Tun daga 1981, Sandals Resorts International ya kasance jagora a cikin masana'antun da suka haɗa da Caribbean gabaɗaya, farawa a matsayin kasuwancin mallakar dangi. Marigayi Gordon “Butch” Stewart ne ya kafa shi, wanda ɗan kasuwa ɗan asalin ƙasar Jamaica ne ya kafa shi a cikin 1981 kuma ɗansa Adam Stewart ke tafiyar da shi yanzu.
Sarkar otal ɗin Marriott ta fara ne lokacin da Kamfanin gidan abinci na Hot Shoppes, Inc. ya yanke shawarar karkata zuwa otal-otal. Otal ɗinsa na farko, Otal ɗin Motar Marriott, an buɗe shi a cikin 1957 a Virginia, kusa da Pentagon da Filin Jirgin Sama na Washington, na Mista Marriott.
Ana ɗaukar wuraren shakatawa na Sandals a matsayin kato a Jamaica, tare da rassa a wasu ƙasashen Caribbean. Su ne shugaban da ba a jayayya a Jamaica, Heartbeat na Duniya, tare da otal a fadin Caribbean, ciki har da Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Barbados, Antigua, Curaçao, Saint Vincent da Grenadines, da Turks & Caicos.
A yau, Marriott International shine babban kamfanin otal a duniya ta yawan ɗakunan da aka samu. Yana da nau'o'i 36 tare da kaddarorin 9,361 masu dauke da dakuna 1,706,331 a cikin kasashe da yankuna 144. Daga cikin wadannan kadarori 9,361, 1,981 ana sarrafa su amma ba mallakin Marriott ba, 7,192 kamfanoni ne masu zaman kansu na karbar baki suka mallaka da kuma sarrafa su a karkashin yarjejeniyar ikon mallakar kamfani da Marriott, kuma 51 duk mallakar Marriott ne kuma ke sarrafa su.
Ƙauyen zuciya na duniya, Ƙasar Tsibiri na Jamaica, yanzu tana da AC Marriott, tare da otal na biyu da aka sanar a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Adam Stewart, Shugaban Zartarwa na Sandals Resorts International.
Shugaban zartarwa na Sandals Adam Stewart ya sanya hannu kan wata muhimmiyar yarjejeniya ta ikon mallakar kamfani tare da AC Marriott don haɓaka sabon otal na Tsarin Turai (EP) a Montego Bay, St. James, wanda ke nuna gagarumin haɓakar alamar da kuma Otal ɗin AC na farko irinsa a babban birnin yawon shakatawa na Jamaica.
Marriott da Sandals suna da tarihi.
Yanzu, wuraren shakatawa na Marriott da Sandals suna da tarihin tarihi tare, gami da sanannen haɗin gwiwa wanda ya kawo AC Hotels ta alamar Marriott zuwa Caribbean. Wannan haɗin gwiwar ya ƙunshi Sandals Resorts International da ke kula da otal ɗin AC a Kingston, Jamaica. Duk da yake yanzu sun kasance masu fafatawa a cikin sararin sararin samaniya, sun kuma yi aiki tare a kan ayyukan irin wannan.
Otal din AC a Kingston
Otal ɗin AC a Kingston an ƙera shi don haɗa kai tare da al'ummar gari, gami da fasahar gida, kayan daki, da haɗin gwiwa tare da Kasuwar Kayayyakin Tsibiri na Caribbean. Marriott ya amfana daga haɗin gwiwar ta hanyar faɗaɗa kasancewarsa a cikin Caribbean da Latin Amurka da kuma nuna alamar otal na AC a yankin.
Adam Stewart ya ce:
Shekaru shida da suka gabata, mun bude kofa zuwa Otal din AC Kingston, muna sake tunanin balaguron kasuwanci a tsakiyar babban birninmu. Yau, Ina alfaharin sanar da babi na gaba: AC Marriott Montego Bay an saita don buɗewa a cikin 2027.
