W Hotel: What job crisis?
05
December
12/5/2008:
Recently lost your job? Want to work IN Hoboken?
The W Hotel is calling all talented folks to come down and strut your stuff!
W Hotel holds “talent show” to fill job openings
“W Hoboken Hotel & Residences is preparing for its April 2009 debut with the opening of its Talent Recruitment Center. The economy may be in a dismal state, but the job market is a little less bleak in Hoboken, where New Jersey and New York residents are invited to literally get in on the ground floor at W Hoboken Hotel & Residences, as the property will be auditioning to fill all employment opportunities, from housekeeping to front desk to engineering.
W is more than a hotel… it is a lifestyle, and W employees aren’t called “Talent” for nothing. Creative. Exciting. Innovative. W Talent are as unique as the brand itself, and cultivate the witty, whimsical, cool W environment.”
When: Now through January 2009. Mondays-Fridays 9am-6pm. (Saturdays 10-3pm, depending on demand)
Where: The old Hollywood Video location at 1203 Hudson Street
READ MORE ABOUT THE W HOTEL AFTER THE JUMP…
(W Hotel, continued…)
Hoboken welcomes its first luxury hotel with the new W Hoboken Hotel & Residences. This property brings the best of New York across the Hudson, featuring The Chandelier Room - the latest offering from nightlife gurus EMM Group (of Tenjune fame), cutting edge apartments with breathtaking views, Manhattan staple Bliss Spa, and fashionista favorite W Hotels The Store.
Other highlights of the property include:
- Architectural details like dramatic two-story glass walls that maximize the waterfront property’s breathtaking views of the Manhattan skyline
- Innovative design elements such as luminous woven stainless steel curtains that flank the entranceway and change color according to mood and atmosphere
- Ample meeting facilities equipped with all the latest technology, making its city adjacent location a perfect destination for business travelers
41. matt_72 | December 8th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Skywalker wrote:
They don’t need to charge the same rate as they would in the heart of Manhattan due to the lower cost of land/construction in NJ. They can charge less and be MORE PROFITABLE. This place will do fine and they won’t have to compete on price to do well either.
And If I knew my room had a view of NYC that was fantastic and I was a couple blocks away from a train station that took you into NYC, I would probably pay quite a bit to stay there. If it is a once in a lifetime visit, I want a once in a lifetime view……and staying in some midtown hotel that only has a view of the building across the street sucks compared to a waterfront view of NYC from Hoboken. And funny enough, all my friends from NYC absolutely love the view from Hoboken. I am sure many of them will suggest the Hoboken W to their out of state friends.
42. Skywalker | December 8th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Well different strokes for different folks I guess, though I believe your preference as a hypothetical NYC tourist would be in the distinct minority. Nothing like a day of Christmas shopping followed by a nice PATH trip to drop your bags off and shower…then PATH back in for dinner at Tavern on the Green, followed by a Broadway show and a nightcap…then have to wait 20 minits for a late-night PATH back to your $350 room. View schmiew.
43. strand tramp | December 8th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
i agree with the invalid twit, hoboken is not going to be pulling tourists from the NYC hotels. not sure this W will pull JC business travelers either. actually i’m not sure there was any reason at all for this hotel. but let’s face it, Applied Properties owns the building. they got a sweet tax deal from the city (if they can find the contract?), and they got a liquor license and a hospitality license which is the ONLY one in hoboken right now…but what they really got is a condo tower taller than they would have if they just said they were building condos. so this BS story about how we NEED a cheesey hotel is really just a lie told by Dave Roberts and scripted by the Berrys so that they could build a new taller condo building and get a free bar/restaurant in the deal with some meeting space thrown in. who is going to monitor how many rooms are eventually converted to condos? you? city hall? not on your life. and now that they set a new standard for height they can ram through taller buildings in the future. all these zoning people should be grabbed and bent over and get anally raped over and over and over again as punishment for doing the same thing to hoboken.
has everyone noticed that 5 new liquor licenses have been awarded in Applied properties on the waterfront? i thought liquor licenses were limited? i thought you couldn’t just invent more licenses? yet the Berry’s get 5 on their properties? did the city council approve these? doesn’t the public have a say in this? it is a morality issue. alcohol consumption is regulated. what if berry opened a strip club in one of those properties? see how city hall and the zoning board has FUCKED this town again and again, just to line the pockets of millionairs like the Berrys?
44. homeworld | December 8th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
For all of you that don’t think Hoboken will draw tourists from NYC, you’re mistaken…
Drive past any of the dozens of hotels in Secaucus, Lyndhurst, or along Patterson Plank Road in Carlstadt and Mooanchie and you’ll see families standing out front for the NJTransit buses to NYC. So if tourists are staying in south Bergen County and western Hudson County to visit NYC, then why wouldn’t people stay in Hoboken which is much closer?
45. notnow | December 8th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
The Hotel is necessary. Jersey City is on their 8th Hotel in the downtown area already. Weehawken is on it’s 2nd already. How long do we sit on our hands watching others profit from planning their future. The Hotel will be good for increasing business traffic amongst our stores and restaurants in the area. This you cannot deny.
Stop looking at it as a Dave Roberts thing. The truth is that the Russo administration is the one that had it included in the Water Front Redevelopment plan. The Barry’s did a good job by bringing a Hotel that is considered young, hip, and chic. It’s not like they are bringing in a Motel 6.
Before questioning the necessity of the Hotel, one should look at how difficult it was to book a room from Sunday through Thursday at the Hyatt or Sheraton in J.C. and Weehawken. The W will do just fine. It will get business from traveling professional sports teams, business travelers, Stevens College, and relatives along with friends visiting. Face it, the only 4 star Hotel in Northern Jersey is the Short Hills Hilton. The others are located well South in Atlantic City.
Also, Liberty National Golf Course has just announced that it will be holding A PGA Tournament in August 25th to 30th 2009.
http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r027/2009tickets.html
Applied is a part owner of this Golf Course. Would not be surprised if it’s the recommended Hotel for the Tournament.
Ps. The 5 Licenses were not given out. They were simply allowed to be relocated there. The land along the Southern Waterfront is owned by Port Authority. Hoboken is not even permitted to inspect the buildings constructed there. Same deal goes for Ground Zero. It is also owned and inspected by the Port Authority. Applied owns the leasehold interest only. Anything built on it reverts back to the Port Authority in 98 Years. The site was a dumpy parking lot for years, and belonged to the Military before that. Would you rather a fenced off base be built there instead. Thank God for progress.
46. Journey | December 8th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Easy-E wrote:
My theory is that Stand knows so much about who is going back to mom’s to be a cellar dweller, is this…
Do you remember the most homophobic fella in school, you know the one years later that came out of the closet? He knows all about cellar dwellers.
47. Skywalker | December 8th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
homeworld wrote:
I didn’t say the Hoboken W Hotel will not draw NYC tourists, I said it will have to beat NYC hotels on price to do so, because Hoboken ain’t NYC.
And are you sure the families you see aren’t welfare families who live in NYC but are placed in NJ motels or somesuch?
48. ant | December 8th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
strand tramp wrote:
Mom has already cleared out the junk in the basement and said, “its ready”.
I don’t where the kids will sleep.
49. Journey | December 8th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Skywalker wrote:
I’ve ridden the bus with some of these NJ staying tourists. The got on at the Fairfield on Paterson Plank Road in East Rutherford. Price today for a room with 2 double beds is 149.00 per night.
50. homeworld | December 8th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Skywalker wrote:
Yes, they’re tourists. Not to stereotype, but welfare people are generally not middle-aged white couples with kids waiting for a NYC bus in front of a hotel at 10am.