UHilton wokuqala endamaziyo-ngenene yazi - yayiyeyetyathanga Monolith yanamhlanje eAddis Ababa , E-Ethiopia, apho ndahlala khona ngo-2001 xa ndandikwisabelo samaphephancwadi.
Ihotele, eyayikhule ngokuthengisa kamnandi ukusukela oko yavula ngo-1969, yayinemimandla yoluntu ethe chatha, iseti yeenkundla zentenetya ebomvu ebomvu, ichibi elenziwe lafana namabandla ase-Ethiopia angamaCoptic amile okwe-cross-rock, aqingqiweyo. Ama-tchotchkes ase-Itiyopiya kunye neesuti ze-safari, iiofisi zenqwelomoya- kwanecandelo loonondyebo (ebelinuka ngamandla iphepha elinamanzi). Indawo endandiyithanda kakhulu yayinguKumkanikazi waseShebha Bar, indawo yokuphumla ye-Nubian-themed eyayiziva ngathi yicapsule yexesha.
Ngelixa ndandiseAddis, kwaqhambuka izidubedube emva kokuba umkhosi ukhusele ababonakalisi babafundi. Ndixelelwe ukuba inqwelomoya yenqwelomoya yenze isigqibo sokungathumeli inqwelomoya esuka eNew York kwakuloo veki. Amahlokondiba anomsindo ayehlasela iindawo zikarhulumente, kubandakanya ihotele yaseburhulumenteni, endayinikwa iivawutsha yindiza yomoya. Ndithathe isigqibo sokuhlala eHilton endaweni yoko, ndisitya iisaladi zeCobb ngasechibini kwijini yam. Ngamaxesha athile, ndandisiva izithonga zompu ngaphaya kweendonga zehotele eziphakamileyo.
Inqwelomoya ekugqibeleni yabonakala izondigodusa, kodwa iAddis Hilton yahlala nam. Umgangatho wayo ofana nowesikwere wawufana kakhulu nezinye iiHiltons ezakhiwe kwihlabathi liphela ngexesha lasemva kwemfazwe, xa inkampani, yenza uphawu e-US, yaqala ukwandisa ngokukhawuleza iinyawo zayo phesheya. Rhoqo ezi hotele yayizezona zakhiwo zikhulu kwizixeko zabo ababesingatha- indawo ezinje ngeNairobi, Kenya; Abuja, eNigeria; EIstanbul; ECairo; kunye neAthene- kunye nemizekelo yokuqala yoyilo lwala maxesha kumazwe abo abawabambayo. Babemele uhlobo olutsha lweehotele ezibonisa iindawo zabo zikawonke-wonke: iindawo apho iindwendwe nabahlali ngokufanayo babenzelwe ukuba babonwe kwaye babonwe, ngokungafaniyo neehotele ezihonjisiweyo, ezazingaphambi kwabo, apho ukuzimela nokuzimela kwakubalulekile.
Umgca weorenjiNamhlanje, iminyaka eli-100 emva kokuba uConrad Hilton evule ihotele yakhe yokuqala eCisco, eTexas, inkampani ebizwa ngegama lakhe isebenza ngaphezulu kweepropathi ezingama-5 500 kumazwe neendawo ezingama-109 eziphantsi kwamagama egama ali-16, ukusuka kwingqokelela ephezulu njengeWaldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts kwaye Iihotele kunye neeholide zeConrad Kwiimpawu ezintsha zendlela yokuphila ezinje Ikhonkco nguHilton kunye neMotto nguHilton. Ngelixa iimveliso ezahlukeneyo zifuna ukubhenela kumacandelo ahlukeneyo emarike, zonke zibonisa ifilosofi kaConrad Hilton yokubuka iindwendwe: ukuzithemba, ukujonga phambili, intlalontle.
UConrad wangena ngokungekho semthethweni kwishishini lehotele ngo-1907, eneminyaka eyi-19, xa wayevula ikhaya labazali bakhe kunye nevenkile ngokubanzi kwidolophu yaseSan Antonio, kwindawo eyayingummandla waseNew Mexico, kubathengisi abahambahambayo nge- $ 1 ngobusuku. (Ixabiso lalibandakanya ukutya okulungiselelwe ngumama kaConrad, uMary.) I-Santa Fe Railway yeza, kwaye uConrad wayephethe ukuphuma nokufumana abathengisi kuloliwe, umbhali-mbali uMark Young undixelele kutsha nje. Wayeza kuthi, 'Hayi, ukuba ufuna indawo yokuhlala, sinalo igumbi lokukuqeshisa.'
