Story Of Kuriftu Resort - Tadiwos Belete - S08 EP89

It's Wednesday, and we are thrilled to host Mr. Tadiwos Belete, the founder of Kuriftu Resorts and Boston Day Spa.
Tadiwos shared his journey of constructing all of this, starting with his departure from Ethiopia at the age of 16, returning to a refugee camp in Sudan, and working as a household servant with a 10 ETB salary.
In this episode, we explore the hospitality and tourism sector, discussing how they expanded to 150 rooms from an initial 18. We showcase his 22 years of entrepreneurship experience in Ethiopia, his leadership style, and how they developed Kuriftu Resorts without relying on foreign models.
Join us to learn from Tadiwos Belete's diverse life experiences and entrepreneurial journey in the hospitality and tourism sector.
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0:00 - intro
03:08 - Who is Tadios
03:29 - Early Story
5:04- Returning to Ethiopia
9:17 - Operation of Kuriftu resort
11:30 - The journey
18:16 - Enabling people
29:49 - From starting to Opening the resort
34:22 - Surviving Covid
37:14 - Personal values Vs Advisors
39:25 - Hospitality sector
44:10 - Pricing
49:52 - Hotel ROI
58:30 - Developing Concepts
1:02:55 - Passion Vs Money
1:04:22 - Replacing Next generation
1:11:19 - Life lessons / hard work
1:17:27 - Why return
1:22:31 - Exposure
1:24:54- Balancing between family and business
1:30:41- Life wisdom
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ድህነትን የሚጠላ: ደሃን የሚወድ: የመጣበትን የማይረሳ :የሚሄድበትን የሚያውቅ: ባለሃብ ማየት እንዴት ደስ ይላል።

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ደስ የሚል አባባል :: ይገባዋል በመልካም ስነ ምግባር የታነጸ ሰዉ :: ተባረክ

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ከ13አመት በፊት ቦስተን ዴይስፓ ለ3አመት ሰርቻለሁ ጋሽ ታዲዮስ በጣም መልካም ቀና ትሁት ሠራተኞቹን እንደ አባት የሚያይ እኔ በነበርኩበት ጊዜ የታመመች ልጅ ከሀገር ውጭ ወስዶ ማሳከሙንአቃለሁ እመብርሀን አሁንም የልጆችህን ፍሬ ታሳይህ እድሜና ጤና ትስጥህ

[@jemalabdi188]

Ya katama limat policy malat naw

[@merrymekonnen4160]

ለስድስት ወር ቦስተን ደይ ስፓ ሰርቻለሁ አዲስ ሰራተኛ ነኝ ስሜን እንኳን አያውቁም ጨብጠውን ጉንጫችንን ስመው ነው የሚገቡት ከስተመር እንደ አየር መንገድ ነው የሚንከባከቡት ከፅዳት ተነስቶ ማኔጀር ፀጉር ሰሪ ይኮናል በዛ ላይ የሰራ ባለሙያ ከደሞዙ ውጪ ኮሚሽን ከለው ከአቶ ታድዮስ ሁሌም የሚገርመኝ ሁሌም ጠዋት አንድ ሰአት ከልጃቸው ጋር ከቲም ጋር ስብሰባ አለ ሁሌም ዛሬም ድረስ ለሰው ሁሉ ነው የማወራው

[@user-vj4zo8mt9s]

በጣም ደስ የሚሉ ክርስትያን ቤተሰቦች ናቸው በሙሉ ቤተሰብ ስርአት ያላቸው❤

[@Thekingdomof_heaven]

Mr. Tadios!!! this is what leaders did

[@Peace-iu5wm]

He is on a different level. We need more of his likes. Wish him all the best in fulfilling his noble dreams.

[@meazabesrat7785]

Thank you, Tadios, for everything you have done for your employees' families. I am a witness to your words, and I have learned a lot from you. I now understand the difference between a boss and a leader

[@vibe_one]

The Best podcast in Ethiopia 🇪🇹

[@merabe-y6j]

Last November, I went to a hair dresser on Newberry Street, in Boston. The hair dresser asked me if I’m Ethiopian and I told her that I’m and she said used to work for Mr Taddios and how great of a person he was to work for and his wife’s goes to get her hair done whenever she is in Boston. It’s delighting to hear positive about fellow Ethiopian. This lady now works on Newbury st in Boston- she is the only black beautician in the area following Mr Taddios.

