Kimpton anapanga lingaliro la hotelo yogulitsa masitolo zaka zoposa makumi atatu zapitazo. Ndipo samasonyeza zizindikiro za kuchepetsa. Kaya ndizogwiritsanso ntchito moyenera kapena kumanga kwatsopano, Kimpton ali ndi mwayi wambiri akubwera kumudzi wanu.
Kampaniyo yafika kutali kuyambira Bill Kimpton atsegula hotelo yoyamba yosungirako zinthu ku San Francisco. Panopa amadziwika kuti Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants Group ndi InterContinental Hotels, ndipo sizinali zachilendo kwa zikondwerero.
Pali chifukwa chabwino cha izo.
Kimpton wakhala akudziŵa bwino zinthu zamakono zomwe zimakhala ndi malo otchuka monga Kimpton Hotel Palomar ku Beverly Hills , Sir Francis Drake ku San Francisco ndi Kimpton Muse ku Midtown Manhattan .
Malo aliwonse a Kimpton ndiwotchedwa Green Key ovomerezeka chifukwa cha ntchito zake zozindikira.
Pali phwando lokondweretsa la vinyo usiku kuti alendo azisangalala.
Ndipo malo ena ogulitsa: Malo onse ogulitsira malo a Kimpton ndi ochezeka kwambiri. Ndipotu, alendo akuitanidwa kuti abweretse ziweto zawo, popanda malipiro ena kapena malipiro oyenera. Kwenikweni, chidziwitso chawo ndi chakuti ngati pakhomo lanu limalowa pakhomo, ndilolandiridwa kuti likhale pansi.
Zina mwazinthu zina ngakhale ali ndi Atsogoleri a Pet Relations odzipereka.
About.com anayankhula ndi Ron Vlasic, VP of Operations, za njira ya kukula kwa mtunduwu ndi zatsopano zatsopano.
F: Malo a Kimpton m'midzi yayikuru amadziwika bwino. Tiuzeni za zina mwazinsinsi zanu.
A: Taconic ku Manchester, Vermont ndi imodzi. Lili ndi zipinda 79 zomwe zimayimilira kumbuyo kwa mapiri a Taconic. Tsopano ndikuyang'anira. Ndi zodabwitsa kunja uko, malo okongola kwambiri
Manchester ili ngati tauni imodzi yowala. Pali malo ogulitsira mapepala apamwamba kumeneko koma osati m'lingaliro la msika wamalonda.
Ine ndikuuzani chinthu chimodzi chodabwitsa. "Wopindulitsa Kwambiri Padziko Lapansi" amakhala pansi mumsewu. Anthu amachita kawiri kawiri akamamuwona.
Q: Mukufutukula zambiri ku Midwest, chabwino?
A: Inde. Chicago ndi malo odziwika bwino a bizinesi. Tili ndi mahotela asanu kumeneko.
Zaka zingapo zapitazo tinali ndi mwayi wopita ku Minneapolis Athletic Club. Ife sitinakhale ndi chidziwitso chochuluka. Koma ife tinapanga izo kukhala Grand Hotel. Zimene tazipeza ndikuti pali ulendo wamakono wochokera ku Chicago kupita ku Minneapolis ndi kumbuyo. Icho chinachokera kwa ife. Ikutilimbikitsa kuti tiyang'ane mizinda ina.
Q: Tiuzeni za Schofield ku Cleveland.
A: Tidatsegula Schofield mu 2016. Mzindawo udakonda. Imeneyi inali ntchito yatsopano ya hotelo kwa nthawi yaitali.
Pamene tipita ku mzinda sitidziwa, timayesa kuchotsa zomwe mzindawu uli. Tikufuna kugunda mfundo zogwira bwino. Mwachidziwikire, malowa anali nyumba yakale yotembenuka. Ndi mchenga wamdima wofiira. Imeneyi inali sitolo yomwe ili ndi zipinda zina zapamwamba. M'zaka za m'ma 60 wina amaika chojambula choipa pa icho. Ndiye iyo inali itanyamuka. Ife tinayang'ana pa izo. Tidawona kuti adali ndi mafupa abwino. Iyo inali pa ngodya yomwe ingakhale yotchuka kwambiri. Tinapukuta zitsulo zonse zoipa kuti tiwulule nyumba yokongola iyi.
