Tarihin Otal: Shugaban Hilton International

A ranar 12 ga Yulin, 2020, na karɓi imel ɗin da ke tafe:

“Ya ku ƙawayen Curt, Tare da karayar zuci, ina gaya muku cewa Curt ya mutu daren jiya a gidansa. Ya kasance, kamar yadda zaku yi tsammanin jarumi har zuwa ƙarshe. ,Auna, Barbara Lynn. "

A cikin 1948, Conrad Hilton ya kafa Hilton Hotels International. Ofaya daga cikin ma'aikatan farko shine Curt R. Strand wanda ya rubuta a cikin Cornell Hotel da Gudanar da Abinci Kwata kwata Yuni 1996 *:

“Kamfanin Hilton na Duniya ya fara kadan ne a 1947, amma an ba ni dukiya mai tarin yawa. Haƙiƙa mahaifi ne wanda baya ba yaransa kuɗi, kawai a cikin ingantaccen ilimi. Mahaifin, Conrad Hilton, ya kasance mai ƙulla yarjejeniya. Yana da hankali game da otal-otal a matsayin ƙasa ta ƙasa wacce ba ta dace da zamaninsa ba.

An fara Hilton International tare da buɗe Caribe Hilton a San Juan, Puerto Rico wani wuri da ba a sani ba a Amurka. Tsibirin ya kosa don jawo hankalin kungiyoyin kasuwanci don bincika sabon wurin da aka kafa haraji. Jami'an gwamnatin Puerto Rican sun fahimci cewa suna buƙatar otal na aji na farko don jawo hankalin masu saka jari. A cikin Darasi na Rayuwa: Ci gaban Hilton International, Curt Strand ya rubuta cewa ya fara aikin otal a Otel ɗin Plaza da ke New York ba tare da sanin cewa mallakar Conrad Hilton ba ne. Otal din farko na Hilton a wajen Amurka ya kasance a cikin tarayyar Puerto Rico. Hilton ya fito da wata sabuwar dabara ce: zai tsara, bayar da haya da kuma gudanar da wani sabon otal wanda gwamnati za ta ba da kudi ta hanyar sayar da takardun lamuni.

Ba za a gyara kuɗin hayar ba saboda haka ba za a iya ɗaukarsa a matsayin waji na kuɗi ba. Madadin haka haya ta dogara ne akan ribar aiki (kashi biyu bisa uku na GOP, idan kuna iya gaskata shi). A yau, irin wannan shawarwarin zai zama gama gari, amma a lokacin ya kasance juyi ne na juyin juya hali wanda ba a taɓa gwada shi da otal-otal ko wata yarjejeniyar ƙasa ba. Duk Hilton da aka saka shine $ 300,000 don kayan aiki da kuma babban birnin aiki. Ba zato ba tsammani wannan shine adadin kudin da kwamitin Hilton ya bata cikin tsananin takaici ya bashi damar saka hannun jari a sabon kamfanin nasa, Hilton International. ”

Daga nan Strand ya tantance matsalolin da Conrad Hilton ya samu tare da nasa shuwagabannin gudanarwa:

“Conrad Hilton yana da hangen nesan abin da muke kira dunkulewar duniya a yanzu a shekarar 1947, amma ba shi da hanyar cimma wannan hangen nesan saboda shuwagabanninsa ba sa son wani bangare. A wancan lokacin, tare da yawancin tattalin arziƙin duniya ba sa aiki, faɗaɗa yana nufin ɗaukar haɗarin kuɗi. Hatsarin Hilton –da kuma dunkulewar masana’antu ya kasance haɗuwar abubuwa uku, kusan haɗarin tarihi. Waɗannan abubuwan sune buƙata, ɗan kasuwa da kuɗi. Yawancin Turai da yawancin Asiya sun lalace ta hanyar yaƙi a 1947. Kowace ƙasa tana da mahimmancin buƙata na samun kuɗi mai ƙarfi amma ba ta iya samar da da yawa don fitarwa, tunda masana'antu da aikin gona sun zama kango. Yawon shakatawa ya kasance daya daga cikin abubuwan da ake fata kuma ya kasance mai kyau. "

Wasu daga tunanin Strand na matsalolin da Hilton International ta fuskanta a duk faɗin duniya suna nuna abubuwan da wani kamfani mai hidimar otel ya yi na farko:

“Aƙalla a cikin shekaru goma na farkon kamfanin (daga 1947), bukatar otal ta haɓaka ko'ina amma har ma a Turai yawancin tafiye-tafiye ba su da kyau kuma yawancin yankuna ba a shirye suke don ci gaba ba. A Alkahira, mata 6,000 ne dauke da sinadarin hada siminti a kawunansu suka gina otel sama da hawa 12 saboda babu kodar daji. (Wannan ana ganin aikin mata ne na yau da kullun, amma lokacin da aka buɗe wannan otal ɗin na Alkahira, duk masu jiran hidimar suna da digiri na kwaleji saboda babu isassun ayyuka ga mata masu ilimin kwaleji.) A Addis Ababa galibi masu aikata laifi sukan hadu da adalci ta hanyar rataya ga jama'a a cikin tabo kan hanyar zuwa tashar jirgin sama. (Ni da kaina na nemi sarki da ya sauya itace, kuma ya yi hakan.) A Rome ya ɗauki masu mallakarmu, kamfanin gine-gine mafi girma a Italiya, shekaru goma kafin su sami izinin gini, saboda siyasa da aikin hukuma. Ranar 'yancin kai na Barbados ya dogara ne da kammala otal dinmu - dukkansu sun jinkirta ba shakka. "