Bendindwendwele uYoung kwiKholeji yaseConrad N.Hilton yoLawulo lweehotele kunye neeNdawo zokutyela, eyasekwa ngonyaka we-1969 kwiYunivesithi yaseHouston, apho ajonga khona indawo yokugcina izinto yaseHilton. Ngelixa sihluza ngezinto zakudala ezinje ngeepeni, iithwalo zemithwalo, iiposikhadi, kunye nesepha esongelayo, ucacisile ukuba iihotele zaseHilton zezinye zokuqala ukugxila kubahambi beshishini. Ezinye zokuqala zikaHilton zininzi kakhulu ukuba zingadweliswa, kodwa zibandakanya ii-thermostats zokuqala kwigumbi kunye neTV. IHilton yayilukhenketho lokuqala lwehotele ngenkqubo yokuthembeka kunye nenkqubo yokubhuka esembindini. Yaqulunqa ihotele yesikhululo seenqwelomoya kunye ne-piña colada-eyokuqala yasebenza kwiindwendwe UCaribe Hilton eSan Juan, ePuerto Rico, ngo-1954. Kunyaka ophelileyo, uHilton wayivula Indawo yokuqala yehotele engaphantsi kwamanzi , eConrad Maldives Rangali Island.
Umsitho oqhekezayo wehotele iBeverly Hilton Umsitho wokuqhekeza umhlaba weBeverly Hilton eBeverly Hills, ngo-1955 Ityala: I-HiltonNgenxa yokuzala kukaConrad ngeentetho ezinje ngeGolly, abaninzi bamsa kwilizwe elinamaqhuqhuva. Kodwa wayenomdla wobomi bokubhabha okuphezulu, njengoko etyhile ngokuthenga kwakhe, emva koxinzelelo, lweepropathi ezinomtsalane njengeNdlu yeDolophu eLos Angeles, iStevens eChicago, kunye nePlaza kunye neWaldorf Astoria eNew York - eyokugqibela ibiphakathi kokuzidla kwakhe. Kwakhona wayenomdla wokudumisa. Ngo-1937, wasuka eTexas waya eLos Angeles kwaye, kwiminyaka emihlanu kamva, waqalisa umtshato omfutshane kwi-socialite-cum-actress uZsa Zsa Gabor. Ukungena kukaConrad eHollywood kwafikelela kwi-zenith yakhe ngo-1955 ngokuvulwa kwe UBeverly Hilton . Inkampani ibhiyozele uthotho lwamaqela e-swish, kubandakanya i-gala kamabonakude ebizinyaswe nguMamie Van Doren, uShelley Winters, uCharlton Heston, kunye noWalt Disney, apho uConrad kunye nomlingisi uAnn Miller badanisa i-varsoviana, njengoko behlala besenza kwimibhiyozo yaseHilton. Kwakungaphezulu okanye kuncinci i-hokey pokey, u-Young wandixelela xa sisebenzisa izimemo kwezinye iindawo ezivulekileyo zaseHilton.
Kodwa uConrad wayekude nezinto ezingenamsebenzi. Xa urhulumente wasePuerto Rico ebeka into yokuba ufuna iqabane kwihotele enkulu kunye neholide, uHilton waphendula ngeleta ebhalwe ngeSpanish, awayeyifunde eseyinkwenkwana eNew Mexico. Ngomnyaka we-1949, waqalisa iqela elitsha lamazwe ngamazwe ngokuvulwa kweCaribe Hilton, eyayibonakalisa ubumnandi baseMelika obukhawulezayo obaba yinxalenye yentsimbi yaseSan Juan. Hunter S. Thompson ubhale malunga nefuthe lehotele kwi Idayari yeRum , inoveli yakhe ethetha ngePuerto Rico ngeminyaka yoo-1950: UConrad wayengene njengoYesu nazo zonke iintlanzi zalandela. Ngaphambi kweHilton kwakungekho nto; ngoku isibhakabhaka sasisisiphelo.
Imifanekiso yeVintage yeehotele zaseHilton Ukusuka ekhohlo: uConrad Hilton phambi kweWaldorf-Astoria eNew York, ngo-1949; ngaphandle kweCaribe Hilton eSan Juan, ePuerto Rico, ngo-1959. | Ityala: Ukusuka ekhohlo: UMartha Holmes / Ingqokelela yemifanekiso YOBOMI / Imifanekiso ka-Getty; Ed Clark / Ingqokelela yemifanekiso yobomi / imifanekiso ka-GettyIxesha lesithathu le Indoda ephambene , ebekwe ngo-1963, yathimba uConrad Hilton ngakumbi kwi-arc yokwanda kwehlabathi. Emva kweengxowa zikaDon Draper iakhawunti yeepropathi ezidumileyo zaseNew York zexesha - iNew York Hilton, iStatler, kunye neWaldorf Astoria - intsomi uConrad ubhabha uDon esiya kuvulwa ngokutsha Cavalieri Hilton eRoma, enye yokwenene-ethandwa kakhulu iihotele Conrad kaThixo. Ufuna ukuzisa uDon ngokukhawuleza, ukunceda uDon aqonde umbono wokunethezeka kwaseMelika awayeqale ukusasaza kwihlabathi liphela.
