Calling All Hotel and Food Service Staff

The Iron Horse Hotel, Milwaukee’s New Boutique Hotel to Hold Job Fair Monday, August 11th and Tuesday, August 12th

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ — The Iron Horse Hotel in Milwaukee, WI will be hiring full and part-time experienced bartenders and servers, restaurant and hotel staff during a job fair on Monday, August 11 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Tuesday, August 12 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The job fair will be held at Lakefront Brewery, located at 1872 N. Commerce Street in Milwaukee.

If you have at least one to three years experience in the service or hotel industry and are a high school graduate, bring your resume and be ready for on-site interviews. The Iron Horse Hotel is looking for dynamic and energetic professionals to join Milwaukee’s newest boutique hotel’s team. The hotel is located at 500 West Florida Street in Milwaukee’s Fifth Ward, and will be open September 15, 2008.

Qualified applicants must be available for both 1st and 2nd shifts and be willing to work weekends. Candidates must be committed to integrity and honesty and have a passion for quality and innovation. The Iron Horse Hotel staff will have the ability to grow professionally, personally and financially in a hard-working, yet fun atmosphere. The main goal of this staff is to create positive, memorable experiences for every guest.

The Iron Horse Hotel is an Equal Opportunity Employer and salary will be commensurate with experience. For more information, please visit http://www.theironhorsehotel.com/.

Send resumes in confidence to: hr@theironhorsehotel.com.

Directions to Lakefront Brewery:

From Downtown Milwaukee (Wisconsin Avenue and Water Street Intersection):

1. Take Water Street north towards Brady Street.
2. Take a left on Pleasant Avenue.
3. Take a right on Commerce Street.
4. Lakefront Brewery will be located on your right.

From Chicago:

1. Take I-90 W/I-94 W entering into Wisconsin.
2. Continue on I-43 N (Follow signs for Green Bay/I-43 N)
3. Take exit 73A east onto McKinley Avenue.
4. Turn left at 6th Street heading north.
5. Turn right on Walnut Street (Street becomes Pleasant Avenue).
6. Turn left heading north on Commerce Street.
7. Lakefront Brewery will be located on your right.

From Madison

1. Take I-94 E toward Milwaukee.
2. Take exit 310B on the left to merge onto I-43 N.
3. Take exit 73A east onto McKinley Avenue.
4. Turn left at 6th Street heading north.
5. Turn right on Walnut Street (Street becomes Pleasant Avenue).
6. Turn left heading north on Commerce Street.
7. Lakefront Brewery will be located on your right.

From Green Bay

1. Take I-43 S to Milwaukee.
2. Take exit 310B on the left to merge onto I-43 N.
3. Take exit 73A east onto McKinley Avenue.
4. Turn left at 6th Street heading north.
5. Turn right on Walnut Street (Street becomes Pleasant Avenue).
6. Turn left heading north on Commerce Street.
7. Lakefront Brewery will be located on your right.

Opening fall 2008, The Iron Horse Hotel(TM) transforms an Industrial era 100-year old warehouse into a modern luxury boutique hotel. Located in downtown Milwaukee, just blocks from the Midwest Airlines Convention Center and steps from the new Harley-Davidson Museum, The Iron Horse Hotel is the first in the industry to appeal to both sophisticated business travelers and the growing segment of motorcycle enthusiasts. The 102-room hotel-which includes two 1,000-square foot, two bedroom suites-offers complimentary wireless Internet, complete connectivity panels with iPod docking stations, 42″ LG LCD flat-screen televisions, luxury linens, a fitness center and spa treatment rooms. Dining options include 24-hour room service, a full-service restaurant offering indoor and outdoor terrace dining and lobby lounge service. For the business traveler, The Iron Horse Hotel boasts on-demand business services as well as a 24-hour walk-up business kiosk; meeting, banquet and catering facilities; and valet parking. For the motorcycle enthusiast, The Iron Horse Hotel offers secured covered motorcycle parking, rag bins, an on-site bike wash, packed saddle bag lunches, road trip maps and in-room storage areas for boots, helmets and heavy riding leathers.

The Iron Horse Hotel is managed by Desires Hotels, a Miami-based hotel management company which provides a wide range of services to both institutional and individual owners of independently branded modern boutique hotels in the United States and Caribbean. The Desires portfolio currently includes the award-winning 93-room Sagamore Hotel and the 87-room condo hotel The Strand Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, FL, the award-winning 76-room San Juan Water & Beach Club Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the 110-room Glenn Hotel in Atlanta, GA and the 229-room Hotel Mela in New York City, NY. For more information about Desires Hotels, call (305) 577-8484 or visit http://www.desireshotels.com/corporate.

Contact:
Brigette Breitenbach, Company B, 414.750.7298;
brigette@companybonline.com

Annie Neyman, Zapwater Communications, 312.943.0333; annie@zapwater.com

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Source: The Iron Horse Hotel