The complicated history of the Dana Point resort highlights the gyrations of the luxury resort business.

Ohana and San Manuel did not disclose the dollar amount of the investment but noted the tribe has “the option to increase its ownership through one or more future transactions.” The property includes a six-acre private beach club, three swimming pools, and its own 18-hole golf course. The tribe is partnering with Ohana Real Estate Investors, which paid $497 million for the resort in Dana Point in 2020.

The 400-room, five-diamond hotel campus sits across the Pacific Coast Highway from the ocean on 162 acres. San Manuel announced Monday, June 5, that it bought a 40% stake in the Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach Resort & Club in Dana Point. The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, owners of the Yaamava’ casino and hotel in Highland, are gambling on the high-stakes Orange County luxury resort market. (File photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Current pickup locations include Glendale, Monterey Park and Los Angeles. Palms workers voted in April 2018 to unionize with the Culinary Union and Bartenders Union by an 84% majority under its previous operator, Station Casinos, the worst labor law violator in the history of the Nevada gaming industry.Yaamava’ Resort and Casino at San Manuel in Highland resumed its busing program in November 2021. Congratulations to the workers on your new union contract and welcome to the union family!” The Culinary Union is proud to have reached an agreement for a strong union contract at Palms, which protects workers with the union standard we have fought to build and strengthen over 88 years. “The San Manuel Gaming and Hospitality Authority and Palms Casino Resort have done the right thing by respecting their employees and recalling workers back to work with their seniority intact. “We celebrate this historic agreement with Palms, which protects workers with the best health care in Nevada, strong job security, and fair wage increases,” said Ted Pappageorge, secretary-treasurer for the Culinary Union. Workers voted by an overwhelming majority of 95 % to accept the new contract. The contract includes standard union language on worker security regarding subcontracting, safety buttons, sexual harassment, workload, technology and immigration. The new agreement covers guest room attendants, cocktail and food servers, porters, bellmen, cooks, bartenders and stewards. UNITE HERE's Culinary Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165 reached a new agreement with Palms Casino Resort on a first time three-year contract to protect workers with health care benefits, provide fair wages and job security, and to respect the seniority rights for more than 900 employees.

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