kwamahotela "sinali gawo langa laukadaulo mwalingaliro lililonse."

Kwa anthu ena aku America olemera kwambiri monga Bambo Sillerman, ndalama zogulira hotelo zokopa zomwe zidachitika panthawi yogulitsa malo zasanduka zolemetsa zazikulu.

Malo ena omwe angotsegulidwa kumene sakupeza ndalama zokwanira zolipirira ndalama zoyendetsera ntchito. Ntchito yomanga ina ikuyimitsidwa pamene obwereketsa ndi ogulitsa akutuluka. M'miyezi isanu ndi inayi yoyambirira ya chaka, opanga adayimitsa kapena kuletsa mahotela 43 apamwamba okhala ndi zipinda pafupifupi 9,300 ku US ndi Caribbean, malinga ndi kafukufuku wofufuza za Lodging Econometrics.

Ngakhale kuti akatswiri akale a m’mahotela anazoloŵera kukwera mabasi ndi mabasi, obwera kumenewo akuphunzira mozama za kuopsa kokhala ndi nyumba zogona zapamwamba, zomwe zakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kuwonongedwa kwa malo.

Gulu lazachuma lotsogozedwa ndi woyambitsa Dell Inc. Michael Dell adalumikizana ndi Rockpoint Capital LLC kuti agule Four Seasons Hualalai ku Hawaii ku 2006. chiwerengero cha anthu chatsika ndi 243 peresenti kufika pa 7.9%, zikalata za ngongole zikusonyeza. Woyang'anira hoteloyo akuti gawo lina la kuchepako kudachitika chifukwa chakukonzanso komwe kunatseka zipinda zina kwakanthawi.

Ty Warner, wa Beanie Baby mogul, atha kutaya kugwa kwake kwa Four Seasons New York ndi mahotela ena atatu apamwamba kuti atsekedwe pokhapokha atapeza chiwongolero cha chaka chimodzi panyumba yobwereketsa ya $ 345 miliyoni, yomwe imabwera chifukwa cha Januware 9, malinga ndi kampani yowerengera ngongole Realpoint LLC.

Woyambitsa Microsoft Corp. Bill Gates wakumana ndi zovuta zingapo kutsogolo kwa hotelo. Mu 2007, kampani yake yopanga ndalama idagwirizana ndi Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal kuti agule Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, yomwe imayang'anira malo apamwamba a 82, kwa $ 3.4 biliyoni. Kuyambira pamenepo, ndalama zomwe zimapezeka pachipinda chilichonse pamalowa zatsika ndi 25%. Kuonjezera apo, kampani yake yogulitsa ndalama ikukonzeratu malo a 582 Terranea Resort ku Palos Verdes, Calif., Amene adalephera kubwereka ngongole ya $ 110 miliyoni kuchokera ku kampani ya Mr. Gates atangotsegula mu June.

Woyambitsa EBay Inc. Pierre Omidyar ndi Investor wamkulu ku Montage Hotels & Resorts, yemwe ali ndi mahotela awiri apamwamba ku California ndipo imodzi yatsala pang'ono kutsegulidwa ku Utah. Ku hotelo yake yatsopano yogulitsira ku Beverly Hills, okhalamo akuyenda pafupifupi 60%, ndipo nyumba zinayi zokha mwa 20 zomwe zagulitsidwa mpaka pano.

Zaka zapitazo, mahotela ambiri akuluakulu ndi malo ogona anali a makampani monga Hilton Worldwide Inc. ndi Marriott International Inc. Koma kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1980, makampani akuluakulu a hotelo anayamba kugulitsa katundu wawo kuti aganizire za kuyang'anira ndi kuyendetsa mahotela a anthu ena.

Olemera osunga ndalama nthawi zina amawona mahotela apamwamba ndi malo ochitirako tchuthi ngati njira yowonetsera njira zawo zopezera moyo wapamwamba, akutero Jim Taylor, wachiwiri kwa wapampando wa Gulu la Harrison ku Waterbury, Conn., lomwe limatsata momwe olemera amawonongera ndalama komanso momwe amapezera ndalama. "Ndi bizinesi ... komwe amakhala ndi lingaliro lapadera la zomwe zimagwira ntchito," akutero. "Palinso mtengo wa ego wokhala ndi hotelo."