[@fitsum_bel]

This man is an absolute inspiration❤

[@dribatura9610]

ታዲዎስ በጣም ራዕይ ያለዉና ደፋር ኢንቨስተር ነዉ። እኔ ከ13 ዓመት በፊት ቢሾፍቱ ላይ በደንብ አውቀዋለሁ ። የቱሪዝም ኢንዱስትሪዉንም በቢሾፍቱ ላይ ለማስፋፋት በጋራ ጥረት አድርገናል። ለዛሬዉ የቢሾፍቱ የቱሪዝም ዕድገት የሱ አስተዋፅዖ የላቀ ነዉ። ትልቅ ምስጋና ይገበዋል።

[@sofenbeseat4346]

Tadios. Is a good man we know each other way back then when we both young on our 20s early twenties in Chicago we became friends and not only friends we became roommates later on work at the same hotel Westin hotel for a while we have a lot of memories who created our little group young Ethiopians back then in Chicago we live in the same neighborhood we getting together social life was great at that time just everything was good and I'm pretty sure he'll remember all that and I was happy to see him the first time I noticed that he's getting to this position I just couldn't believe it for a second it was him and I was so happy and thrilled that he was successful and he is still successful and I'm proud of him I'm pretty sure you remember me when he see my name on the comments Colin and I'm still living in the USA Washington DC

[@eyobgebrie-ht9bo]

please kindly drop your email, I would love to talk to you more.

[@SegedMh]

ድንቅ ተምክሮ ነው።እንደዚህ ያለ ስብእና ራዕይ ያላቸው ባለሀብቶች ያብዛልን!

[@tsedenaynessibu3006]

በጣም ጥሩ ስራ ነው ታዲወስን የማውቀው ቧስተን ነው በጣም አርቆ የሚያስብና የሰው መውደድና ሰውን ማክበር ያለው ሰው ነው የንግድ ሐሳብ በጣም ነበረው የሚያወራውም ( የኢትዬጵያ ምግብ ቤት ከፍቸ የሐበሻ ልብስ አልብሸ ፈረንጇቹን ሁሉ በባህላችን እጂ እያስታጠብን ) ምግብ እንዲበላ ይህ ነበር🤣🤣🤣ትልቅ አዲስ ሐሳብ የማፍለቅ ችሎታ አለው እግዚአብሔርም እረድቶት ቢደክምም ውጤታም ሆኖል:: የሱ አይነት ብዙ ኢትዬጵያው ቢኖር ሐገራችን ትሻሻል ነበር:: እናንተም እንደሱ ያሉ የፈጠራ ችሎታ ያላቸውን በማቅረባችሁ እናመሰግናለን:: ኢትዬጵያን እግዚአብሔር ይጠብቅልን🙏

[@vibe_one]

King of Ethiopian Hospitality industry. Tadios🙏

[@birukkassa1296]

በጣም አስተማሪ እና አዝናኝ ቆይታ ነበር። እባክዎት አቶ ታዲዮስ ይህን የመሰለ የህይወትዎን ልምድ ፣ ተሞክሮ ውጣውረድ እና ስኬት በመፅሀፍ ሰንዱልን።

[@henokteferi6837]

ይሄ ሰውዬ የኔን ህልም ነው የሚኖረው። ሆ... ባለፈው ቴሌግራም ላይ አቅርቡት ብዬ ስጠቁም እርግጠኛ ነበርኩ እንደዚህ ያማረ ቃለ መጠይቅ እንደምታረጉለት ። ቃና ላይ ይደረገውን ቃለ መጠይቅ እንደ ሙዚቃ ነበር የምሰማው። በጣም አመሠግናለሁ። It mean alot to me to see this amazing interview. አለቀብኝ ብታዩ። መደጋገም ነዋ ያለኝ አማራጭ። ምናልባት አንድ ቀን እኔም የሳቸው መንገድ ላይ እገባለው። የሰው ልጆችን ወደ ተፈጥሮ የመመለስ ስራ ውስጥ የራሴን አዋጣለሁ። ከነዓን እና ጥጌ አመሠግናለሁ።

[@emansharif8443]

እቶ ታዲዬስ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ መደነቅና መመስገን ያለብህ ስው ነህ ,

[@semretwondimu5337]

I must say you are one of a kind. Your mind set is so amazing and I have to give credit to whoever raised you. So so proud of you 👏. God bless you and your family 🙏

[@argewtod]

