UKimpton wasungula imbono yehotele ye-boutique ngaphezu kwamashumi amathathu eminyaka edlulileyo. Kwaye ababonisi iimpawu zokunciphisa. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba kusetshenziselwa ukusetyenziswa kwakhona okanye ukwakhiwa olutsha ngesibindi, kunethuba elihle uKimpton uza kulo dolophu yakho.
Inkampani ifike ixesha elide ekubeni iBill Kimpton ivula ihotele yokuqala yokuthenga e-San Francisco. Ngoku iyaziwa ngokuba yiKimpton Hotels & Restless Group ngee-InterContinental Hotels, ayikho semzini kumabhaso kunye nama-accolades.
Kukho isizathu esihle saloo nto.
UKimpton uye wafunda amava e-boutique aneziphathamandla eziphathekayo ezifana neKimpton Hotel Palomar eBeverly Hills , uSir Francis Drake eSan Francisco kunye neKimpton Muse eMidtown Manhattan .
Ipropati nganye yeKimpton yiGreen Key eqinisekisiwe ngenxa yokusebenza kwayo eco-conscious.
Kukho i-receptionary wine wine reception for guests to enjoy.
Kwaye enye ingongoma enkulu yokuthengisa: Ihotele nganye yaseKimpton i-pet friendly. Enyanisweni, iindwendwe ziyamenywa ukuba zizise izifuyo zabo, kungekho mrhumo owongezelelweyo okanye idiphozithi efunekayo. Eyona nto, isiqubulo sabo kukuba ukuba i-pet yakho ifaka emnyango, yamkelekile ukuba ihla.
Ezinye iipropati zineziKhokelo zoBudlelwane beNtlanzi.
About.com uthetha noRon Vlasic, i-VP yeMisebenzi, malunga neqhinga lokukhula kwegama kunye nezinto ezintsha ezahlukileyo.
Umbuzo: Iipropati zaseKimpton kwiidolophu ezinkulu ziyaziwa kakuhle. Sitshele ngezinye zeempawu zakho ezifihliweyo.
A: I-Taconic eManchester, iVermont enye. Iineekamente ezingama-79 ezibhekiselele kwi-backdrop yeentaba zaseTaconic. Ngoku ndiyongamela. Kuyinto ephawulekayo ngaphandle apho, indawo enhle kakhulu
UManchester ufana nolunye idolophu ekukhanyeni. Kukho ezinye iipropthi eziphakamileyo apho kodwa kungengomgangatho wesitolo semveli.
Ndiza kukuxelela into emnandi. "Oyena mntu unomdla kakhulu kwihlabathi" uhlala phantsi kwesitalato. Abantu baphatha kabini xa bembona.
Q: Uyakwandisa kakhulu eMidwest, kunene?
A: Ewe. I-Chicago yindawo ebalulekileyo yezoshishino. Sineehotele ezintlanu apho.
Iminyaka embalwa edlulileyo sinethuba lokuthatha iClub ye-Minneapolis Athletic Club. Asizange sibe namava amaninzi. Kodwa sazihlakulela kwiGreat Hotel. Oko sikufumene kukuba kukho umzila wokuhamba ovela eChicago ukuya eMinneapolis nasemva. Kwasusa kuthi. Kwasikhuthaza ukuba sijonge kwezinye iidolophu.
Q: Sitshele nge-Schofield eCleveland.
A: Savula i-Schofield ngo-2016. Isixeko sasithanda. Yayiyiprojekthi entsha yehotele ngexesha elide.
Xa sifika kwisixeko esingazi, sizama ukukhipha oko esi sixeko sithetha ngako. Sifuna ukushaya amanqaku afanelekileyo. Ngokwenene, loo propati yayisakhiwo esidlulileyo sokuqala sakhiwo. Yinto enobumba obomvu obomvu. Kwakuyintengiso kunye nezinye zokuhlala eziphezulu. Ngexesha le-60 umntu ubeka i-façade embi kuyo. Emva koko yaphakama. Sijonge kuyo. Sazibonela ukuba zinamathambo amahle. Kwakusekhoneni elingaba libalaseleyo. Siphonononga yonke into esetyenzisiweyo yesinyithi ukuze sibonakalise esi sakhiwo esihle.
