http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T06:17:34Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Country%20Resorts http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/12/182731/134 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/greenbrierwoes.jpg" class="top"><p>What do the <a href=" http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Borgata+Hotel+Casino+And+Spa/ian/219277"><b>Borgata</b></a>, the <a href=" http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/12/202937/88/hotels/The_Atlantis_Resort_Lays_Off_800_Workers"><b>Atlantis Resort</b></a> in the Bahamas and West Virginia's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Greenbrier/ian/119687"><b>Greenbrier</b></a> hotel all have in common? <p> <p>Massive layoffs! <p> <p>The Greenbrier hotel, on the list of historic hotels in America, is the latest hotel to lay off employees&#151;and by far the largest amount so far: 650 of 1,350 people, or slightly less than half of its staff. (<a href=" http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/12/202937/88/hotels/The_Atlantis_Resort_Lays_Off_800_Workers">Atlantis cut</a> about 10 percent of its staff, or 800 employees; while the <a href=" http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/7/111827/542/hotels/AC_s_Borgata_Lays_Off_400_Workers">Borgata let go</a> 400 of its roughly 7,000 staffers.)<p> <p><a href=" http://uk.reuters.com/article/marketsNewsUS/idUKN0931521920090109">Reuters</a> explains: <p> <p><blockquote><p>Greenbrier said in the statement that historically, business improves in the late spring and summer, and that it anticipated that some jennm 2009-01-13T13:50:47-05:00 37.7876540 -80.304710 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/