እንዲህ በፉክክር አለም በትብብር አምኖ ብቁና አሳማኝ ስራ በመስራቱ ሊመሰገን ይገባል 👍

[@bethlehemsahle7521]

ቦስተን ስፓ ስሄድ ብዙ ጊዜ የተመለከትኩት ለሥራ ባልደረቦቹ ያለውን ቅንነት እና አክብሮትን ነው:: በዕውነት ትልቅ ሰው::💚💛❤️

[@MohammedSeid-gd7by]

I wish you guys asked him, as to why his Djibouti venture failed. It could be a good reference as to why Ethiopian businesses failed to become an international....and if there is any cooperation with 'Haile resort' another home grown brand.i am sure he has learnt a lot from the 'Bekele Mollas', i liked most his 'African Village' idea. Anyways wishing him Kiruftu will become an international Hotel chain.

[@bekritube4518]

በልጆችህ ላይ የተከተልከው ፍልስፍና በጣም አድናቂው ነኝ ልትኮራ ይገባል❤

[@albertshiferaw9997]

Wow, I was so interested in this episode that I completely lost track of time! Mr. Tadiwos's passion for his business, respect for his staff, and strong belief in God really shone through in his words. You can tell everything he says comes straight from the heart, and it's written all over his face. I'm left feeling inspired and wanting to meet him in person and learn from him. He's a true hero, and his contributions to his country are invaluable. A big thank you to Meri for bringing such an incredible guest on!

[@user-qz3cu1fw8j]

I love Kuriftu Resort and Ato Tadiwos is also one of my favorite servant leaders

[@stegbar]

Humility is not typically the first trait that comes to mind when I think about Tadios. We met each other while we were in college in Boston, MA. He was extremely polite and a very respectful man. Visionary, courageous, charismatic - these qualities most of us associate with him. I am proud of him to see him succeed

[@NitroEthiopia]

What an amazing inspirational man !!! Wish you many more success. Your legacy will move on to generations

[@Berusali]

To be honest he is huge book , I will never tire to listen him may be that why I was expecting longer interview. I hope will come again to tell us a bit of his life experience Thank you Merioche.❤

[@samassefa8579]

He has a clear purpose why he does business and gets the satisfaction from it. I hope he published a book, this can teach future leaders that to the best is not to be strict and hard on your employees. Love and compassion go a long way in leadership. Also, profit is not only money. Profit is a happiness you get when you see others succeed because of you. A very humble and honest person. Truly inspiring!

[@BekTesfa]

This is a perhaps the best episode and the best guest ever on the podcast imo. This man is a true treasure for not only Ethiopia but the entire continent of Africa 🛖

[@AshenafiYana-dv1mo]

Boston spa in Bole ...I used to go there with foreigners ... Amazing person who can be an examplary for many

[@dejenetafa1123]

Yeroo ammmaa kanattii biyya keenyatti podcast baayyee jaalladhe😊😊😊

[@afro_belle416]

I have traveled to a few African countries, and it's sad to see the land and economies owned by non-locals, as simple as a cave for a visit in Zanzibar is owned by someone in Europe. Visionaries like Tadiwos can change the entire industry for the rest of the country and beyond!

[@newayalemayehu700]

A very simple man. I got to know him and really liked his spirit and approach. God bless him!

[@asmarem.7893]

It looks this man apart from his great enterprenuership skills and knowledge, he has artistic potential capabilities. I very much enjoyed the conversation.

[@TGTise]

Also add english subtitle as he is an educational and insirational person. A lot of people can learn from his vast experiance.

[@user-xv3mk7pq1t]

ጋሼ እግዜር ይስጥልን ከፈጣሪ ቀጥሎ ባንተ ሰው የሆንን ብዙ ነን ፈጣሪ ብድርክን ይመልስ።

[@emansharif8443]

እውነት ነው የኢትዮጵያ ስው የለመደው መስራረቅ ግን ልበ ቅኑ ስው ስለሆንክ , እነተ ምንም እትሆንም እላህ ይጠብቅህ ከነ ቤተስብህ በጣም እድናቄህ ስለሆንክ ነው

[@robelbelay4136]

በስመ አብ ምን ዓይነት ፍጥረት ነው 👏👏👏👏 I am hoping movie producers can make a wonderful inspiring movie from this 🙏

[@AnisMohammedbrhan]

Best Podcast, today i feel more energetic . Keep it up your good work. Mr. Tadiwos wish you all the best in your future project, Hopefully i will visit soon your new project,

[@endalkachewy]

He is a visionary. I admire and respect his Afro centric vison.

