CALGARY - ʻO ka makahiki i hala aku nei ua paʻakikī loa ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi Calgary.
ʻOiai he nui nā hanana i loko o ke kūlanakauhale - me ka Brier, ka WorldSkills Competition a me ka Gray Cup - ua hoʻemi ka hoʻokele waiwai i ka nui o ka noho ʻana o ka lumi hōkele, i hāʻule i 5.5 pākēneka mai 2008.
Akā ke manaʻo nei ʻo Calgary Tourism i ka hoʻihoʻi lohi ʻana i kēia makahiki, a ua mākaukau ke keiki hou ma ka poloka hōkele, ʻo Le Germain, e lawe pono i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale.
ʻO ka hōkele hale kūʻai kūʻokoʻa, i wehe ʻia i Pepeluali, he 143 mau lumi i loko o kahi ʻano nani a ʻo ia ka hōkele nui mua e wehe i ke kikowaena o ke kaona mai ka Hyatt 10 mau makahiki i hala.
"He mea koʻikoʻi ka ikaika a mākou e hoʻohui ai i ke kaona," wahi a Chris Vachon, ka luna nui o Le Germain, nona nā hōkele hale kūʻai ma Quebec City, Toronto a me Montréal, a me kekahi e kūkulu ʻia ana ma Toronto.
"Ke manaʻo nei mākou e komo i ka mākeke ma kahi ʻano kiʻekiʻe loa me, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou, kekahi o nā huahana maikaʻi loa i ʻike ʻia e ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Calgary i nā makahiki he nui."
"ʻO kā mākou kapuaʻi wāwae he ʻEulopa loa i ka manaʻo o ka puni, nā kala, ka hoʻolālā, nā ua, nā ʻano kukui kūlohelohe, ka nui o ka honua i kahi huahana kiʻekiʻe loa. ʻO kekahi o nā ʻenehana hou loa. ʻO ka ʻōnaehana kāleka koʻikoʻi e ʻae i kā mākou mau malihini e nānā i kā lākou kelepona, "wahi a Vachon.
ʻO ka hōkele 12-storey, kahi i hoʻopili ʻia i kahi hale noho a me ka hale keʻena ma mua o ka hale kiaʻi ʻo Calgary, ke mālama nei i kāna mau mea pono e hoʻokipa ai i nā malihini i kahi ʻoihana paʻa, hoʻokūkū, ʻoi aku hoʻi i kēia makahiki.
Aia i loko o ia mau mea e like me ka hale ʻaina hou ʻo CHARCUT Roast House, 6,000 kapuaʻi kūhāhā o ka lumi hālāwai me kahi pā hale, ka nui o nā lumi mai 410 kapuaʻi square a 1,100 kapuaʻi square, ʻeono pae o ka hale kaʻa ma lalo o ka honua a me kahi spa 5,000-square-foot spa e wehe ai. pū kekahi.
"ʻO ka mea a mākou e kūʻai aku ai he ʻike," wahi a Vachon.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Joseph Clohessy, ka pelekikena o ka Hui Hōkele ʻo Calgary, ua palahalaha ka lako ʻoihana hōkele ma 2009, akā ma kahi o 600 mau lumi hou e manaʻo ʻia e paʻi i ka mākeke i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana.
I kēia manawa, aia ma kahi o 10,500 lumi a puni ke kūlanakauhale.
I nā mahina mua ʻelua o kēia makahiki, ua emi ka noho ʻana i ʻekolu pākēneka mai ka makahiki i hala aku nei, i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, akā i ka makahiki i hala ma Ianuali ua hoʻonui ka hui kūʻai nui i kēlā mau helu.
ʻOiai ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi he ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa makahiki, ʻo nā mahina mai ʻApelila a Sepatemaba ka mea ʻoi loa no Calgary a ʻo Randy Williams, ka pelekikena hou a me ka Luna Nui o Tourism Calgary, i ʻōlelo ʻia e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia makahiki ma mua o ka makahiki i hala.
