Media contact:  Tanya Domi, tdomi@gc.cuny.edu, 212-817-7283

 

Graduate Center Issues Report on NYC Hotel Industry and Jobs

 

WHAT: The Graduate Center, CUNY to release a new study detailing employment trends in New York City's thriving hotel sector (including rate of growth, pay and diversity of workforce). New York City’s Traveler Accommodation Industry: A Guide for Education and Workforce Professionals Report, prepared for Deputy Mayors Gibbs and Steel and Schools’ Chancellor Walcott, and the Workforce Collaborative of New York City, will be discussed by tourism and labor officials.   

 

WHO: Lesley Hirsch, The Graduate Center and Director, The New York City Labor Market Information Service (NYCBLMIS), report co-author;  

Ronnie Kauder, Senior Associate, NYCBLMIS, report author;

Kimberly Spell, Chief Communications Officer, NYC & Company;

Joshua Gold, Political Director, Hotel and Motel Trades Council (TBC)

 

WHEN: Wednesday, March 13, 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.

 

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Martin Segal Theater

365 Fifth Avenue and 34^th Street, Manhattan

 

SPONSOR: The Graduate Center’s Center for Urban Research, New York City Employment & Training Coalition

 

MEDIA: Media must RSVP to Tanya Domi, Director of Media Relations at tdomi@gc.cuny.edu, 212-817-7283. Hard copies of the report will be available on location. A PDF of the report will be available upon request.