Kwakuyinto yokubuyisela ngokufanelekileyo into eyenza ukuba isiko lendawo liphile. Unamagumbi angama-150. Kwivenkile yokutyela, iqabane lethu kwipropati yayinomhlobo owayefuna ukwenza ivenkile. Samvumela ukuba angene aze aqoke ndawonye.
Kwakhona senza into encinane ekupheleni. Iiplanga ezine eziphezulu zihlala. E-Cleveland, akukho mntu uhlala edolophini. Sifuna ukukhangela abaqeqeshi basebenza edolophu ekungabalulekanga ukuba bahlale kwiidolophu.
Kuye kube yimpumelelo. Ngoku, sibheke kwezinye iiprojekthi eCleveland.
Umbuzo: Ubuye uvule i-Journeyman eMilwaukee.
A: I-Journeyman yaseKimpton iyakhiwa esitsha kwimbali yesithathu yeWadi yaseMilwaukee. Yinqanaba elihle lekona. Sifike kuyo kwindlela yokuziphatha yommandla.
Kukho iqela elikhusela umgca wembali lommandla.
Sibacele ukuba babe yingxenye yalo. Sibaxelele izicwangciso zethu, indlela yethu.
Ibali le-Journeyman livela kwiingcambu zaseMilwaukee njengedolophu ye-blue collar. Umntu ohambahambayo wayenomntu ongena kumashishini. Sifuna ukuthobela loo mntu.
Sinamagumbi angama-180; ihotele elungileyo. Uphahla lube nembono enhle kuyo yonke idolophu kunye ne-ballpark. Uyakubona ilitye. I-Summerfest iyintsika ezintathu.
Thina uHeather Turhune njengomqhubi ophetheyo eT Tre Rivali.
Wavula i-Sable yokudlela e-Chicago. Saphendulela phezu kophahla waza wafika enengcamango enkulu. UTr Rivali ukuchazwa kwakhe kweNtaliyane enentliziyo,
Umbuzo: Kukho ibali elincomekayo emva kweKimpton Grey e Chicago. Si xelele ngako.
A: Zizibhloko ezimbini kude neKimpton Hotel Allegro, inkulu kwiqela.
Indoda ephethe i-Old York Life Building kwisithili sezimali saseChicago. Kwakungenanto, kuphela iipesenti ezilishumi ezihlala kuyo. Wandibizela kwaye sasiye sathuthukisa abafana.
Kwakunjengomfanekiso ovela kwi "Mad Men." Ixesha lokugqibela eliye ladalwa okanye lihlotshiwe lalingama-1960. Kodwa saqonda ukuba kwakunokwenzeka. Kukho iifestile ezinkulu ezibhekiselele kuLasalle kunye neMadison.
Kwasithatha malunga neminyaka emithathu ukugqiba ukusebenzisa kwakhona. Sasebenzisa isicatshulwa sesakhiwo sokuqala. Sisebenza kunye nombuso kunye namaziko agunyaziwe. Bafuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba ezininzi izinto ezizodwa zakhiwo zagcinwa ziphila. Siyaziqhayisa ukuba iinkcukacha zokwakha zakhiwo zisezinzile.
Q: Ziziphi ezinye zeempawu zehotele?
A: Sinamagumbi angu-293. Kwinqanaba le-lobby, senze ibha enkulu ebizwa ngokuba nguMqulu 39. Zonke iiofisi ezindala zineencwadi ezintle zomthetho kwiibhasiksi. Si ba ndakanya. Bartenders bamhlophe. Imoya enkulu kakhulu.
Ngokuya ekudleni, bekuya kuba lula ukubeka kwindawo yokuhamba. Kodwa safika neBaleo. Yindawo yethu yokupakisha ebonisa ukutya nokuphuza eMzantsi Melika nge-Argentinian flair.
Umbuzo: Ngaba uya kuqhubeka ngokulandelelana kwakhona?
A: Sizama ukutyalomali kwiidolophu zesibini. Esi siqhinga esisebenza kuthi. Unomntu ovela eSt. Louis oya eNew York kwaye uhlala kwihotele yethu enkulu yokuthenga, i-Muse. Kukho umdla wokwenza okufanayo namava ekhaya.
Amanani aseNew York kunye neLa ayamangalisa. Kwiindawo ezifana ne-Indianapolis okanye iSt. Louis, unokufumana izakhiwo ezimangalisayo ukusuka ekupheleni kwekhulu.
