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Revamped Fontainebleau To Reopen In Miami Beach

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Oct 27, 2008 11:41 pm US/Eastern

Revamped Fontainebleau To Reopen In Miami Beach

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MIAMI BEACH (CBS4) ― The re-opening of a South Florida Hotel is attracting a lot of attention and hopefully a lot of tourists. The Fontainebleau is opening its doors and opening up more than 2,000 jobs for South Florida families.

"It's good to be a little bit nervous," said Elsa Hodt to CBS4's Jorge Estevez about applying for the job. 

Hodt's nerves paid off. She got the job at the new Fontainebleau Miami Beach. Made up of four towers, the newest addition will be the Chateau, the most popular tower known since the 1950's

"I am so lucky to be here and get my job and get my salary and have so I can live and have a good life for sure," said Hodt. The opening in mid November comes at a time when South Florida families need jobs. Once it fully opens, Fontainebleau will become Miami Beaches largest employer, just recently hiring more than 2,000 people.

And like Hodt, so many people have come to the Fontainebleau's recruitment center looking for a job. We checked and found out 25,000 people have come apply for a job since May.

Howard Karawan, the company's C.O.O., explained how the hotel started hiring people in May to prepare for massive crowds expected to flock to the iconic resort known around the world. That is a good thing, because international tourists are a strong component of our local economy,

"We expect 250 thousand different people to stay here though the year, but we anticipate a million people walking through here a year," said Howard Karawan.

And a million tourists will drop a pretty penny into our pockets, great news for our tourism during these tough times and let's not forget the employees who also need the cash.

"I am definitely spending my time when I go out to Publix or Whole Foods to buy food or clothes or anything to buy fuel for the car. My salary is used, every penny," said Hodt.

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