"ʻAʻole mākou e ʻike i ka ʻino hou ʻana," wahi a Williams. "Ma o 2008 a me 2009 ua ʻike mākou i ka ulu maikaʻi ʻole. Ua hoʻomaka mākou e ʻike i kēlā erode i ka makahiki 2008.
"ʻO ka mea a mākou e ʻike nei i kēia manawa aia kekahi hoihoi i ka wā e hiki mai ana, inā paha no 2011 a me 2012 no nā hui a me nā ʻaha kūkā, a me kahi koho i ka hana.
“E lōʻihi ka manawa no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻi hou. ʻIke mākou he ʻoihana i ʻike nui ʻia a ʻo kekahi o ka mea mua i lilo i ka canary i ka mineshaft a hiki i ka manaʻo ʻana i nā hopena o ka hoʻemi ʻana, a laila kekahi o nā ʻoihana hope loa e puka mai i waho o ka recession no ka mea e pili ana i ka hilinaʻi o ka mea kūʻai. a me ka hoʻokele waiwai ikaika.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo 2010 kahi makahiki kahi e ʻike ai ke kūlanakauhale i ka "hoʻonui" o nā loaʻa kālā ma mua o ka makahiki i hala ma ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi. No ka mea, he ʻeono paha keneta ka liʻiliʻi o ka makahiki 2009 ma mua o 2008, ʻo ka ulu ʻana o hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha pākēneka i kēia makahiki e waiho mau ana iā mākou ma hope o nā pae ʻelua makahiki i hala.
"Akā ma ka liʻiliʻi e hele hou ana i ke ala pololei," wahi a Williams.
A ke manaʻolana nei nā luna i kekahi mau hana hou e kōkua i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kēlā mau helu.
Ma mua o kēia mahina, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Tourism Calgary, ka Telus Convention Center a me ka Calgary Hotel Association ua hoʻokumu lākou i kahi hui kūʻokoʻa e hana pū ai e huki i nā hālāwai hou a me nā ʻaha kūkā i ke kūlanakauhale.
Eia kekahi, ʻo ka hui hōkele a me ka Tourism Calgary he memo o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana e hoʻomohala i kahi pūnaewele huakaʻi hou e hoʻokuʻu ʻia i Mei.
E loaʻa ana i ka pūnaewele ka ʻike e pili ana i nā hōkele, nā mea hoʻokipa, nā hale ʻaina, nā hale hālāwai ma kahi hoʻokahi i mea e maʻalahi ai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ke kūkulu i nā pūʻolo, wahi a Clohessy.
Akā ʻo ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka malaise i ka hoʻokele waiwai o US a me ke kālā Kanada e lele pū ana me ka parity me ka greenback hiki ke lilo i ke kāleka hihiu.
"He mea hoihoi loa ia ke ʻike i kahi e pāʻani ai ka huakaʻi ʻAmelika i kēia makahiki," wahi a Clohessy. "ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻokele waiwai ma US ma mua o kā mākou e ʻike nei ma Kanada. . . He mea hoihoi ia ke ʻike inā hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi US e hoʻi i ko lākou mau wāwae.
"Nānā ʻoe i nā helu hana a me nā hōʻailona āpau - he makahiki paʻakikī loa ia. Inā hoʻoholo kekahi i ko lākou makahiki ma luna o ka huakaʻi US, he hewa ia. "
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- We seem to be an industry that’s widely recognized and one of the first to be the canary in the mineshaft as far as feeling the effects of a recession, and then one of the last industries to come out of a recession because it’s all about consumer confidence and a strong economy.
- “Our footprint is very European in the sense of the surroundings, the colours, the framework, the showers, a lot of natural light aspects, a lot of earthtones in a quite high-end product.
- “We’re expecting to enter the market in a higher-end fashion with, we believe, one of the best products that the city of Calgary has seen in a number of years.