Strand ya kuma bayyana kirkira da juyin halittar yarjejeniyar sarrafa otal:

“Tare da fa'idar gasa da muke da shi, mun yi gwagwarmaya sosai don samun mafi kyawun sharuddan da za a iya samu a yarjejeniyarmu ta gudanarwa. Sharuɗɗan da aka faɗaɗa har zuwa shekaru 50, kuɗin gudanarwar sun kasance kashi 3 zuwa 5 na kuɗaɗen shiga tare da kashi 10 na GOP. Yarjejeniyar ba ta ba da izinin jarabawar samun kuɗi ko sassan warwarewa ba, balle hasashe na hasashe. Manufar raba sarrafawa tare da masu ita muna jin sun yi daidai da tuka mota tare da ƙafa biyu. Idan mai son mallakar ya ga ya kamata mu sanya masa sunanmu kuma zai yi amfani da karfin ikonsa game da kasafin kudi da manyan ma'aikata, muna jin zai fi dacewa mu mika wannan damar. ”

Don fadadawa, Hilton International dole ne ya gina ma'aikatan gine-gine, injiniyoyi, masu zane-zane na ciki, manajan gudanarwa, girki da kuma masu shirin gida-gida.

Strand ya ce Charles Anderson Bell yana kan wannan aiki mai wahala shekaru da yawa:

“Mun mai da hankali sosai kan kayan abinci da abubuwan sha da kuma inganci. Abubuwan da muke da shi shine kashi 80 cikin ɗari na duk ajiyar ɗakin da aka yi a gida. Ta yaya jama'ar gari ke yin alama ta otal? Daga halartar ayyuka acan, daga kantin kofi da gidajen abinci. Wani zai iya yin hujja koyaushe don rufe ɗakin cin abinci na otal. Adana kuɗi suna da sauƙin lissafi amma ba asara a tsaye da mutunci ba. Duk da yake dole ne ra'ayi ya canza, cikakken otal ba cikakken sabis ba tare da ingantaccen aikin abinci da abin sha ba. Babu wani uzuri don gina otal mai tauraruwa biyar a wuri mai tauraruwa biyu, kuma wannan babban kuskuren ba za a iya gyara shi ta rufe gidan abincin ba…. ”

Bayan buɗewa, waɗannan sabbin otal ɗin suna da fa'ida ta musamman ga ƙasashe masu ɗaukar nauyin. Sun kirkiro sabbin ayyukan yi wanda ke bukatar horo mai yawa kan sabbin dabaru. Hilton ya waye sosai don tsara otal-otal wanda ya ƙunshi al'adun ƙasa kuma ya yi amfani da zane-zane na gida, sana'a, zane-zane da sassaka sassaka. Duk da haka, yawancin mazauna yankin sun ji cewa baƙi daga kasashen waje waɗanda ba sa saurin daidaita al'adun gargajiya da ofisoshin ofis.

Strand ya ruwaito cewa shekaru goma bayan farawa a Puerto Rico, Hilton International ta buɗe otal-otal takwas kawai.

"Muna da babban suna amma karamin tushe… Burinmu shi ne mu shiga Turai, saboda wannan shi ne wurin da ake da bukatar ɗakuna duka na 'yan kasuwa da masu yawon buɗe ido, musamman tare da gabatar da jiragen sama a ƙarshen' 50s ' . Strategy Tsarinmu ya zama daya daga cikin kewayen kewayen wurare inda bukatar gogewarmu ta kasance mai karfi musamman. Spain (a ƙarƙashin Francisco Franco a lokacin), alal misali, ta kasance mai neman hanyar haɗin yamma.

Turkiyya tana ci gaba zuwa cikin ƙarni na 20 bisa la'akari da kyawawan tarihi da al'adu. Berlin ta kasance saniyar ware kuma har yanzu tana murmurewa daga shayarwar takunkumin Soviet (wanda ya sami nasarar tashin iska daga Yammacin Turai). Masar ta fara fita daga mulkin mallaka, kuma ta sake samun 'yanci.

Hakanan mun ƙarfafa martabarmu ta hanyar sarrafa kaddarorin a cikin Sabuwar Duniya. Cuba (kafin Fidel Castro) ta so yin koyi da nasarorin Puerto Rico da kuma cewa sabuwar makarar caca ta LasVegas. "

A lokacin bazara na shekara ta 2015, Curt Strand ya rubuta wani hoto mai kayatarwa mai taken "Memories of Pioneering" wanda ke ba da labarin buɗewar goma sha biyu na Otal ɗin Hilton na Duniya. Kuna iya samun kwafin a cikin littafina, “Hotel Mavens Volume 3” AuthorHouse 2020.

Stanley Turkel ne adam wata An sanya shi a matsayin 2014 da 2015 na Tarihi na shekara ta Tarihi na Tarihi na Tarihi, shirin aikin hukuma na National Trust for Tarihin Adana Tarihi. Turkel shine mashahurin mashawarcin otal din da aka fi yadawa a Amurka. Yana aiki da aikin tuntuɓar otal ɗin da yake aiki a matsayin ƙwararren mashaidi a cikin al'amuran da suka shafi otal, yana ba da kula da kadara da shawarwarin ikon mallakar otal. An tabbatar dashi a matsayin Babban Mai Ba da Otal din Otal daga Cibiyar Ilimi ta Hotelasar Amurkan Hotel da Lodging Association. [email kariya] 917-628-8549

Sabon Littafina “Hotel Mavens Volume 3: Bob da Larry Tisch, Curt Strand, Ralph Hitz, Cesar Ritz, Raymond Orteig” an buga shi.

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