Umzekelo omkhulu yiKimpton Cardinal Hotel eWinston-Salem. Yona yindlunkulu yeRJ Reynolds endala kunye nomphambili weBuilding State Building. Esi sakhiwo esihle se-deco sakhiwo sasihleli esingenamntu.
Umbuzo: Kuthiwani ngeendawo ezintsha?
A: KwiiMithombo yamatye sinesakhiwo esitsha kwimisebenzi. Umqhubi wathabatha iphasela apho ivenkile yayisendleleni yesitalato esedolophu. Wakhwelisa konke.
Izixhobo zePalm zihlobo lwemakethe ehlekisayo. Iyaziwa ngokuba ngumhlala-phantsi, kodwa ngoku i-hip ngenxa yoyilo lobunamhlanje. Linike ithuba elihle ngathi.
I-San Francisco ingabizi uThixo, kodwa sineprojekthi eSigramento.
E-Seattle sineehotele elitsha kwindawo yaseBelaview. Inesithembiso esinjalo, kukho ukuhamba okukhulu kwabantu abahlala apho.
Sithanda ukuthatha into ePortland, kodwa kunzima ukufumana iphrojekthi efanelekileyo.
Umbuzo: Ziziphi ezinye iindawo ezikulo radar?
A: E-Philadelphia, sisebenza kwiprojekthi kwiiyadhi zamandulo zama-navy. Ngexesha lemfazwe bakha zonke iinqanawa ezinkulu phezulu apho, kodwa zishiywe. Yincinane ukusuka kude, kodwa indawo iphefumlelwe. Ngamanye amaxesha kufuneka uthabathe inkolelo yokholo.
Q: Kuthiwani ngamadolophu angaphandle kwe-US?
A: Sizama ukunweba ngaphaya kwe-US Sijolise kwiYurophu. Sineprojekthi e-Amsterdam ephinda isetyenziswe kwakhona. Luyimpumelelo ekhethekileyo ukuzisa into efana nale.
Sineeprojekthi ezimbini eLondon kunye neToronto. Sinawo
I-Cayman Islands, iKimpton Seafire Resort.
Umbuzo: Naliphi na iindawo ezikuluhlu lwakho lwesifiso?
A: UMzantsi Melika useburhulumenteni wethu. Kwaye eAsia siye sasebenza kancinci. Umhlobo wam e-San Francisco uye waya eShanghai kunye nezinye iidolophana ukuhlola ezinye iindlela.
Umbuzo: Ukhankanywe ukuba uyinyamekela ingqalelo iimfuno neemfuno zeendwendwe zakho. Yiyiphi imizekelo yale nto?
A: Sichitha ixesha elide ngaphakathi ngaphakathi kule micimbi. Ngokomzekelo, ngaphezu kwama-50 ekhulwini lomthengi wethu ngumfazi. Sifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba zonke iipropati zethu zikhuselekile kwaye zibhekile kakuhle. Oko kukugxeka okukhulu kwezinye iipropati ze-W. Iikorridi zimnyama kakhulu. Ngoko, siza kukhwabanisa ukuvavanya izinto.
Kwakhona, ndihlala ndizama ukudlulisela ukubaluleka kokusayinela i-Kimpton Karma inzuzo yeprogram. Inika iindwendwe ithuba lokuthumela i-imeyili. Sifumene ngokwenene loo ngcaciso. Ngamanye amaxesha iindwendwe zivela ngemibono epholileyo kwaye sihamba nabo.
Ngokomzekelo, ezinye zeendwendwe zethu zisixelele ukuba kuya kuba kuhle ukuba babe neebhayisikili kwisixhobo esikuyo. Ngoko sibeka amabhayisikili kuzo zonke iihotele zethu.
Omnye umnini, umphathi we-IBM, wayehlala ku-Allegro. Wasitshela ukuba iziglasi ezigumbini zazihle. Kodwa akazange athande ukusebenzisa iiglasi eziglasi ukusela iwayini. Ngoko, saqala ukubeka iiglasi zewayini egumbini. Yenza ukuba azive njengeebhaksi zezigidi ukuba wazilethe utshintsho oluthile.
Sizama ngokwenene ukubeka ingqalelo kwiindwendwe ezifunayo.