Zinali kugwiritsanso ntchito mobwerezabwereza komwe kunabweretsa chikhalidwe chapafupi. Ili ndi zipinda 150. Kwa odyera, wokondedwa wathu pakhomoyo anali ndi bwenzi lomwe likufuna kuchita masitilanti. Ife tinamulola iye kuti abwere ndi kuzibweretsa izo palimodzi.
Tinachitanso chinthu china chapamwamba. Malo okwera anayi ndi okhala. Ku Cleveland, palibe munthu amakhala kumudzi. Tinkafuna kukopa akatswiri ogwira ntchito kumadzulo omwe sakufuna kukhala kumidzi.
Zakhala zopindulitsa bwino. Tsopano, tikuyang'ana pazinthu zina ku Cleveland.
Q: Mudatsegulire Wachiwombo ku Milwaukee.
A: Woyendayenda wa Kimpton amamangidwanso mu Ward Ward ya ku Milwaukee. Ndilo malo okongola a ngodya. Tinayandikira kutero malinga ndi khalidwe la anthu oyandikana nawo.
Pali gulu lomwe limateteza mbiri yakale ya m'deralo.
Tinawaitanira kuti akhale gawo lawo. Tidawauza zolinga zathu, njira zathu.
Nkhani ya The Journeyman imachokera ku mizu ya Milwaukee ngati mzinda wa buluu. Munthu woyendayenda anali munthu wopita kuntchito. Ife tinkafuna kuti tipereke ulemu kwa munthu ameneyo.
Tili ndi zipinda 180; ndi hotelo yabwino kwambiri. Denga lapafupi lili ndi maonekedwe okongola a mzinda wonse komanso mpira wa phokoso. Mutha kuona nyanja. Summerfest ndi katatu.
Tili ndi Heather Turhune monga mtsogoleri wamkulu ku Tre Rivali.
Anatsegula malo odyetsera Sable ku Chicago. Ife tinatembenukira pa denga kwa iye ndipo iye anabwera ndi lingaliro lalikulu. Tre Rivali ndikutanthauzira kwake kwa chiyankhulo cha ku Italy,
Q: Pali nkhani yosangalatsa kumbuyo kwa Kimpton Grey ku Chicago. Tiuzeni za izo.
A: Ndi awiri awiri kutali ndi Kimpton Hotel Allegro, wamkulu kwambiri mu gululo.
Mwamuna wina anali ndi nyumba yomangidwa ku New York Life Building mumzinda wa Chicago. Zinali zopanda kanthu, zokwana khumi zokha zinkakhala. Iye anandiitana ine ndipo tinalimbikitsa anyamata athu kutuluka.
Zinali ngati zochitika kuchokera ku "Mad Men". Nthawi yomaliza yokonzedwa kapena yokongoletsedwa inali m'ma 1960. Koma tinazindikira kuti zinkakhala zotheka. Panali mawindo akuluakulu akuyang'ana LaSalle ndi Madison.
Zinatitengera pafupifupi zaka zitatu kuti titsirize kugwiritsa ntchito moyenera. Tinagwiritsa ntchito phazi loyambirira. Tinagwira ntchito ndi boma komanso mabungwe a federal. Iwo ankafuna kutsimikiza kuti zambiri zapadera za mnyumbamo zinasungidwa zamoyo. Timakondwera kuti malingaliro a nyumbayi adakalibe.
Q: Ndi zinthu zina ziti za hoteloyi?
A: Tili ndi zipinda 293. Pachilumba cholandirira alendo, tinapanga nkhokwe yaikulu yotchedwa Volume 39. Maofesi onse akale anali ndi mabuku okongola m'mabuku. Tinaziphatikiza. Ogulitsawo ali oyera. Ndi mlengalenga wabwino kwambiri.
Pofuna kudya, zikanakhala zophweka kuziika pamalo oyendetsa sitima. Koma tinabwera ndi Baleo. Ndi malo athu okhala pamwamba pa denga omwe amawonetsa chakudya ndi zakumwa ku South America ndi chiwonongeko cha Argentina.
Q: Kodi mupitilizabe kuyendetsa bwino njirayi?
A: Tikuyesera kugulitsa mizinda yachiwiri. Iyo ndi njira yomwe ikugwira ntchito kwa ife. Muli ndi wina wochokera ku St. Louis amene amapita ku New York ndipo amakhala ku hotelo yathu yambiri yogulitsa nsomba, The Muse. Pali chidwi chobweretsa zochitika zomwezo kunyumba.
