Wabizinesi wodziwika bwino waku Jamaica Gordon “Butch” Stewart, m'modzi mwa anthu odziwika bwino pantchito yochereza alendo komanso woyambitsa Sandals Resorts International, kampani yotsogola padziko lonse lapansi yophatikizira malo ochezera alendo, adamwalira ali ndi zaka 79 pa Januware 4, 2021. Gulu lankhondo lomwe silinaimitsidwe, lomwe Posangalala kutsutsa zomwe zidachitika popitilira zomwe amayembekeza, Stewart adamanga yekha mtundu watchuthi womwe wapatsidwa mwayi kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi kuchokera ku malo ena ochezera ku Jamaica kupita kumalo opitilira khumi ndi awiri osiyana komanso ma villas ku Caribbean, ndikutanthauziranso momwe dziko limayendera patchuthi.
Mwana wamwamuna waku Jamaica, Butch Stewart adabadwira ku Kingston pa Julayi 6, 1941, ndipo adakulira m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya North Coast, malo otentha omwe tsopano ali ndi malo ake ambiri a Luxury Included® Sandals and Beaches Resorts komanso komwe amakonda nyanja. , ma dominoes, ndi mabizinesi aulere adafesedwa. Podziwa kuti kuyambira pachiyambi ankafuna kuyendetsa kampani yake, ali wamng'ono wa zaka 12, Stewart adayamba kugwira ntchito yochereza alendo akugulitsa nsomba zogwidwa kumene kumahotela am'deralo. Kupambana kwake kudamupangitsa kuti "akopeke" ndipo chidwi chake pazamalonda sichinathe.
Atamaliza maphunziro ake a sekondale kunja, Stewart adabwerera kwawo ku Jamaica komwe adawonetsa luso lake lobadwa nalo ngati wogulitsa wamkulu ku Curaçao Trading Company yotchuka yaku Dutch, adakwera mwachangu kukhala manejala wogulitsa koma akulakalaka kuyambitsa kampani yake. Mu 1968, Stewart anatenga mwayi wake. Popanda chikole koma pozindikira chitonthozo chomwe chingapangitse kuti mpweya ukhale wofunikira, Stewart adatsimikizira wopanga waku America Fedders Corporation kuti amulole kuyimirira mtundu wawo ku Jamaica. Ndi izi, bizinesi yoyambira ya Stewart - Appliance Traders Limited (ATL), idabadwa, ndipo anali panjira.
Ku ATL, Stewart adapanga filosofi yosavuta yamabizinesi yomwe adanena nthawi zambiri: "Pezani zomwe anthu akufuna, apatseni, ndipo potero - pitilira zomwe akuyembekezera." Izi zitha kukhala muyezo wabizinesi iliyonse ya Stewart ndikugwiritsiridwa ntchito ndi aliyense wogwira ntchito m'makampani ambiri omwe Stewart angapitirize kupeza, kuphatikiza, makamaka makamaka, Sandals Resorts International.
Stewart Founds Sandals Resorts
Mu 1981, ndi mphatso yozindikira mwayi, Stewart adapeza imodzi ku Bay Roc: hotelo yomwe ili pagombe lokongola ku Montego Bay, Jamaica. Miyezi isanu ndi iwiri ndi $ 4 miliyoni pakukonzanso pambuyo pake, Sandals Montego Bay idzatsegulidwa ngati malo otsogola omwe masiku ano amapambana mphoto zambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
Ngakhale kuti Stewart sananenepo kuti adayambitsa lingaliro lophatikiza zonse, amadziwika padziko lonse lapansi chifukwa cha khama lake lokweza zochitikazo, kupereka kwa alendo ake mwayi wapamwamba kwambiri, komanso kugawana zowona zake kuti kampani ya ku Caribbean ikhoza kupikisana ndi aliyense. bungwe mu dziko. Iye anakwaniritsa zonse ziwiri.