Makampaniwa tsopano ali pachiwopsezo chachikulu. Kuyambira 2007, ndalama zomwe zimapezeka m'chipinda chilichonse m'mahotela apamwamba aku North America, kuphatikiza ku Caribbean, zidatsika 26%, kufika pafupifupi $141.58, malinga ndi Smith Travel Research. Izi zikufanizira ndi kutsika kwa 18% mpaka $56.53 kumahotela onse aku US. Chaka chino, mitengo ya anthu m'malo opumira ku North America atsika ndi 10 peresenti kufika pa 60.3%, kupitilira ma slide asanu ndi atatu a mahotela onse aku North America, malinga ndi Smith Travel.

Zomwe zikupangitsa kuti zinthu ziipireipire, mahotela apamwamba omwe ayamba m'zaka zomaliza za boom tsopano akumalizidwa, ndikuwonjezera pakupereka. “Ndikuganiza kuti tikuyang’ana zaka zisanu ndi ziŵiri mpaka 10 kuti zinthu zapamwamba zibwerere kumene zinali kale,” akutero Bjorn Hanson, pulofesa wachiŵiri wa malo ogona pa yunivesite ya New York.

Bambo Sillerman alinso ndi mavuto ku Las Vegas, kumene mmodzi wa makampani ake anagula maekala 18 pa Strip kuti amange casino-hotelo. Ntchitoyi sinayambe, ngongole yake yobwereketsa ya $ 475 miliyoni ndiyokhazikika, ndipo malowa akuyembekezeka kugulidwa ngati gawo la zomwe adazikonzeratu.

Asanalowe mumakampani ahotelo, Bambo Sillerman anali ndi mbiri yabwino yomanga mabizinesi ndikugulitsa. Mnyamata wocheperako, wazaka 61 wokhala ndi masharubu okhuthala, amalankhula moyimitsa chifukwa cholimbana ndi khansa mu 2001.

Bambo Sillerman, mbadwa ya ku New York, anayamba kugula mawailesi m'zaka za m'ma 1970, akugwirizana ndi ma disc jockey "Cousin Brucie" Morrow. M’zaka makumi aŵiri zotsatira, anagula mawailesi ambiri ndi wailesi yakanema. Mu 1998, adagulitsa kampani yake ya 120, SFX Broadcasting, ku Capstar Broadcasting Corp. kwa $ 1.2 biliyoni. "Ndizovuta kulemba chilichonse chomwe chidayenda bwino kuposa SFX Broadcasting," akutero.

Kenako anayamba kukulitsa bizinesi yogula malo ochitirako konsati ndi makampani olimbikitsa nyimbo, kubetcherana kuti kuchuluka kwake kungamupatse chidwi chosungitsa oimba a pop ndi rock. Anagulitsa kampaniyo, SFX Entertainment, ku Clear Channel Communications Inc. mu 2000 kwa $ 3 biliyoni.

Ngakhale anali ndi mwayi pa Broadway. Atakumana ndi wosangalatsa Mel Brooks mu 1998, Bambo Sillerman adavomera kuti apereke $ 2 miliyoni kuti athandizire ndalama za Mr. Brooks "The Producers." Nyimboyi idakhala imodzi mwazopanga zopanga ndalama zambiri m'zaka makumi angapo.

Bambo Sillerman anapanga bizinesi yake yaposachedwa, CKx Inc., mu 2004. Anagwiritsa ntchito $100 miliyoni pamtengo wa 85% ku Elvis Presley Enterprises, zomwe zikuphatikizapo kuyang'anira Graceland, malo oimba a Memphis, Tenn., a Graceland. Adagula maufulu otsatsa ku dzina la boxer Muhammad Ali. Mu 2005, pambuyo pa nyengo yachitatu ya "American Idol," CKx adagula 19 Entertainment, wopanga pulogalamuyo komanso mpikisano wovina "So You Think You Can Dance," kwa $ 190 miliyoni. Mawonetsero ake ndi mabizinesi okhudzana nawo adapanga $224 miliyoni muzopeza ndi $75 miliyoni pazopeza zogwirira ntchito za CKx mu 2008, kampaniyo ikutero.

