The Asbury Collection, which is comprised of The Asbury hotel, Asbury Ocean Club and Asbury Lanes, is hosting a job fair for various positions on Thursday, April 28 from 3-7 pm at The Asbury Hotel, located at 210 Fifth Avenue. Open roles include sales manager, guest service agent, front office manager, groundskeeper, bartender, line cooks and more. To view […]

The Asbury hotel begins its road back from the Covid-19 pandemic with a reopening for room reservations starting on June 25.  “The Asbury will reopen for hotel room reservations on June 25th with limited availability,” said David Bowd, founder and chief executive of Salt Hotels, which operates the hotel for waterfront redeveloper iStar.  “We will […]

Asbury Park gets an Aussie moment for a good cause this Sunday afternoon, January 12, with the “Greetings from AUSbury Park” benefit at Asbury Lanes to benefit those impacted by the devastating Australian Wildfires.  Doors open at 3 pm for an “Australian Afternoon” with Australian food, games, drinks and trivia. Cost is $20 at the […]

A member of the Asbury Park community was fatally struck by a New Jersey Transit train in the early Monday morning hours. Brian Holland, 37, was struck and fatally injured near 2:20 am Monday at the Sunset Avenue crossing, NJ Transit spokesman Nathan Rudy. There were no passengers aboard the Long Branch bound train. “This […]

The renovated Asbury Lanes has a projected opening for Memorial Day weekend, and waterfront redeveloper iStar has released renderings and details of the project. Istar, which is also the majority owner of The Asbury hotel adjacent to Asbury Lanes, is keeping the site as a live music and bowling venue. Because of the condition of […]

Gov. Chris Christie will visit Asbury Park’s new hotel – The Asbury – Friday afternoon. The second term Republican governor will spend the afternoon on walk through Ocean Grove’s downtown business district before his 2 p.m. visit to the city’s first new hotel in over 50 years. Located one block away from the waterfront in […]

With an anticipated growth in beach patrons, Asbury Park officials are moving forward with plans to make beach access available through a smart phone APP. A request for proposal [RFP] has been issued for an electronic beach badge systems, according to a city news release. A downloadable App currently exists for its parking utility, allowing […]

Workforce development became a part of the municipal conversation almost as soon as the Mayor and Council took office last year. On Saturday, a part of that conversation was realized when as 110 area residents – 90 percent of them from Asbury Park and Neptune, graduated from hotelier David Bowd’s Salt School. “I want to […]

Larhea Childress, a 15-year-old Asbury Park High School student readying for her first job, graduated Saturday morning from the SALT school. “The hospitality industry is one of the largest things that helps people on a daily basis,” Childress said after receiving her diploma. As part of the school district’s Career and College Readiness program, Childress […]

Applications are due by February 15 to attend the 10 week “Salt School” — a training and educational opportunity for those seeking to work in the hotel industry. The classes, to be held on Saturdays starting February 20, will be offered for free by David Bowd, a leading industry figure and the operator of “The […]