HEI Fired by Cornerstone While Dragging Hotel Owner into Line of Fire

September 20, 2012 In December 2010, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors acquired the Embassy Suites hotel from HEI Hospitality, through its Cornerstone Hotel Income & Equity Fund II (CHIEF II). Cornerstone retained HEI as the hotel’s operator despite...

Federal Agency Alleges HEI-Managed Irvine Hotel Broke the Law

Hotel – owned by public employee pension-fund and managed by HEI Hospitality – allegedly fired hotel front-desk agent for union organizing June 4, 2012 IRVINE – A federal agency charged with enforcing labor law has issued a complaint against the...

Former HEI housekeeper Wins $70,000 in Embassy Suites Irvine Settlement

From: Orange County Register By: Samantha Schaefer, March 7, 2012 “A former housekeeper at Embassy Suites Irvine has been awarded a $70,000 settlement in a workers compensation case against the hotel. Maribel Duarte, a Tustin resident and housekeeper...

UNITE HERE Commends Yale’s End To Investments In HEI Hospitality

November, 29 2011 UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers union, commends Yale University for its decision not to reinvest in private-equity hotelier, HEI Hospitality.  Earlier this year, Brown University announced that it will not reinvest in HEI until...

HEI’s Irvine Sweatshop Hotel Fires Dishwasher over Washcloth and Trashed Apple

Feb. 20, 2012 Earlier this month, a janitor and vocal union supporter was fired from the HEI–‐run Embassy Suites in  Irvine for forgetting to remove a washcloth from  his belt and pair of gloves from his uniform pocket after his managers...