Kusan rabin mil daga filin jirgin sama na Sangster tare da ra'ayoyi masu ban sha'awa game da Tekun Caribbean, wannan otal ɗin salon rayuwa mai ɗaki 165 zai zama otal ɗin EP na farko na irinsa akan Hip Strip. Tare da ƙwaƙƙwaran ƙira na zamani wanda aka yi wahayi daga raƙuman ruwa na Caribbean, kowane ɗaki zai fuskanci teku, kuma rufin zai ƙunshi Sky Terrace Bar, yana ba baƙi iskar Mobay da ba za a iya doke su ba da ra'ayoyin faɗuwar rana mai ban sha'awa.
Muna ɗauka zuwa mataki na gaba, kamar yadda muka yi a Kingston. Koyaya, fiye da haka, wannan aikin yana game da farfado da birane da haɓaka haɗin gwiwa na gida a cikin abinci, al'adu, da abubuwan da suka faru. Waɗanda ke haɓaka salon rayuwa, bikin al'adun gida, da buɗe kofa zuwa sabuwar hanyar fuskantar Montego Bay.
Adam Stewart ya ce " Sandals shine Gida na
Kafin Adam ya mallaki wuraren shakatawa na Sandals, ya gaya wa mawallafin eTN Juergen Steinmetz: "An haife ni a Sandals, wannan shine gidana."
"Adamu shine siffar mutum na farfadowa na zamani, yana jagorantar jagorancin Caribbean a cikin ƙirƙira da ƙira mai mahimmanci don cimma manyan matakan girma. Shi ne irin ƙarfin da UWI ke alfahari da kanta don biyan bukatun yankinmu mai tasowa." – Sir Hilary Beckles, Mataimakin Shugaban Jami’ar West Indies.
Adam Stewart shi ne Shugaban Zartarwa mai kuzari na manyan manyan kamfanoni na duniya, Sandals Resorts International, Hanyar Tsibiri, da ATL Group, mafi dadewa na kera motoci da kasuwanci da masu rarraba kayan gida na Jamaica, kuma mafi girman rukunin kamfanoni masu zaman kansu a cikin Caribbean.
Kafin ya zama Babban Shugaban SRI, Stewart ya shafe fiye da shekaru goma a matsayin Mataimakin Shugaban kungiyar kuma Shugaba na kungiyar, yana jagorantar canjin alamar zuwa sa hannun sa hannu na Ciki da Luxury da kuma sa ido kan lokaci mai mahimmanci. Ƙoƙarin nasa ya sami karbuwa da yawa daga lambobin yabo na masana'antar baƙi, gami da suna 2015 Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Hotelier of the Year.
Mai himma sosai ga yankin, Stewart shine wanda ya kafa kuma Shugaban Gidauniyar Sandals, 501 (c) (3) ƙungiyar sa-kai da nufin kawo canji a cikin al'ummomin Caribbean inda Sandals Resorts ke aiki. Kashi dari na kudaden da jama'a ke bayarwa ga Gidauniyar Sandals suna zuwa kai tsaye ga shirye-shiryen da ke amfana da Caribbean.
Don gagarumar gudummawar da ya bayar ga yawon shakatawa da masana'antar otal, Stewart ya karɓi Order of Distinction (Commander Class) a cikin 2016 kuma, daga baya a wannan shekarar, an kira shi Caribbean American Mover da Shaker - Humanitarian of the Year ta Caribbean Media Network. A cikin 2017, Ƙungiyar Yawon shakatawa ta Caribbean (CTO) ta karrama Stewart tare da lambar yabo ta Jerry don gagarumar gudunmawar ci gaban Caribbean. A karkashin jagorancin sa a cikin 2020, SRI ya amsa kiran gwamnatin Jamaica na neman agajin COVID-19, inda ya mika Sandals Carlyle Resort kyauta na tsawon watanni 18 tare da ba da gudummawar JA $30M don siyan fakitin kulawa.
Stewart yana zaune a Hukumar Gudanarwa na Wysinco Group Limited kuma memba ne na Kwamitin Zartarwa na Majalisar Balaguro da Balaguro na Duniya (WTTC). A digiri na biyu da kuma aiki tsofaffin ɗalibai na The Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management a Florida International University (FIU) a Miami, Stewart kwanan nan ya shirya haɗin gwiwa tsakanin FIU da The UWI, sanya hannu kan MOU don yin aiki tare don kafa The Gordon "Butch" Stewart International School of Hospitality and Tourism don girmama Stewart's mahaifin Gordon kuma Stewart wanda ya kafa SRI.