[@rebbybam230]

Ethio centric

[@endalkachewy]

@@rebbybam230 Ethiopia is in Africa buddy , I think he wants to go beyond Ethiopia from what I heard !

[@NafarraSA]

Informative and humorous ❤. This must be the BEST guest of the podcast.

[@hrargate]

Wow i am also a diaspora and do the same business (resort) but totally different approach but the same 100% experiences. I didn’t know this man before but due to this interview i learned him more and see that he is doing what he loves!!! The same with me! But Ethiopians our people need such a person locally and diasporas to show them the way. Unfortunately Ethiopians are focused only on money and short cut!! That is certainly foolishness. My Allah bless his path I like to meet him personally

[@mekdesmekuria1277]

በጣም የሚገርም ሰብእና ያለዉ ምርጥ የአኢትዮዽያ ልጅ ። 🙏👍

[@mestawotsolomon2591]

Yetebareke sew❤ emebete mariam kene lijochih barka titebkih . Your decency yastawkal

[@MershaSebete-rv7lb]

It is inspiration watching you talk. Ethiopia needs many more Tadioses Wish you more success and happiness in life.

[@LiseyasSanchase-kq8xd]

ዕንዲሕ አይነት ጀግና ጨዋ ቅን አፋሪካካዊ ሑላችንንም የሚወድ ሊያቅፈንና ሊያሣድግ አደገንም ዕንድንኮራ የሚታገል ውብ ዜጋም አለን አፓርተይድ በነገሠባት ሐገር ውሥጥ። ዕግዚአብሔር ያክብርሕ ሑላችንንም ሥላከበርከን።

[@selumaethiopia7756]

Omggg such inspiration!!! I don’t know what to say.. I met him 15 years ago as our mentors speaking ….. still the same person and personality!!! God bless him and his family….

[@emebatwubushet551]

እልም ጥረት ደግነት ከትንሽ እስተትልቅ አገሬ ሰው አላት ድምፃቸውን አጥፈተው ድካሟን የሚያሶግዱላት ሁላቹንም አመሰግናለው ።

[@learntulearn848]

ATO TADEOS BELETE What a Great Entrepreneur minded and humanly Person you’re an Exemplary to all Ethiopians and humanity at large ,God bless you Sir ✅☑️

[@abemelekbesha8222]

wowww! This kind of people makes me believe in ETHIOPIA/AFRICA. Thank you Tadios for your impact. You are a hero and an inspiration to many. You changed a country.

[@Salim-A3]

I got the chance to visit this resort (sheger) 3 or 4 times …. It is beyond your imagination ….Well done Ato Tadiyos

[@kalab-ej1oh]

I am grateful for this podcast, for being able to have listened to this episode. Thank you for hosting these Awesome interviews with Your Awesome guest, Tadiwos Belete!

[@ramazansalah3016]

What an incredible person.

[@teacherTariku]

Others have to learn from this great investor. Since I moved to US each great company hires people with no experience and they train them to excellence. Others have to follow his lead!!!

[@TheAtoZMedia]

A founder sets the tone of a business's brand, and Tadios is an excellent example! As a hospitality company, he has been setting the tone on a daily basis by meeting and greeting as many of his people as possible. No wonder why Kuruftu possesses world-class customer service. Since his team members (internal customers) receive exceptional customer service from their leader, it is not hard for his people to extend the same extraordinary service to the outside customers. I can’t wait to stay at one of its sites...

[@EthioCLIPS]

What an inspiring and experience sharing podcast thank you Meri and tadios,,,,💪🏽🙏🏽

[@alembrihantafesse1050]

I am pretty poor. I don't follow properly when talking about investment. But when I researched it myself, I limited it to retirement thinking. But this program makes me feel something. If there is a working secret to cash determination, it is right there. I appreciate your approach to programming. Thank you very much

[@Entertainment-mn7tr]

Gash Tadios is a great humble and hard working icon. I had a chance to meet him briefly few years ago for new year's eve in his hotel @ DZ Kuriftu. God bless u more !

[@noelyemane7494]

Extremely humble and motivated person, more success to you

[@moja2845]

Thank you , it’s really fascinating programming you have , keep it up .

[@FraolFRA-cz4fe]

Thank you guys🎉 Your fun from from ethiopian university

[@behailukacha3509]

Thank you Meri Team for bringing us these business people characterized as a models, entrepreneurs, and hardliners. These are people that this nation is strongly looking for this days. This is also a media Ethiopia needs. Keep doing great things. 👋👋👋

[@michaeljimma3913]

Another impressive story. Thanks Meri!