"Ndidamva za lingaliroli, komabe panthawiyo, mautumiki ndi zipinda zinali zofunika kwambiri. Mosiyana ndi izi, ndimaganiza kuti titha kubweretsa malo abwino kwambiri opatsa makasitomala zambiri. Kotero, ife tinakwaniritsa izo. Mabedi owoneka bwino a mfumu okhawo omwe ali ndi zikwangwani zinayi, minda yokongoletsedwa bwino, ma hammocks abwino komanso mtundu wantchito zofunda, zoyeretsedwa ku Caribbean zomwe zadziwika. Chofunika kwambiri chinali kukhala pagombe labwino kwambiri, chifukwa ndi zomwe aliyense amalota. ”
Kumene ena otchedwa “zophatikiza zonse” ankapereka chakudya ndi zipinda pamtengo woikika, mitengo ya Sandals Resorts inali ndi madyerero apamwamba kwambiri, zakumwa zamtengo wapatali, zaulere, kusamutsidwa ku eyapoti, misonkho ndi zochitika zonse za malo ndi mabwalo amadzi. Zakudya za opikisanawo zinali ngati buffet, kotero Stewart adapanga malo odyera apadera omwe ali ndi zakudya zapamwamba komanso ntchito yamagalavu oyera. Sandals Resorts inalinso kampani yoyamba yamahotela ku Caribbean kupereka ma whirlpools ndi masewelo a kanema wa kanema wa satellite, yoyamba yokhala ndi mipiringidzo yosambira komanso yoyamba kutsimikizira kuti chipinda chilichonse chili ndi bedi lalikulu komanso chowumitsira tsitsi. Zatsopano zaposachedwa zaphatikizirapo siginecha ya spa - Red Lane® Spa, siginecha zanyumba zapamwamba zopangidwira zachinsinsi komanso kusangalatsa komaliza, WiFi yovomerezeka, ndi mgwirizano wamasaina ndi mabungwe odziwika bwino monga Microsoft Xbox® Play Lounge, Sesame Workshop, PADI, Mondavi® Wines. , Maphunziro a Gofu a Greg Norman Signature ndi gulu la London-based Guild of Professional English Butlers. Ndipo mu 2017, Stewart adayambitsa malo ogona oyambira ku Caribbean, omwe adakulitsidwa mwachangu kuti aphatikizire mipiringidzo ya Over-the-Water ndi ma chapel aukwati a Over-the-Water.
Potsatira mosasunthika ku mfundo yakuti "tikhoza kuchita bwino" pofuna kusangalatsa alendo ake, Stewart adalimbikitsa kampani yaulere kuti iganizire ndi kumasuka kuti ipititse patsogolo nthawi zonse. Makhalidwe amenewa adamupatsa dzina la "King of All-Inclusive," kusintha mawonekedwe amitundu yonse ndikukhazikitsa Sandals Resorts ngati mtundu wopambana kwambiri mgululi - kudzitamandira kuchuluka kwa anthu opitilira 85 peresenti, 40% ya alendo obweranso osayerekezeka komanso kufunikira komwe kwadzetsa kutukuka kosaneneka, kuphatikiza kupanga malingaliro owonjezera monga ma Beach Resorts, omwe tsopano ali mulingo wopambana pamatchuthi apanyanja.
Butch Stewart ankakonda Sandals. Panthaŵi ya imfa yake, anali kugwira ntchito molimbika pokonzekera zofutukula posachedwapa ku chilumba cha Dutch cha Curaçao ndi St. Vincent.
Stewart ngati Stateman
Utsogoleri wa Stewart unathandiza kuukitsa malonda oyendayenda ku Jamaica ndipo anamulemekeza ndi anzake komanso anthu amtundu wake. Adasankhidwa kukhala Purezidenti wa Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica mu 1989 ndipo adalowetsedwa mu "Hall of Fame" mu 1995. Adakhala Mtsogoleri wa Jamaica Tourist Board kwa zaka khumi komanso Purezidenti wa Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association ku Jamaica. pakati pa zaka za m'ma 80, kulinganiza bwino zomwe boma ndi mabungwe achinsinsi amaika patsogolo, kugwirizanitsa nkhawa za mahotela akuluakulu ndi ang'onoang'ono a ku Jamaican, ndikukweza kumvetsetsa kwa anthu za ntchito yokopa alendo. Mu 1994, Stewart adatsogolera gulu la anthu omwe amagulitsa ndalama kuti atsogolere Air Jamaica, yomwe ndi yaikulu kwambiri ku Caribbean. Inali ntchito yovuta kwambiri - ndege zinali zauve, ntchito zinali zopanda chidwi ndipo ndondomeko za nthawi yake sizinapezeke kawirikawiri, zomwe zinachititsa kuti msika uwonongeke pamodzi ndi ndalama.
