Kuphi ukuya kutsho? Xa ibhulogi yokuhamba ibetha, ukucwangcisa uhambo lwakho olulandelayo luqala ngombuzo omnye. Nangona kunjalo, njengendwendwe eqinile, kufuneka uzibuze ngokwengeziwe. Ndingaqiniseka njani ukuba ukutyelela kwam kungabikho mpe mbelelo kwi-ecosystem? Ndingayifunda njani kwaye ndijoyine uluntu lwengingqi? Ndiyakwenza njani ukunciphisa i-carbon carprint?
Ngombulelo, awunabo bodwa njengoko uzama ukufumanisa indlela yokuhamba ngayo.
Amaziko ehlabathini lonke aqinisekisile ukukhusela imvelo, ukunciphisa i-carbon carprint kwaye ikhuthaze iindwendwe zabo ukuba zizibonele, zenze iimpembelelo ezilungileyo. Ukukunceda ucwangcise i-adventure yakho elandelayo, kungakhathaliseki ukuba kusekude kangakanani nekhaya lakho, siye saqulunqa uludwe lweehotele ezizibophelele ekukhokeleni ukwenza ukhetho oluzinzileyo ngexesha lokuhlala kwakho.
INtshona Melika: Ritz Carlton Montréal
I-Montréal yindawo efanelekileyo yokufuduka kubahambi be-US abafuna ukubhaptizwa kwenkcubeko eyahlukileyo ngenkathi behlala kwilizwekazi eliqhelekileyo. I-Ritz-Carlton i-Montréal iyindawo ephawulekayo yendawo yedolophu esikuloo dolophu eyayivula iingcango zayo ngo-1912. Ihotele ayinayo kuphela inhlanganisela ekhethekileyo yenkcubeko yomlando kunye ne-luxury, njengepropati yeRitz-Carlton Hotel Inkampani, nayo ifike ukuzibophelela okumangalisayo ukuzinza. Iindawo nganye zenkampani yehotele zineqela elininzi lokuqeqeshwa elikhuthaza izicwangciso zokusingqongileyo kunye neeprovulisi eziza kuxhamla imo engqongileyo.
Ngaloo nyanga kuphela, iRitz-Carlton Hotel Inkampani yabikezela ukuba iya kuba neesithuthi zokushaja ukunikezela abanikazi beenqwelo zombane kwiimpahla emhlabeni jikelele, kuquka uRitz-Carlton Montréal. Ukuhamba kweeyure ezintandathu ukusuka kwisixeko saseNew York, ukuwela umda ukuya eMontréal akukaze kubonakale kungcono, okanye kuluhlaza.
I-Central America: Iinyanga ezi-ezine zaseCosta Rica
Ukuba ukufudumala kwezotrosi yilokho oliphuphayo, ngoko uhamba ngentloko eMzantsi ukuya kwii-Four Seasons Costa Rica ePeninsula Papagayo. Ebizwa ngezona zihlandlo ezihamba phambili ezihamba phambili zokuhamba kwezohambo ngo-2016 kunye neengcali ze-About.com iMisty Foster, iRosta Rica njengoluhlanga ngumvulindlela kwindalo engqongileyo kunye nokuzinzileyo, ukubeka umzekelo wamanye amazwe ukulandela. Iinqanaba ezine zeCosta Rica ziyaqhubeka ngeli lifa ngokudibanisa abasebenzi kunye neendwendwe ngenzame yokukhusela iplanethi.
UMzantsi Melika: JW Marriott El Convento Cusco
IPeru sele ihamba ngokukhawuleza kwiindawo ezihamba phambili zokuhambela eMzantsi Melika ngenxa yemimangaliso yayo ye-archaeological, iindawo ezihlukahlukeneyo zezinto eziphilayo kunye neminyaka yakutshanje yokutya kwayo eyaziwayo. I-JW Marriott El Convento eyakhelwe ngeenxa ye-16th century convent inikezela abantu abavakatye eCusco, i-capital capital yasePeru, indawo yokuhlala ekhethekileyo. Abavakatye bahlala kwiJW Marriott El Convento banokuqiniseka ukuba ukuhlala kwabo kungekuphela nje ukuba babe nobuhlobo bendalo kodwa bafaka isandla ekuncedeni impilo yezinto eziphilayo zasePeru. Ukongeza kwiinjongo zikaMarriott zokunciphisa amandla okusetyenziswa kwamanzi kunye nokusetyenziswa kwamanzi ngama-20% ngo-2020, iqela lehotele lityalomali kwipotfoliyo yamanyathelo amanyathelo olondolozo.
Elinye iqhinga lixhasa inkxaso kwi-Amazon Sustainable Foundation (FAS) ukukhusela iihektare zemvula yamanzi ePeru, eBrazil nakwamanye amazwe aseMzantsi Melika.
