Burt Cabañas adafika ku US atangotsala pang'ono kukwanitsa zaka 10 ndi amayi ake.
Anatengera banjali kupita ku Miami kuchokera ku Cuba kwawo kuti achire ku imfa ya abambo ake. Koma m’malo mobwerera, banjali linaganiza zokhalabe pamene Fidel Castro anagwirizanitsa boma lake ndi chikominisi.
Patapita zaka zingapo, Cabañas anayamba kugwira ntchito yopulumutsa anthu kuhotela ataweruka kusukulu. Izi zinamupangitsa kuti ayambe kugwira ntchito mu makampani ochereza alendo. Ali m'njira, adagwira ntchito zosiyanasiyana zoyang'anira mahotela ndipo adalandira digiri ya kuyang'anira mahotela ndi malo odyera ku Florida International University. Mu 1986, adagula kampani yomwe kale inkadziwika kuti Benchmark Management Co. kuchokera ku Woodlands Corp.
Masiku ano, a Cabañas ndi wapampando komanso mkulu wa bungwe la Benchmark Hospitality International lochokera ku Woodlands, lomwe limalemba ntchito anthu pafupifupi 6,000 omwe amayang'anira mahotela ndi malo osangalalira.
Posachedwapa adasankhidwa kukhala m'modzi wa "100 Most Influential Hispanic Leaders for 2007" ndi magazini ya Hispanic Business. Cabañas adalankhula ndi mtolankhani wa Chronicle Jenalia Moreno posachedwa. Magawo a kukambiranako akutsatira.
Q: Mukugwira ntchito limodzi ndi Gloria ndi Emilio Estefan. Kodi zimenezi zinatheka bwanji?
Yankho: Tinali ndi mnzathu amene anatiuza. Anagula hotelo yakale ku Vero Beach, Fla., yomwe anali ndi mapulani okonzanso. Tinasaina nawo mgwirizanowu pafupifupi chaka chapitacho. Tidzakhala ogwirizana nawo pa ntchitoyi. Idzatsegulidwa kumapeto kwa chaka chino.
Ali ndi nyumba yachiwiri ku Vero Beach. Sindikuganiza kuti ichi chikhala chowonjezera cha moyo wawo wachisangalalo, koma chidzakhala chowonjezera cha moyo wawo.
Q: Kodi makampani ochereza alendo akuyenda bwanji panthawi yomwe ambiri akulosera kuti chuma chidzagwa?
Yankho: Mukadzalankhula nane mawa, chithunzicho chingakhale chosiyana. Pakali pano, monga momwe kampani yathu imaganiziridwa, sitikukumana ndi zowoneka bwino pazenera zomwe mungakumane nazo ngati mutatsala pang'ono kugwa.
Sitinakumanepo ndi kusintha kulikonse mu bizinesi yathu ya 2008. Sitinakumanepo ndi kusintha kulikonse komwe kungasonyeze kuti pali mtambo wakuda kutsogolo.
Q: Ndi dola yofooka kwambiri, kodi mukupeza alendo ochulukirapo akunja kumahotela anu?
A: Ndithu. Makamaka mahotela omwe ali pafupi ndi East Coast ndi West Coast. Alendo opita ku US akungoyendayenda, makamaka ku New York City. Alibe zipinda zilizonse za hotelo. Akukhala ndi nthawi zabwino koposa zonse. Imadzazidwa mwachangu kwambiri ndi wapaulendo wapadziko lonse lapansi.
Q: Kodi mukufuna kupitiriza kukula padziko lonse lapansi?
Yankho: Makumi asanu pa 10 alionse a chiwonjezeko chathu m’zaka XNUMX zikubwerazi chidzakhala chapadziko lonse, ndipo chiwonjezeko chachikulucho chidzakhala ku Central America ndi South America. Tili ndi ofesi ku Santiago, Chile, ndi Tokyo. Tikukhala ku Panama. Tikukonzekera malo ena kumadzulo kwa Panama ndi wina ku Patagonia.
Funso: Nthawi zambiri anthu amalankhula za kupambana kwa mabizinesi aku Cuba. Mukuganiza kuti chifukwa chiyani?
choncho?
A: Ndikuganiza kuti mulibe mwayi wosankha. Ndikuganiza kuti pali kusiyana pakati pa wothamangitsidwa ndi wotuluka. Ndi mlendo, chitseko chobwereranso chimakhala chotseguka kwa inu.
Tinalibe khomo lobwerera. Izi zimapanga psyche yosiyana. Nthawi yomweyo mumatengera dziko latsopano ndikupita patsogolo. Anthu omwe adabwera koyamba anali madotolo ndi mabanki, ndipo adakwanitsa kuchitapo kanthu. Iwo anabwera pazifukwa za ndale. Iwo anangosamutsa kupambana kwawo.
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