Jonathan Knee, yemwe kale anali banki ku Goldman Sachs Group ndi Morgan Stanley yemwe adakambirana ndi Bambo Sillerman, akuti Investor ali ndi "lingaliro lodabwitsa la bizinesi yabwino" ndipo nthawi zonse anali osamala kuti asalole mphamvu ya nyenyezi kusokoneza zosankha zamalonda-bizinesi. "Ndikuganiza kuti malo ogulitsa nyumba ndi malo omwe amafunikira chidziwitso chamakampani," akutero Bambo Knee. "Ndipo sindikudziwa kuti anali ukadaulo wa Bob."

Bambo Sillerman anayamba kuponda pa Anguilla mu 1982, ndipo kwa zaka zambiri, adayendera nthawi zambiri, akumaliza nyumba kumeneko mu 2007. Chilumbachi - malo ang'onoang'ono, ophwanyika a miyala ya miyala ya miyala ya miyala ya miyala ya miyala ya miyala ya miyala ya miyala ya miyala ya coral ndi scrub - ali ndi anthu 14,000 okha. Magombe ake abwinobwino komanso matanthwe a coral samakoka alendo ambiri monga zilumba zina za ku Caribbean.

Boma la Anguilla layika chilumbachi ngati malo opitako anthu olemera opita kutchuthi, ndikuchepetsa kukula kwa malo omwe ali ndi zipinda zochepera 150. Malo ochepa obisalamo amatsogola pazamalonda apaulendo, kuphatikiza 102-unit CuisinArt Resort & Spa yomwe idatsegulidwa mu 1999 ndi Leandro Rizzuto, mwiniwake wa Cuisinart ndi Conair Corp. katundu wapanyumba.

Mu 2002, a Sillerman anapempha boma la Anguilla kuti amange bwalo loyamba la gofu pachilumbachi. Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Anguillan, Osbourne Fleming, adanena kuti Bambo Sillerman amange malo ochezera nyenyezi zisanu kuti azitsagana ndi maphunzirowa. Wandale adawona kuti malowa adzapereka ntchito 500 zokhazikika komanso mazana a ntchito zomanga. Anadzipereka kuti achotse misonkho pazipinda zotumizidwa kunja ndi zomangira za hoteloyo.

Bambo Sillerman adapereka lingalirolo ku Flag Luxury Properties LLC, wopanga mahotelo momwe amachitiramo ndalama. Mkulu wa Mbendera Paul Kanavos adamuchenjeza kuti chitukuko cha hotelo ku Caribbean ndi chowopsa, nthawi zambiri chimadalira zofuna za maboma am'deralo, akukumbukira Bambo Sillerman. Kuphatikiza apo, popeza zida zambiri zomangira ndi ntchito zimayenera kutumizidwa kunja, zomwe zikuchitika ku Caribbean nthawi zambiri zimatenga nthawi yayitali kuti zimange ndikuwononga ndalama zosachepera 30% kuposa ku US.

Mamess. Sillerman ndi Kanavos adaganiza zopitilizabe ngakhale zinali zoopsa. "Ndikuganiza kuti chinali chophatikiza kufuna kuchita zambiri pachilumbachi ndikukhulupirira kuti chingakhale ndalama zopindulitsa," akutero Bambo Sillerman.

Boma la a Fleming linagwirizanitsa maekala 200 kuti abwereke Temenos ndi bwalo lake la gofu, ndipo Flag adagula maekala 80 owonjezera. Ntchito yomanga inayamba mu 2005. Zina mwa nyumba 78 zomwe zinakonzedwa kuti zigulitsidwe ndi malo omwe anagulitsidwa kwa abwenzi a Bambo Sillerman ndi anzawo, kuphatikizapo a Fuller, mlengi wa "American Idol", ndi a Brown, wolemba "The Da Vinci Code." Malinga ndi Flag, pofika chaka chatha, magawo atatu mwa magawo atatu aliwonse anali pa mgwirizano, ogula amalipira madipoziti mpaka 30%. Malo a gofu ndi clubhouse adatsegulidwa mu 2007.

Madivelopa adakonza hotelo yamayunitsi 32, yoyendetsedwa ndi mtundu wa Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide St. Regis, ndi mitengo yausiku kuyambira $900 mpaka $1,500.

