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Rockaway Hotel program helps locals seeking hospitality jobs
BY BILL PARRY
bparry@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
Th e operators of Th e Rockaway Hotel
are looking forward to a clean slate following
a lost summer. Th e 53-room hotel on
Beach 108th Street was originally meant
to have its grand opening on Memorial
Day last year, but due to the COVID-
19 pandemic, it was forced to wait until
Labor Day weekend.
Earlier this month, Mayor Bill de Blasio
announced that Rockaway’s public beaches
will open for swimming on Saturday,
May 29, and while visitors will still have
to adhere to coronavirus safety protocols,
those mandates may be relaxed as
more people are vaccinated and the public
health situation improves.
“We were already excited about the
summer 2021 season, and aft er hearing
the mayor announce the opening of NYC
beaches starting Memorial Day weekend,
we are even more thrilled,” Rockaway
Hotel Partner and Chief Social Impact
Offi cer Michi Jigarjian said. “Th is is the
offi cial kickoff to the summer season that
we’ve been anticipating for so long — it
feels like a fresh start for all of us.”
Th e COVID crisis ravaged areas of
south Queens and the economic fallout
made an enormous impact on the
Rockaway peninsula where unemployment
rates are always among the highest
in the borough. As Th e Rockaway
Hotel prepares for the summer season,
it is also launching Th e Hospitality Way,
a new program in partnership with IGC
Hospitality and 7G Group to help educate
and empower the local workforce seeking
jobs in the industry, according to Terence
Tubridy, the founder and managing partner
of IGC Hospitality and the managing
partner of Th e Rockaway Hotel.
“Th e Rockaway community is a pillar
of our hotel,” Tubridy said. “Bringing economic
growth and local job opportunities
is a top priority for us. We recognize
the great talent of our local community
and look forward to having them join our
team to bring true Rockaway hospitality
to our guests.”
Th e six-week Hospitality Way program
will begin Monday, April 26, and will
include classes to help diff erentiate job
positions that comprise hotel and restaurant
businesses and guest speakers from
the hospitality sector to help participants
prepare for the interview process and ultimately
gain employment at Th e Rockaway
Hotel or other partner hospitality sites.
“Growing up in Rockaway, I was fortunate
to have access to work in hospitality,
never thinking it was my eventual career
choice, so we are proud to be able to create
a path in which clothes locally could see
this as a career opportunity,” Tubridy said.
Since 2010, IGC Hospitality has grown
to include more than fi ve venues with
more than 800 employees. Th e Rockaway
Hotel represents an opportunity to contribute
to the revitalization of the local
economy and create more than 100 jobs
that will allow the residential community
to work where they live.
“For years we have been training and
educating the importance of hospitality
and entrepreneurship with our employees,”
said Jeff Brosi, founder and managing
partner of IGC Hospitality and managing
partner of Th e Rockaway Hotel. “We are
now excited to help broaden that message
with people who are seeking growth for
their own careers. We feel education is a
form of empowerment and when you add
in hospitality, it leads to a recipe for success.
Th e Hospitality Way program is set
to openly educate to empower.”
Applicants can visit the Hospitality Way
website to learn more about the program
and start the application progress. For more
information on Th e Rockaway Hotel, visit
therockawayhotel.com.
Photo by Kyle Knodell
As The Rockaway Hotel prepares for its second summer, the operators are starting an initiative to
help local residents seeking employment in the hospitality sector.
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