Similar to restaurants, hotels also struggle to find workers
Similar to restaurants, hotels also struggle to find workers
If you drive along A1A in Daytona Beach Shores, you will see several help wanted signs outside hotels and resorts.
If you drive along A1A in Daytona Beach Shores, you will see several help wanted signs outside hotels and resorts.
Gray Brown is the owner of Sun Viking Lodge. He said it has been tough for the past four to six weeks as he tries to find help for the busy summer season. It’s been one of the worst years that I can remember in terms of trying to find employees, he said.
DAYTONA BEACH Hiring began this week for the new Big Tuna s Beach Bar & Grill as the beachside eatery gets set to open at the end of this month at Bellair Plaza on A1A.
Less than a mile up the street, renovation work is underway on the former Bonefish Grill to become a new restaurant called Dal Mare Italian Chophouse that is expected to open in June.
But with a growing labor shortage that has caused some area restaurants to reduce operating hours and/or close off some seating sections, can the new eateries find enough workers?
Mike Lucas and Stephen Stavris, the owners of Big Tuna s, are confident that they can fill the 20 to 25 full- and part-time positions they need to be fully operational.
DAYTONA BEACH – In the nearly 40
minutes that quarter-sized hail dumped over parts of the Daytona Beach area late Saturday morning, wide-eyed bikers poured out of their rented rooms and into the parking lot of the Sun Viking Lodge.
They scrambled to to protect their Harley Davidsons and other motorcycles from potential damage as hail pelted them. Hail covered some areas in Daytona Beach Shores more than an inch deep, videos and photos posted on social media showed.
“I don t think anybody had an opportunity to change what they were doing,” said Gary Brown, the owner of the Sun Viking Lodge. “You were either out in it or you were inside. People who were inside their rooms were running outside trying to protect their bikes, but there’s not much you can do in this situation.
DAYTONA BEACH As a young man at the dawn of the 1970s, Allan Brewer had dreams of traveling the world as a commercial airline pilot, a goal that inspired him to move from his family’s home in Baltimore to study at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Instead, he fell in love with Daytona Beach.
In 1975, Brewer helped his family move their successful jewelry business to the World’s Most Famous Beach. More than 45 years later, Brewer and his mother, Chris Evans, still showcase diamonds, gold, antique and period treasures at Evans & Son Fine Jewelers, a Beach Street fixture for decades.
“I always believed in Daytona Beach, for over 50 years now,” said Brewer, 68, seated behind a glass display case filled with gleaming bracelets, rings and other unique trinkets. “I always loved downtown. I always felt that it was an iconic place waiting to happen.”
Family-owned Evans & Sons Fine Jewelers still shines after nearly 50 years in Daytona Beach Jim Abbott, The Daytona Beach News-Journal
Allan Brewer, of Evans & Son Fine Jewelers, talks about the shop s Daytona Beach history
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DAYTONA BEACH As a young man at the dawn of the 1970s, Allan Brewer had dreams of traveling the world as a commercial airline pilot, a goal that inspired him to move from his family’s home in Baltimore to study at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Instead, he fell in love with Daytona Beach.
In 1975, Brewer helped his family move their successful jewelry business to the World’s Most Famous Beach. More than 45 years later, Brewer and his mother, Chris Evans, still showcase diamonds, gold, antique and period treasures at Evans & Son Fine Jewelers, a Beach Street fixture for decades.