Mitengo ku New York ndi LA ndi yonyenga. M'malo ngati Indianapolis kapena St. Louis, mungapeze nyumba zabwino kuyambira kumapeto kwa zaka zapitazo.
Chitsanzo chabwino ndi Kimpton Cardinal Hotel ku Winston Salem. Ndilo likulu lakale la RJ Reynolds ndi chithunzithunzi cha Building State State. Nyumba yokongoletsera yokongoletserayi inali yokhazikika.
Q: Nanga bwanji zatsopano?
A: Mu Palm Springs tili ndi zomangamanga mu ntchito. Wogwira ntchitoyo adatenga phukusi kuti misikayo inali pamsewu waukulu mumzinda. Iye anachotsa zonse pansi.
Palm Springs ndi msika wamakono. Iwo amadziwika ngati malo othawa pantchito, koma tsopano ndi chiuno chifukwa cha zomanga zamakono zamakono. Icho chinatipatsa mwayi wabwino kwa ife.
San Francisco ndi yamtengo wapatali, koma tili ndi polojekiti ku Sacramento.
Ku Seattle tili ndi hotelo yatsopano ku Belleview. Ili ndi lonjezo lotero, pali kusuntha kwakukulu kwa anthu okhala mmenemo.
Tingafune kuchita chinachake ku Portland, koma zakhala zovuta kupeza ntchito yoyenera.
Q: Ndizinthu zina ziti zomwe ziri pa rada yanu?
A: Ku Philadelphia, tikugwira ntchito pazenera zamakedzana. Panthawi ya nkhondo anamanga sitima zazikulu pamwamba apo, koma zasiyidwa. Ndili patali pang'ono kuchokera kumzinda, koma malowa adatilimbikitsa. Nthawi zina mumayenera kutengapo chikhulupiliro.
Q: Nanga bwanji mizinda kunja kwa US?
A: Tikuyesera kutambasula kuposa US Ife tikuyang'ana ku Ulaya. Tili ndi polojekiti ku Amsterdam. Ndizochitikira wapadera kuti abweretse zinthu monga izi kuti zikhale ndi moyo.
Tili ndi ntchito ziwiri ku London ndi imodzi ku Toronto. Tili nawo
Cayman Islands, Kimpton Seafire Resort.
Q: Malo aliwonse omwe mukupitirizabe mumndandanda wanu?
A: South America ili pa radar yathu. Ndipo ku Asia ife takhala tikugwira ntchito pang'ono. Wokondedwa wanga ku San Francisco wakhala akupita ku Shanghai ndi mizinda ina kuti akafufuze njira zina.
Q: Mudatchula kuti mumamvetsera kwambiri zosowa ndi zofuna za alendo anu. Ndi zitsanzo ziti za izi?
A: Timathera nthawi yambiri mkati mwazinthu izi. Mwachitsanzo, oposa 50 peresenti ya ofuna chithandizo ndi akazi. Tikufuna kuonetsetsa kuti katundu wathu yense ali otetezeka bwino. Uku ndiko kutsutsa kwakukulu kwa zina za W katundu. Makonzedwewa ndi amdima kwambiri. Kotero, ife titi tichite mwambo wamanyazi kuti tiyesere zinthu.
Ndiponso, ndimayesetsa nthawi zonse kufotokoza kufunika kokhala ndi zolemba za Kimpton Karma. Amapatsa alendo mwayi wotipempha imelo. Timachotsadi mfundoyi. Nthawi zina alendo amabwera ndi malingaliro ozizira ndipo timathamanga nawo.
Mwachitsanzo, ena mwa alendo athu adatiuza kuti zingakhale bwino ngati atakhala ndi njinga zamakono.
Wina mlendo, yemwe anali mkulu wa IBM, anali kukhala ku Allegro. Anatiuza kuti magalasi m'chipindamo anali abwino. Koma sanafune kugwiritsa ntchito magalasi kuti amwe vinyo. Kotero, ife tinayamba kuika magalasi a vinyo mu chipinda. Zinamupangitsa kumva ngati ndalama imodzi kuti adziwe kuti wabweretsa kusintha.
Timayesetsa kumvetsera zomwe alendo akufuna.