[@ephremhailu4744]

Great job olso great speech Tadowes wonderful thank you for share yarda Lege 👍

[@fekaduhedego9667]

Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@abelteame1221]

You are a hero and Icon for Ethiopia. I want to be the luckiest person.

[@tigistnegash3229]

Proud of you brother. Much love

[@joy-yb1ph]

I am so proud of you God bless you and your family

[@hilinatesfaye1132]

This is so amazing meriwoch! Thank you so much!

[@user-dg6nq3oc2e]

ከትልቅ አክብሮትና ተመስጦ የሰማሁት እንደዚህ አይነት መጠይቅ የሰማሁ አይመስለኝም ታዲዎስ በእውቀት በቅንነት በራዕይ ላይ የተመሰረተ ሥራን የሰራ ሰውን በሰውነቱ የሚያከብር ሰው ሰው የሚሸት ሰራተኛውን እንደሰራተኛ የሚያይ ብቻ ሳይሆን እንደ ቤተሰብ የሚያቀርብ ቅንነቱን ያየንበት ሰው ነው::የስኬቱ መንስኤ ቅን ልብና ከገንዘብ በላይ ለሰው ልጅ ያለውን ልብ እግዚአብሔር አይቶ ስኬትና መከናወን ሰጥቶታል ብዬ አምናለሁ:: አሁንም ይሳካልህ እግዚአብሔር መከናወንን ይስጥህ::

[@user-cv2cq5ug1d]

I don't now, but your exposition to the abord might have been helping you to be the different. Respect!!!

[@andualemasres4327]

I really have great respect for meri podcast

[@solomonmekete9469]

In this time in Ethiopia good podcast...

[@ahmedjemal6362]

Mr Tadios 👌👌👌 Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Nice lecture ❤❤❤

[@Johnnbrothers]

Thank you mr tadiwos

[@wadiyattube]

a man with a great commitment

[@bestsongs7689]

passion ,persistence, diligence , detriment , unstoppable thrive to better from last achievement one of classical person trait.

[@getanehabera78]

As always you brought a wonderful gust. I have got enormous insight. May God bless him and wish him a successful life. Although this iz my first comment, I attended almost all your shows. You guys are doing amazing job. Keep up the good work. Be blessed!

[@yanetassamenew1911]

My number one podcast thank u bezhu ketelu adera Ethiopia endenante ayenet sewoche yasfelgatale 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

[@gedionequbay1372]

wonderful personality as well!

[@mekonnenmengesha9677]

Meri it’s better to know more about kuriftu you can make some video it helps more insight on that

[@turobuke]

This is so amazing meriwoch! Thank you so much! I thank there is some sound overlapping on 42: 50 minute

[@stylesbylidyalidya5398]

I was waiting for this one of the best business man

[@mikyasgirma6523]

Very Inspirational!

[@Kalielu]

What a lovely person❤!

[@BEst-tn4ir]

40:24 sheesh. You know the country map by heart. Proud of you!

[@Amanuel_3232]

charming and cool men Mr tadiwos😊

[@ibexplushomeanddesign3830]

wow what a visionary guy

[@ahmedtemam3065]

it's operated by Revenue Management systems, its a pricing software basically for service businesses that are booking based,, airlines and hotels are the major ones that 100% use this technology

[@YalewMamo]

You are the best

[@elsaa6482]

Des yilal, yibarkih

[@yohannesmulu]

እኔም በቅርቡ የገባኝ ነገር ነው። ሁሉም ሰው እድሉን ሲያገኝ ትልቅ ነው እና የሰው ታናሽ በፍፁም የለውም እውነት ነው ጋሽ ታዲዮስ🙏🙏

[@SimbonEDK]

Wow it’s very inspirational

[@theodrostamrat7204]

All Glory to Egziabher. By Divine Providence Bro. Kibru Yisfa. From Minneapolis.

[@derejeararsaej2190]

Humble man🎉

[@wadiyattube]

u guys are awesome, keep it up

[@bek_1234]

I'm a new subscriber and I love your content bless you tadios.

[@user-ir5hh5yy7o]

I really have great respect for tgabu

[@ethiopianone5266]

Can you guys bring some farmers that are helping ethiopia since beginning of time.

[@aberasherpagie7268]

The geniuses one Ato Tadios