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• Oakland gets a taste for gourmet
10.16.2009 Outlet: San Francisco Chronicle When Jeremy Umland was considering opening a second location of his popular San Francisco restaurant, Ozumo, he considered Napa and Walnut Creek. Instead, he decided to follow the money. "Investors and developers, all with a lot more cash to risk • 'Duck' Into Citizen Hotels Grange Restaurant For Some 'Fowl Play' 10.14.2009 Outlet: HotelChatter Where: 926 J St. [map], Sacramento, CA, United States, 95814 October 15, 2009 at 9:19 AM | by EricRosen | 0 Comments When it opened last December, we told you all about the geeky glory of the Citizen Hotel in Sacramento. Now we want to tell • Hotels get creative to cope with hard times 10.12.2009 Outlet: Miami Herald - Online, The Faced with the toughest financial crunch in decades, hotels are moving beyond typical discounts and offering unusual promotions to lure clients and create buzz. The 27-room Crane's BeachHouse in Delray Beach, for example, offers a ''The Bed-in for • I'M ASITTING IN MY OWN PRIVATE CABANA HERE AT THE HOTEL MAYA SWAGO. 10.12.2009 Outlet: KTLA Morning News - KTLA-TV HI, ALLIE. Reporter: GOOD MORNING, YOU GUYS. I'M ASITTING IN MY OWN PRIVATE CABANA HERE AT THE HOTEL MAYA SWAGO. WE'RE GOING TO WIND UP DINE LARESTAURANT WEEK. COMING UP WE'LL SHOW YOU ALL THE APPETIZERS, ENTTRAYS, ALL COMING UP LIVE FROM LONG BEA • In San Francisco, hotel rooms for less than $100 10.09.2009 Outlet: Austin American-Statesman - Online TRAVEL By Helen Anders SAN FRANCISCO The Good Hotel is a good hotel. Its rooms are small and spare but contemporary-cool, and they have everything you need: a bathroom, a safe, TV, free wireless, an iPod dock and clever art. Some rooms are even ai • San Francisco Japantown hotel delivers anime immersion 10.02.2009 Outlet: Los Angeles Times - Online Check into mainstream manga: A Bay Area Best Western rethemed by a boutique hotel chain buzzes with vibrant comic sensibility. Click to Enlarge Three unique restaurants in San Francisco Hotel Guide Restaurant Guide Attraction Guide • HOTELS 10.01.2009 Outlet: Los Angeles Times Infobox Infographic Hoping to keep its 119 rooms filled, Hotel Erwin on Venice Beach is offering an unusual promotion for its countercultural clientele: an Ink and Stay package that includes $100 toward a tattoo and a bottle of tequila to numb • Treating Your Employees Like Honored Guests = Outstanding Customer Service = Business Success 09.30.2009 Outlet: Fast Company - Online FC Expert Blog This blog is written by a member of our expert blogging community and expresses that expert's views alone. Chip Conley, founder and CEO of Joie de Vivre, the largest group of boutique hotels in California, believes in treating hi • Gourmet Stimulus Plan 09.30.2009 Outlet: North Bay Bohemian More than two dozen restaurants are offering $25 prix fixe menus as part of the inaugural Santa Cruz Restaurant Week, Oct. 1-8. Full menus are posted at www.santacruzrestaurantweek.com. Our advice: make reservations. Aptos Sanderling's Oc |
Joie de Vivre Ranked #2 Best Place to Work in Bay Area
San Francisco, May 1, 2008 – Winning out against the big law firms of Fenwick & West and Bingham McCutchen and the tech firms of Sybase Incorporated and Advent Software, Joie de Vivre Hospitality announced today that it was ranked #2 best place to work in the Bay area in the 501-1,500 employees category.
“We have a mantra at Joie de Vivre: People Matter Here,” said Jane Howard, Chief People Officer. “We practice this at all organizational levels, illustrating our commitment to ‘people first’ in everything we do…from our workplace to the communities we operate in throughout California. This allegiance has gained us the highest employee retention levels in the industry.”
In the hospitality sector, the industry employee turnover rate is about 70%. Joie de Vivre has consistently been about a third of the industry average, coming in at around 25%. Joie de Vivre’s seat in the 2nd spot was the highest among its closest competitors Larkspur and Kimpton, awarded the 6th and 7th best places to work, respectively.
There are a number of factors contributing to the higher-than-usual tenure of employees. Recognition of employees and a respect for individuals as ‘whole’ contributors are some of the most compelling reasons people stay. Additionally:
- After three years and every three years thereafter, salaried managers receive a four-week, paid sabbatical; a benefit Joie de Vivre paved the way to create in the hospitality industry.
- An extensive learning and development umbrella, JdV University, that offers opportunities for personal growth like surfing, card-making and hiking in the California redwoods along with extensive professional development of ESL courses and Front Desk Host Academies. Joie de Vivre will invest over $70,000 in employees to learn English as a Second Language in 2008.
This is the third time that Joie de Vivre is ranked among the top 10 best places to work for the greater bay area. Previously, the company has been ranked as the 6th and the 7th best amongst the top 100. This year, the number two designation is a significant testament to how Joie de Vivre has made it a top priority to uphold the unique culture during intense growth at the company.
By March 2009, Joie de Vivre will open and brand more than 11 hotels and eight restaurants throughout California, each with its own distinct identity. Already the state’s largest independent boutique hotelier with 37 properties, the commitment to employees and to sound expansion in California has allowed Joie de Vivre to remain amongst the most successful in its competitive set. To learn more about the company and to seek out the growing employment opportunities, visit (www.jdv.jobs)
About Joie de Vivre
Based in San Francisco, Joie de Vivre (www.jdvhotels.com) is a creative collection of lifestyle businesses. As California's largest independent boutique hotelier, Joie de Vivre encompasses other hospitality businesses such as restaurants and spas. Celebrating 20 years of creating dreams, Joie de Vivre is expanding its California presence in Sacramento, Oakland, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Big Sur, Sunnyvale, Huntington Beach and beyond.
