http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-22T05:05:34Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Jobs http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/30/151340/17 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/palmsplace.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>A dedicated HotelChatter reader sent along a tip that there were a <a href="https://www.jobflash.com/websub/user/reg.jsp?company_id=259">ton of jobs</a> open at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Palms+Casino+Resort/local/40"><b>Palms Casino Resort</b></a> in Las Vegas. He writes:<blockquote><p>Did something evil happen there? Other than the usual Las Vegas evil, I mean. A walkout or mass firing? Hotel manager, assistant hotel manager, spa director, spa manager, assistant spa manager, bar manager, rooms director... even the lead massage therapist and lead esthetician, both supervisory jobs, shouldn't be available at the same time. Something's going on out there and I'm curious. Have you heard anything?</blockquote></p><p>Normally, we would say it's something evil that's going on over there. Except we found out that the hotel is opening <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Palms+Place+Hotel+and+Spa/local/930"><b>The Palms Place Hotel and juliana 2007-10-30T15:23:33-05:00 36.114523 -115.19593 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/8/93755/17890 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/gph_twobeds.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>Every so often we like to look at the hospitality job listings on Craigslist, not because we want a new job, but because we want to see which hotels are hiring for what jobs and whether or not they make you send in your head shots along with your resume.<p>Schrager did this last year while prepping for this <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Gramercy+Park+Hotel/local/4"><b>Gramercy Park Hotel</b></a> opening and now, it seems as if they need a whole new staff. On Craigslist, the hotel is hiring for <a href="http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/fbh/346121600.html">various positions</a> including, room service waiters, front desk agents, cocktail servers, breakfast servers, housekeeping, mechanics and front desk agents.<p>The hotel also placed an ad for <a href="http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/fbh/336339311.html">cooks</a> for the hotel's long-awaited Chinese restaurant, Wakiya <blockquote><p>Our juliana 2007-06-08T09:43:37-05:00 40.738589 -73.985958 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/2/13312/95689 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Scott_2.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p><b>A HOTELCHATTER EXCLUSIVE</b><p>It is safe to say that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Scott%20Kerkmans"><b>Scott Kerksman</b></a> is one of the luckiest men in America right now. He's just been appointed (actually voted for out of 7,800 other applicants) the Chief Beer Officer for the Four Points by Sheraton's Starwood Brand. He spent a "whirlwind" week in New York, meeting all the Starwood hotel execs and even ringing in the bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Now, he's gearing up to tour all the Four Points hotels and host their Happy Hours along with hitting up Beer Festivals, and touring local beer breweries. "I think I've made a lot of people jealous" with this new job, Kerksman says in the understatement of the juliana 2007-04-02T13:38:24-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/27/151528/054 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Scott_2.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>Scott Kerkmans is Four Points by Sheraton's newest <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/26/13258/5778/hotels/Sorry_Beer_Lovers_The_Four_Points_CBO_Position_is_Filled">Chief Beer Officer</a> aka CBO and despite his youthful age of 27, he wisely knows that he can't have his <a href="http://www.myspace.com/kerks28">MySpace page</a> public for all the world to see. Darnit we were hoping for some nude shots of Kerks doing a keg stand or even playing beer pong in his boxers with a cardboard Burger King hat on his head. Instead we got a picture of a pick-up truck in the sunset and this quote:<blockquote><p>"Many people fish all their lives, never realizing it is not fish they are after."</blockquote></p><p> <p>Whatever! Luckily we can put a face to the name, thanks to these promo shots of him in his juliana 2007-03-27T15:31:17-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/26/13258/5778 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Scott_2.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>Finally after drawing out their worldwide search for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/3/15427/82861/hotels/Four_Points_Chief_Beer_Officer_Position_Still_Open">Chief Beer Officer</a> for nearly six months, Sheraton's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Four%20Points%20Hotels"><b>Four Points Hotels</b></a> have announced that a lucky 27-year-old from Arizona will step into this unique position as part of the hotels' New Best Brews Program.<p>Scott Kerkmans already rang the bell today on the NYSE, just the first step in his position which will take him across the world, cultivating and promoting the Best Brews at brewery tours, beer festivals and of course, good old-fashioned bars.<p>So what makes Kerkmans so qualified for this job? This: <blockquote><p>Since the night his brother gave him a home brewing kit, Kerkmans has been extremely passionate about everything beer, from its production and pairings to juliana 2007-03-26T13:02:58-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/