Iintengiso zeeVintage zeHilton kwii-1950s Ngo-1956 iintengiso zikaHilton. | Ityala: I-HiltonNamhlanje, ezi hotele zidumileyo zihlala phakathi kweepropathi ze-tenton ze-Hilton kwaye ziyinxalenye yesazisi sophawu lwangoku. Ngo-2008, iCavalieri yaphinda yatshitshiswa njengelungu leqoqo leWaldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, ngoku ehleli phezulu phezulu kwintambo yokutya yaseHilton. ICaribe, eza kuvula kwakhona kule ntwasahlobo kulandela ukulungiswa ngokutsha emva kweNkanyamba uMaria, iseyintliziyo entle yaseSan Juan. I-Waldorf Astoria New York yasekuqaleni kwiPark Avenue yona iphinda ihlaziywe iminyaka emine kwaye iya kuvulwa kwakhona ngo-2021, inika abantu baseNew York kunye neendwendwe ukufikelela kwakhona kwiivenkile zokutyela ezifana nePeacock Alley.
Umongameli kunye ne-CEO kaHilton uChris Nassetta bandixelele ukuba icebo likaConrad Hilton lalisoloko lakha iihotele ezinenkonzo epheleleyo kunye neeresityu neeholo zesidlo kunye neendawo ezinkulu zoluntu kwihlabathi liphela: Wayekuqonda konke oko kuqala e-US, kwiimarike ezinkulu, kunye emva koko wathi, 'Gee, oku kuyakusebenza kuyo yonke indawo.' Kwaye ukuba ubeka ezi zinto ngokudibanisa okufanelekileyo, baya kuba sisiseko soluntu.
Umgca weorenjiKum, lefilosofi yaqala ukugxila kwiminyaka embalwa emva kokuvalelwa kwam eAddis Hilton, xa ndangena eHilton ePort of Spain, eTrinidad. Eyaziwa ngokuba yihotele ejonge ezantsi, yayakhiwe ngo-1962 kwinduli ejonge esixekweni, ukwamkelwa kwehotele kumgangatho ophezulu kunye namagumbi eendwendwe ngezantsi, kufikelelwa ngeelifti. Njenge-Addis Hilton, yayinkulu, yakhiwe ngesimbo seTropical Modernist enezithuba zikawonkewonke ezenzelwe ukukhokela iindwendwe kwigumbi lokudlala ibhola, kwiziko lenkomfa, kunye nephuli emile njengesiqithi saseTrinidad - enephuli yabantwana emile iTobago ecaleni kwayo .
Njengomntwana, umakhi wezakhiwo uMark Raymond, inzalelwane yasePort of Spain, waya eHilton Trinidad ngeCawa ukuya kuqubha. Kuye, ihotele yayiyindawo yokuhlala. I-Hilton yayiqine ngokupheleleyo, uyakhumbula. Ungasebenzisa iphuli ngentlawulo encinci. Ungatshata apho. Kwakungekho mvakalelo yokuba yedwa, kodwa yayisabalulekile kwaye yahlukile. Ikwasisakhiwo esenziwe kakuhle, esineempawu ezingaqhelekanga. Yayiluphawu lwala maxesha esinokuthi sonke sithathe inxaxheba kulo.
Ezinxulumene : IHilton Iqalisa ihotele eNtsha yabaHambi beeShishini & iiapos; Amaphupha
Umbhali-mbali u-Annabel Jane Wharton, ingcali ekukhuleni kwamazwe ngamazwe emva kwempi emva kwemfazwe, uthi ezi ntlobo zeehotele zathumela ngaphandle ubuchwephesha bobuchwephesha, awubona njengobubodwa baseMelika. Into endiyithandayo kakhulu ngabo kukukwazi ukwenza i-telegraph, ngokwakha kunye nokuhombisa, ithemba lomsunguli wenkampani. Yayiyindlela yesixeko yokubhengeza, ngendlela yesakhiwo, ukuba sikulungele ukwamkela ihlabathi. Okwangoku, xa ndibhukisha igumbi kwenye yale Hiltons indala, ingumqondiso, ndiziva ndikwindawo apho izinto zisenzeka khona - ukuba ndithatha inxaxheba ngandlela ithile.