http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T14:03:23Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Layoffs 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 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/7/111827/542 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/nostealing_borgata.jpg" class="top"><p>Some shocking news today from Atlantic City--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Borgata+Hotel+Casino+And+Spa/ian/219277"><b>The Borgata Hotel and Casino</b></a> has laid off 400 workers due to the <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D949MCU80.htm">rough economy.</a><blockquote><p>Rob Stillwell, a spokesman for Boyd Gaming, the co-owner of the Borgata, said the layoffs were the first in the casino's five-year history. "We did everything we possibly could to avoid this," he said. "But the economy is just too bad right now."</blockquote></p><p>400 employees is a lot, although some 7,000 still remain. Borgata is not the only one conducting layoffs. The chain of Harrah's hotels in Atlantic City has also laid off several hundred employees in recent months.<p>Meanwhile, the future of AC is not looking so bright. Revenues in September were down 15.1 percent and the juliana 2008-11-07T11:32:48-05:00 39.3767970 -74.435366 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/