Stewart atalowamo, adaumirira njira yothandiza anthu okwera: utumiki wanthawi zonse, kuchepetsa mizere yodikirira, kuwonjezereka kwa maphunziro kwa ogwira ntchito onse, ndi siginecha yachampagne yaulere paulendo wandege kuti iperekedwe ndi kutsindika kwa chakudya chabwino. Anatsegulanso njira zatsopano ku Caribbean, anabweretsa ndege zatsopano za Airbus ndikukhazikitsa malo a Montego Bay maulendo apandege ochokera ndi kubwerera ku United States. Monga momwe zinalili ndi ATL ndi Sandals Resorts, njira ya Stewart idakhala yopambana ndipo chakumapeto kwa 2004, Stewart adabwezera ndegeyo ku boma ndikuwonjezera ndalama zopitilira US $ 250 miliyoni.
Aka sikanali koyamba kuti Stewart athandize dziko lake. Mu 1992, adalimbikitsa chidwi cha anthu aku Jamaica ndi "Butch Stewart Initiative," akumapopera US $ 1 miliyoni pa sabata kumsika wovomerezeka wakunja ndi mitengo yotsika pansi kuti ithandizire kuletsa kutsika kwa dola yaku Jamaica. Dr Henry Lowe, panthawiyo pulezidenti komanso mkulu wa bungwe la Blue Cross, adalembera Stewart kuti: "Ndikulemberani kuti ndikuyamikireni moona mtima chifukwa cha ntchito yaikulu yomwe yachita zambiri, osati kulimbikitsa ndalama zathu, komanso zambiri. , kuti tikhale ndi chiyembekezo chatsopano ndiponso maganizo abwino amene tsopano tonsefe monga a ku Jamaica tikuona.”
Chodziwika bwino ndi kuchuluka kwa chifundo cha Stewart, komwe kwa zaka zopitilira 40 wathandizira kukonza ndikusintha miyoyo ya anthu aku Caribbean. Ntchito yake, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu 2009 ya The Sandals Foundation, imapereka chithandizo kuyambira pakumanga masukulu ndikulipira aphunzitsi mpaka kubweretsa chithandizo chamankhwala pakhomo la omwe sangakwanitse. Izi kuwonjezera pa chithandizo chake chosatopa cha zochitika zosiyanasiyana zachilengedwe. Kupitilira pa ntchito ya Foundation, Stewart wapereka mamiliyoni kuzinthu zachifundo monga kukondwerera kulimba mtima kwa omenyera nkhondo komanso oyankha oyamba komanso kuthandiza omwe pambuyo pa mvula yamkuntho yowononga.
Mu 2012, Stewart adayambitsa Sandals Corporate University, yomwe cholinga chake ndi kupereka chitukuko cha akatswiri kwa ogwira ntchito pogwiritsa ntchito maphunziro odziwika bwino ndi maphunziro. Pokhala ndi mwayi wopeza maphunziro opitilira 230 komanso mayanjano akunja ndi mayunivesite 13 apamwamba kwambiri am'deralo ndi apadziko lonse lapansi, wogwira ntchito aliyense atha kulembetsa, kukulitsa chidziwitso chawo, ndikupititsa patsogolo ntchito yawo.
Kuchita bwino kwa Stewart pazamalonda ndi m'moyo wake kwamupatsa ulemu wopitilira 50 womuyenerera bwino mdera, m'chigawo, ndi m'maiko osiyanasiyana kuphatikiza kusiyanitsa kwapamwamba kwambiri ku Jamaica: The Order of Jamaica (OJ), ndi Commander of the Order of Distinction (CD). Mu 2017, Stewart adalemekezedwa ndi Mphotho yoyamba ya Lifetime Achievement Award pa msonkhano wapachaka wa Caribbean Hotel & Resort Investment Summit (CHRIS), womwe umachitika ndi Burba Hotel Network, zomwe zikuwonetsa kuti wathandizira kwambiri pantchito yochereza alendo. "Kupambana kwa Sandals kwathandizira kulimbikitsa kukula kwa ntchito zokopa alendo ndi chuma osati ku Jamaica kokha komanso ku Caribbean konse," anatero pulezidenti wa BHN Jim Burba. "Mawu oti 'chithunzi' amagwiranso ntchito kwa Butch Stewart."
Zinali zosangalatsa Stewart nthawi iliyonse akamadya kulikonse padziko lapansi ndipo wogwira ntchito wokondwa amagawana naye, "Zikomo. Ndinayamba ku Sandals. "
