Need a job? Run a remote wilderness resort

YAKIMA, Wash. — Anyone interested in running a wilderness resort needs to look no further than Washington's rugged North Cascades, where the National Park Service is seeking bidders to manage a 21-room lodge, restaurant and general store in the remote community of Stehekin.

Stehekin is a remote collection of homes and summer cabins surrounded by mountain peaks. Sitting at the north end of Lake Chelan, the area is reachable only by boat, floatplane or on foot.

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Fleming’s settles sexual harassment suit

A Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar in Arizona agreed to pay $248,750 to three male employees to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Phoenix, charged that the male employees of a Fleming’s location in Scottsdale, Ariz., were sexually abused by a former chef.

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New Study To Bring Together Travel Industry Thought Leaders

(Hospitality Business News) Washington, D.C. –AOL, Wyndham Hotel Group, AvisBudget Group, and the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) have joined forces with other organizations in the U.S. travel and tourism industry to develop unique research that focuses on U.S. travelers who drive rather than fly to their destinations. Project 85, named after the 85% of travel that takes place in the U.S. by car, motorcycle, RV or other vehicle, will focus on the “drive market” – which, according to the U.S. Travel Association, represents over three quarters of the $495 billion in travel spending.

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Dubai Needs 2.5 Million More Tourists to Match Hotel Growth, Deloitte Says

Dubai will need to attract an additional 2.5 million tourists annually to absorb an estimated 60 percent increase in hotel rooms over the next five years, Deloitte LLP said.
Dubai, which has around 50,000 rooms, may struggle to maintain occupancy and rates as a further 30,000 rooms are likely to be added, said Alex Kyriakidis, the New York-based consulting company’s global managing director of Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure.
The sheikhdom has spent billions of dollars to transform itself into an international tourist destination. It built the sail-shaped Burj Al Arab hotel and opened a 160-room hotel designed by Giorgio Armani in the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower. Horserace complex Meydan and Dubai Mall are also among the attractions that have been built.

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New TV Show 'Magic City' Will Follow Mobsters in a 1960s Miami Beach Hotel

Here we go again--someone is attempting another tv show about hotels. But this one may fare slightly better than the rest.
Cable network Starz has just announced their pick-up of "Magic City" , a period drama set in the 1960s that follows the comings and goings of mobsters, entertainers and politicians at a posh Miami Beach Hotel. Ooo kinda like if Mad Men met Boardwalk Empire!!

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Schrager Passes on Buying Manhattan's Hotel Chelsea After Considering Bid

Ian Schrager, the developer credited with inventing the boutique-hotel concept, considered buying Manhattan’s landmark Hotel Chelsea and decided against an offer after viewing the 127-year-old property last month.
“It’s a sexy asset with an incredibly sexy history and we felt obliged to take a look at it,” Schrager, the chairman and chief executive officer of Ian Schrager Co., said in a telephone interview yesterday. “We took a pass.”

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