Temenos - liwu lachigriki lotanthauza malo opatulika - posakhalitsa adakumana ndi mavuto. Mitengo yamafuta ndi yonyamula katundu inakwera kwambiri pomanga. Ndalama zomanga zidakwera ndi 30% kuyambira 2005 mpaka 2007, akutero a Kanavos a Flag.

Anguilla adanena kuti kulingalira koyamba kwa ntchito zomanga kumapita ku Anguillan. A Kanavos anena kuti kufunikirako kudayambitsa kuchepa kwa ntchito komanso kusagwira ntchito bwino, zomwe zidapangitsa kuchedwa. Mbendera sanalandire chilolezo cha boma kuti atumize ogwira ntchito kunja mpaka patadutsa zaka ziwiri ntchito yomanga inayamba, adatero. Anguilla adafunanso kuti zida zomangira zibwereke kumakampani akumaloko, zomwe a Kanavos akuti adawonjezera ndalama zokwana madola mamiliyoni ambiri.

Bambo Fleming, nduna yaikulu ya Anguilla, anatsutsa m’mafunso ake kuti malangizo a boma omanga ndi amene anachititsa kuti mitengo ichuluke. "Panali zoperewera" pakukonza kwa Mbendera, adatero, akukana kufotokoza. Akuluakulu a mbendera akuwona kuti kampaniyo yamaliza kumanga malo angapo ochitirako tchuthi ku US panthawi yake komanso pa bajeti.

St. Regis, mtundu wa Starwood Hotels, idafuna kukulitsa nyumba ya hoteloyi, zomwe zimachepetsa chitukuko. St. Regis adatuluka mu ntchitoyi mu Novembala 2007, ndipo adasinthidwa chaka chatha ndi Baccarat Hotels & Residences, mtundu wamahotelo apamwamba omwe adakhazikitsidwa ndi Barry Sternlicht, wamkulu wakale wa Starwood.

Chifukwa chakukwera mtengo, Mbendera idatembenukira kwa a Sillerman mobwerezabwereza kuti apereke ndalama zambiri, kupempha $ 5 miliyoni mpaka $ 10 miliyoni nthawi iliyonse. Bambo Sillerman akuti adakumana ndi zopempha zambiri, koma pamapeto pake adasiya. Iye anati: “Ndinafunika kuchita zinthu mwanzeru. "Zinkawoneka ngati palibe mapeto a zopemphazo, ndipo chisankho chabwino kwambiri chinali kukonzanso" mwa kufunafuna ndalama zakunja.

Baccarat ya Bambo Sternlicht idatuluka, ponena za kulephera kwa polojekitiyi kupeza ndalama zowonjezera. Bambo Sternlicht anasumira a Sillerman ku khoti la boma la New York mu June, pofuna kubweza ndalama zokwana madola 25 miliyoni zimene kampani yawo inagulitsa. Bambo Sillerman akukana kuti ali ndi ngongoleyo.

Posachedwapa, Bambo Sillerman adalipira $ 21.4 miliyoni kuti akwaniritse chitsimikiziro chaumwini pa ngongole yanyumba ya holo ya $ 180 miliyoni, yomwe ili yosakwanira, kuwonjezera pa $ 180 miliyoni yomwe adalowamo kale.

Malo a gofu, opangidwa ndi Greg Norman, atsekedwa. Mbendera ikuti pakufunika ndalama zokwana madola 120 miliyoni kuti amalize kumanga malowa. Koma patatha chaka chofufuza, Mbendera ndi Bambo Sillerman sanapezebe othandizira atsopano.

Ntchitoyi itayimitsidwa, sinatulutse ntchito zomwe zikuyembekezeka komanso ndalama zamisonkho. Izi zinapangitsa kuti Anguilla afune kuchepetsa ndalama zomwe akugwiritsa ntchito monga kuchepetsa malipiro a boma ndi 5% mpaka 15%, a Fleming akutero.

Bambo Fleming anati: “Ntchito imeneyi inali yofunika kwambiri imene Anguilla anachita. "Munthu aliyense ku Anguilla wakhudzidwa ndi kusachita bwino."

Bambo Sillerman akuti Temenos pamapeto pake idzamalizidwa. "Ndikufuna kuti nditsirize, zambiri kwa eni nyumba komanso anthu aku Anguilla," akutero. “Ndalemba kalekale kuti sindingathe kubweza ndalama zanga.”