Uproar Over ‘Mass Firings’ At Minn. Chipotle Restaurants

RICHFIELD (WCCO) – A Minnesota immigration rights group is protesting what it calls “mass firings” of Chipotle workers. According to the group, around 50 of the restaurant’s Latino workers have been fired in the last week.

The Minnesota Immigration Rights Action Committeee (MIRAC), a local group that fights for the legalization of undocumented workers, says employees at local Chipotle stores came forward, saying they were fired over questions about their immigration status.

“We started to piece together there was something larger going on than a few people fired at one store,” said MIRAC member Brad Sigal. “It appears to be a statewide attack on immigrant worker who are longtime employees most of them been working there for years.”

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Do Hotels have to accept all reservations?

(Hospitality Business News) Nassau Bahamas - December 11, 2010 - I would think that everyone knows that hotels do not accept all reservations. There are different reasons for not accepting one and over the past few months there have been stories about “bad guests” and that hotels are refusing to accept certain people due to their past history. But how far can this policy go is up for debate. Below are two stories from this past week.

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Ex-manager charged with stealing from South Brunswick hotel

Michael Clegg, 30, of East Windsor is accused of stealing from the Princeton Hampton Inn on Route 1 over the past year and a half.

Police say Clegg, the onetime general manager, created fake vouchers that showed that the hotel received services from a company called Mercer Catering. The vouchers allegedly were submitted to the hotel’s parent company, Scotto Brothers Enterprises.

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Pebblebrook Puts $52.5M Debt Against Buckhead Hotel

BETHESDA, Md. - Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Inc. has added $52.5 million of debt to its books, taking out a secured loan collateralized by the 422-room Intercontinental Buckhead Hotel in Georgia.

The Maryland-based REIT got a five-year, 4.88 percent fixed-rate loan from Goldman Sachs Commercial Mortgage Capital LP. Loan proceeds will be used for future acquisitions and general purposes.
Pebblebrook acquired the Buckhead hotel in July for $105 million.

Pebblebrook is now shouldering $143.6 million of outstanding debt at a weighted average annual interest rate of 3.78 percent. It has no outstanding balance on its $150 million senior secured credit facility.

Couple held in dismemberment of man at L.A. hotel

A couple wanted for allegedly killing and dismembering a man at a downtown Los Angeles hotel were arrested Friday, authorities said.
The arrests of Edward Garcia Jr., 36, and his wife, Melissa Hope Garcia, 25, were made by the U.S. marshal's service and the Los Angeles Police Department at a location on La Brea Avenue near Hawthorn Avenue in Hollywood.

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