Tarihin otel: Halin karimci

Menene fasahar karbar baki? Hasashen zato; ma'anar "turnpike;" abarba a matsayin alamar baƙi; Hokusai, babban mawallafin Jafananci - waɗannan duk misalan ne da yawa na hanyoyin baƙuwar baƙi a cikin otal. Bari mu dubi kowane daya.

Hasashen Hasashen

A cikin fitowar Satumba na 1912 na Gidajen Gidaje da Lambuna na Amurka, masanin nan gaba Harold D. Eberlein ya gabatar da hasashensa game da tasirin zirga-zirgar jiragen sama a biranen Amurka. Eberlein ya hango yaduwar lambunan rufin a saman manyan otal-otal don ba da ra'ayoyi masu daɗi ga baƙi. Ya kuma yi hasashen cewa matafiya za su iya tsammanin samun "masu ma'aikata da masu kararrawa da aka buga a saman bene a shirye don halartar buƙatun masu yawon bude ido da suka isa jirgin sama. Taxi masu saukar ungulu za su zagaya kamar ungulu a otal ɗin suna jiran mai tsaron kofa ya yi ishara da ɗaya daga cikinsu ya sauka ya ɗauki baƙo mai tashi.” Ƙirƙirar jirage marasa matuƙa da motoci masu sarrafa kansu yana nuna kusan kusancin da Eberlein ya yi hasashen nan gaba. Yunkurin da Google ke yi na kera jirage marasa matuki na isar da sabulu da kuma balloon intanet ba aikin kimiyya ba ne kawai.

Ma'anar "Turnpike"

Ya zo ne daga al'adar sanya pike ko ma'aikata a kan hanyar biyan kuɗi. Wani gefe na pike an lullube shi da karu. Lokacin da aka biya kuɗin, an mayar da pike ɗin ƙasa don matafiyi ya wuce. An gina biki na farko tsakanin Philadelphia da Lancaster a cikin 1792.

Abarba a matsayin Alamar Baƙi

Don fahimtar yadda abarba ta zama alamar baƙi, dole ne mu koma Newport, Rhode Island a cikin karni na 17. An kafa ta a shekara ta 1639 ta hanyar mazauna masu neman 'yancin addini. Manyan mashawartan Newport sun shiga cikin mummunar cinikin Triangle: jiragen ruwa za su tashi zuwa yammacin Afirka don ɗaukar bayi, su ci gaba da zuwa Caribbean don cinikin bayin sukari, molasses da sukari sannan su koma New England. Tare da waɗannan kayayyaki, kyaftin za su kawo abarba na gida waɗanda siffarsu da kuma zaƙi suka sa su zama abinci mai wuyar gaske a cikin mazauna. Kafin saƙon imel ko wayoyin hannu, shugabannin teku za su sanya abarba a kan madogaransu na ƙofar kofa don sanar da maƙwabta cewa sun dawo. Masu masaukin baki na mulkin mallaka za su saita sabon abarba a matsayin tsakiyar teburin cin abinci lokacin da baƙi suka haɗu da danginsu a cikin gidajensu. Daga baya, an sanya abarba na katako da aka sassaƙa a kan ƙofofin masauki da otal don wakiltar baƙi. Al'adar ta ci gaba har zuwa yanzu kuma sau da yawa mutum yana ganin alamar abarba a cikin otal-otal, gidajen abinci da gidajen abinci don nuna yanayin karimci da maraba.

Hokusai, babban mawallafin mawallafin Jafananci, ya taɓa rubutawa:

“Tun ina dan shekara shida, ina sha’awar yin kwafin nau’in abubuwa kuma tun ina dan shekara hamsin na buga zane-zane da yawa. Amma duk da haka na zana a cikin shekara ta saba'in babu wani abin da ya dace a yi la'akari da shi. A shekara saba'in da uku na fahimci tsarin dabbobi, tsuntsaye, kwari da kifi, da rayuwar ciyawa da tsiro. Don haka, a tamanin da shida zan ci gaba; a cikin casa'in zan ma ƙara kutsawa cikin ma'anarsu ta sirri, kuma da ɗari zan iya yiwuwa da gaske na kai matakin ban mamaki da allahntaka. Lokacin da nake ɗari da goma, kowane digo, kowane layi zai mallaki rayuwar kansa.”

Marubucin, Stanley Turkel, mashahurin masani ne kuma mai ba da shawara a masana'antar otal. Yana aiki a otal dinsa, karimci da kuma aikin ba da shawara da ke ƙwarewa a cikin sarrafa kadara, duba ayyukan aiki da tasirin yarjeniyoyin mallakar otal da ayyukan bayar da tallafi. Abokan ciniki sune masu mallakar otal, masu saka jari da cibiyoyin bada lamuni. Littattafansa sun hada da: Manyan Otal din Amurkawa: Majagaba na Masana'antar Otal din (2009), An Gina Su Zuwa :arshe: Hotunan shekara 100+ a New York (2011), An Gina Su Zuwa :arshe: Hotunan shekara 100+ na Gabas na Mississippi (2013 ), Mavens na Hotel: Lucius M. Boomer, George C. Boldt da Oscar na Waldorf (2014), Great American Hoteliers Volume 2: Majagaba na Hotel Hotel (2016), da sabon littafinsa, Gina Zuwa Lastarshe: 100 + Year -Old Hotels West of the Mississippi (2017) - ana samun su a cikin hardback, paperback, da Ebook format - wanda Ian Schrager ya rubuta a cikin jumla: “Wannan littafin na musamman ya kammala tarihin tarihin otal 182 na kyawawan ɗakuna 50 ko fiye… Ina jin da gaske cewa kowane makarantar otal ya kamata ya mallaki waɗannan littattafan kuma ya sanya su bukatar karatu ga ɗalibai da ma'aikatansu. ”

Duk littattafan marubucin na iya yin oda daga Gidan Gida ta danna nan.