1.   Miami is left with pleasant memories, a few lingering hangovers and hordes of exhausted hospitality workers.

2.   Opportunities for advancement are plentiful, and hospitality workers often stay with the business because they develop a passion for it.

3.   Some of the new hires are expected to come from the ranks of hospitality industry workers living in the Valley.

4.   The search for hospitality workers is going on all over the nation, where a robust economy is siphoning workers from low-level jobs.

5.   This includes a campaign to unionize hospitality workers here, where hotel profits swell around this time each year as Mardi Gras nears.