EYurophu: Waldorf Astoria Rome Cavalieri
Xa eRoma, hlala eRoma Cavalieri ukuze uphefumle umoya ophelileyo kwiinduli eziseduze nesixeko esiqhumayo. Emva komhla wokubonga zonke iindawo kunye nokuhlahlela i-stradas, i-Rome Cavalieri igqibelele ukuhamba ngaphaya kwedama okanye kwi-spa ye-luxury. I-Rome Cavalieri iyindawo yokutyebisa i-Hilton-inkampani yokuqala yokubamkela i-hospitality ukuqinisekisa i-ISO 50001 yoLawulo lweMandla, i-ISO 14001 yoLawulo lokusingqongileyo kunye ne-9001 yoLawulo lweMigangatho. Funda: Zonke iindawo eziphezulu kakhulu "zokuluhlaza" kwihotele. I-Hilton ehlabathini lonke ayikho kuphela imilinganiselo yokunciphisa amandla okwenziwa kwamanzi kwiihotele kunye neendawo zokungcebeleka, kwaye ikhuthaza abasebenzi bayo ukuba bafake isandla kwiindawo zabo zasekuhlaleni.
Ngonyaka odlulileyo, iComalieri yaseRoma, eyaziwa ngamabhansela ayo ahlambulukileyo, ibonelela ngokutya okusele kwiindawo zoncedo zendawo. Ihotele yokunethezeka iye yanikela ngokutya kwama-35,000 ngaphezu kwexesha lonyaka, ukuguqula oko kwakubonwa njengenkunkuma kwindlo.
E-Australia: I-Intercontinental Melbourne I-Rialto
Njengesixeko esikhulu sesibini e-Australia, iMelbourne inikezela ngeendwendwe ezilungileyo kwiimbini zombini. Ababhenkethi banokuzibhenela kwiindawo ezizonwabisa ezidolophini kwaye bathabathe izimangaliso zendalo zase-Australia zonke kwisixeko esinye. Indawo ehlala edolophini, iMelbourne itholakala echwebeni lasePort Phillip kwaye iya kwanda kwiintaba zeentaba zaseDandenong naseMakedon. Ukugcina uhambo lwakho luhlaza njengeentaba, hlala kwi-Intercontinental Melbourne iRialto. I-Intercontinental Hotel Group iyilungu elisebenzayo le-IHG Green Engage kwinkqubo encedisa ukunciphisa impembelelo nganye yehotele kwimimandla yendawo ngokulinganisa amandla, ikhabhoni, amanzi kunye nenkunkuma. Ngo-2015, i-Intercontinental Hotel Group yazuza ukunciphisa u-3.9% kwinqanaba layo lekhabhoni ngalinye kwigumbi elihlala kuyo. Ngo-2017, bajolise ekunciphiseni i-12%.
E-Asia: Conrad Maldives Isiqithi saseRangali
Izilwanyana ezinokufudumala, ii-villas zangasese, iindawo zokutya eziphantsi kwamanzi kunye nabasebenzi abaye baqinisekisa ukukhusela izityalo ezijikelezileyo? Akuzuzi ngcono. Njengelungu leHilton emhlabeni wonke, iConrad Maldives yanikezwa iSibonelelo soPhulo lokuThuthwa ngo-2014 esasetyenziselwa ukubonelela uluntu lwasekuhlaleni ukuba lukhule izithelo nemifuno yokusetyenziswa kwansuku zonke. Iibhaso ze-Hilton Ukuhamba kunye neNjongo yeNkxaso-mali rhoqo ngonyaka ukwenzela ukuxhasa ukuphuhliswa kwezisombululo zendawo kunye nokwakha izibophelelo ezinamandla kunye noluntu ngalinye luseehotele. Njengoko iprojekthi kwiConrad Maldives iya kwanda, izithelo kunye nemifuno evunayo iya kuthengiswa ngamalungu omphakathi ukuba avelise imali engenayo.
Afrika: I-Intercontinental Cairo Semiramis
Le hotele yembali ihleli kuMlambo iNayile, i-pulse yaseCairo, kwisixeko-ntloko saseYiputa. Ngelixa ihotele ye-luxury ihlala kwindawo yedolophu yaseCairo, ecaleni kweMyuziyam yaseYiputa kunye ne-bazare yase-Old Cairo, uMlambo iNayile unokungathandabuzeki unqabileyo omkhulu. Umlambo owanika ubomi kwelinye lemihla ngemihla yokuqala yehlabathi, isalondolozwa namhlanje ngabemi baseYiputa kuba ngumthombo oyintloko wamanzi okusela. Ukuhlala kwi-Semiramis kubangenisa kwiindwendwe ukuqonda ukuba umzi uncike kwiNayile kwaye kutheni ukugcinwa kwamanzi kuyinkinga yokunyusa. Ngo-2015, iQela le-Intercontinental Hotel lenza ubambiswano kunye neNkqubo yokuThuthukiswa kwamanzi (WFN) ukuqhubeka nokuqonda ukusetyenziswa kwamanzi kwinqanaba lendawo kwaye kunciphise kakhulu ukusetyenziswa kwamanzi. Ngo-2015, i-Intercontinental Hotel Group yazuza ukunciphisa u-4.8% ekusebenziseni kwamanzi nganye kwigumbi elihlala kuyo kwiindawo ezinxininiswe ngamanzi njengeCairo. Ngo-2017, i-Intercontinental Hotel Group yanquma ukujolisa ukunciphisa i-12%.