ʻO Marriott Hotels ma ka hui pū ʻana me TED, i hoʻokipa i kāna TED Fellows Salon mua ma Cape Town, ʻApelika Hema, e hoʻāla ana i nā kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka nani o ʻApelika, ka hoʻoilina waiwai a me ka ʻuhane hou. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka Cape Town Marriott Hotel Crystal Towers, nā TED Fellows kaulana, ka mea hoʻokani mele Kenyan ʻo Bill Sellanga a me ka mea ola ola mālama mālama ʻApelika Hema ʻo Steve Boyes, alakaʻi i ka kūkākūkā noʻonoʻo a me ka noʻonoʻo e hāʻawi ana i nā malihini i ka manawa e komo a hoʻoikaika ʻia.
"Ma Marriott Hotels, alakaʻi ʻia nā mea a pau a mākou e hana ai e ko mākou manaʻoʻiʻo e hoʻonui ka huakaʻi i ka noʻonoʻo a hoʻoulu i nā ala hou a me ka noʻonoʻo," wahi a Sandra Schulze-Potgieter, Hope Pelekikena Premium & Select Brands, Middle East a me ʻApelika, Marriott International. "ʻO kā mākou hui pū ʻana me TED e hui pū i ka ikehu hoʻomohala a me ka nani ʻokoʻa. I kēia mau makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hoʻololi ʻo Cape Town i kāna manaʻo i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale, e paipai ana i nā kamaʻāina e hana hou i ka wā e mālama ana i kāna hoʻoilina waiwai. ʻO ka hoʻokipa ʻana i kā mākou TED Fellows Salon mua ma Cape Town Marriott Hotel Crystal Towers he manawa kūpono no mākou e hoʻāla i nā kamaʻilio naʻauao a hoʻoulu i nā manaʻo hou no kā mākou mau malihini.
ʻO nā mea haʻiʻōlelo ma kēia Marriott Hotels TED Salon e hōʻike nei i kekahi o nā mea noʻonoʻo maikaʻi loa o kā lākou hanauna e hana nei i ka hoʻololi maikaʻi, kūpono a mau loa i ko lākou mau kaiāulu. ʻImi ʻo Steve Boyes, pale a hoʻihoʻi hou i kekahi o nā wao nahele mamao loa ma ʻApelika, me ka Okavango Delta i hoʻoweliweli ʻia, kekahi o kā mākou mau kahawai wai hou i koe. Ma ka hana pū ʻana me ke aupuni Angolan, ua hoʻokumu hou ʻo Boyes i ʻelua o nā wahi palekana nui loa ma Sub-Saharan Africa i pālua i ka nui o ʻEnelani. He ornithologist i aʻo ʻia, ʻo ia ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Wild Bird Trust a he hoa ma ka National Geographic Society.
Kaʻana like ʻana i ke kukui me Boyes ʻo TED hoa Bill "Blinky" Sellanga. He mea hana a me ka mea hoʻokani mele Kenyan, ʻo Sellanga ka mea mua o ka hui mele Just A Band, e hui pū ana i nā ʻano like me hip-hop, electronica a me funk e hana i nā mele no ka lekiō kaulana a hāʻawi i ka leo i ka ʻōpio Kenyan. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kāna album mele mua loa, ʻo Everyone's Just Winging It and Other Fly Tales, i ulana ʻia i nā mele ʻApelika me nā ʻoki uila, hip-hop a me ka funk no kahi inoa kūʻokoʻa o "African cool."
Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka Cape Town Marriott Hotel Crystal Towers, ua hui ʻia ka hanana e nā alakaʻi noʻonoʻo, nā mea hou, nā lālā o ke kahua huakaʻi i hoʻokuʻu ʻia nei, ʻo Marriott Bonvoy a me ka media. Ke nānā aku nei i ka Canal Nui ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Century, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Cape Town Marriott Hotel Crystal Towers i ke kua kūpono no ka paʻi Cape Town o ka TED Fellows Salon. Mahalo paha ʻoe i ka nānā ʻana o Table Mountain mai ka wai ʻauʻau waho nani a noho paha ma hope o ka lā luhi i loko o kahi lumi hoʻokipa me nā lako nani a me nā moena ʻoluʻolu a me nā moena, ʻo kahi noho ma Cape Town Marriott Hotel Crystal Towers e hoʻohiki e lilo huakaʻi hoʻoulu ʻana i ka nani.
ʻO ka hui honua holoʻokoʻa ma waena o Marriott Hotels a me TED aia i ke kolu o kāna makahiki, ma hope o kona hoʻomaka ʻana i ka makahiki 2016, a ua hoʻonui ʻia e hoʻokomo i nā polokalamu hoihoi a me nā mea hou ma Marriott Hotels ma nā wahi koʻikoʻi o ka honua. He hōʻailona ʻo Marriott Hotels i ka hanauna hou o ka poʻe huakaʻi, e ʻimi mau ana i nā manaʻo hoʻoikaika hou a me nā manaʻo noʻonoʻo i ko lākou mau huakaʻi hoʻololi ola a puni ka honua.
ʻO ka puke ʻo Cape Town ke kolu o ka TED Fellows Salon e mālama ʻia ma Middle East a me ʻApelika me ʻelua mau mea i mālama ʻia ma Cairo a me Abu Dhabi. Ua hoʻokipa ʻia ʻo TED Salons ma kekahi mau Marriott Hotels ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, me Bengaluru, Bangkok, Lākana, a me Athens. Loaʻa iā Marriott Hotels kahi moʻolelo moʻolelo Instagram e hāʻawi ana i nā mea nānā i ka ʻike kumu, hoʻoulu ʻia a me ka nānā ʻana i loko o kā lākou mīkini manaʻo punahele.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Whether you admire the view of Table Mountain from the exquisite outdoor swimming pool or settle down after a busy day in a guest room with sleek furnishings and ultra-soft, plush bedding, a stay at the Cape Town Marriott Hotel Crystal Towers promises to be a journey that inspires brilliance.
- The ongoing global partnership between Marriott Hotels and TED is now in its third year, following its launch in 2016, and has been expanded to include more exciting and innovative programming at Marriott Hotels in key destinations worldwide.
- A prolific Kenyan producer and musician, Sellanga is the frontman of musical collective Just A Band, which mixes genres like hip-hop, electronica and funk to make music for popular radio and to give voice to the Kenyan youth.
