InterContinental London - The O2 to Boost Local Economy with Over 500 New Job Opportunities

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. January 07, 2015

London - January 6, 2015 - InterContinental's The O2, the new 453-bedroom 18-storey luxury hotel currently in construction as part of a 7.6 acre development scheme on London's Greenwich Peninsula, will create in excess of 500 new job opportunities, boosting the local economy.

Opening late 2015 and featuring huge conference and banqueting space with the ballroom accommodating events for up to 3,000 guests, a luxury spa, rooftop Sky Bar and all-day dining restaurant, the hotel opens up a full range of permanent and flexible employment opportunities, including 350 front and back of house positions and as many as an additional 300 casual roles in banqueting and events.

As part of an active recruitment drive, The Arora Group, responsible for the development, management and operation of the new InterContinental® London - The O2, has committed to filling 40% of the total opportunities available from within the local community, working in close partnership with the Royal Borough of Greenwich, Greenwich University and the Greenwich Local Labour and Business (GLLaB) group to promote opportunities across the borough and attract graduates to the hotel.

The team at The Arora Group is also working with GLLaB to facilitate a dynamic training scheme across all aspects of the recruitment and service delivery. In addition, an Arora apprenticeship scheme is currently under development for its operational departments (incl. engineering) in association with the (GLLaB) and local colleges that specialise in events, marketing, hospitality and tourism.

“As a vital part of the Greenwich Peninsula regeneration project, we see tremendous value in involving the whole community as a key part of our launch programme, and that includes local partners as well as people,” comments Raj Shah, The Arora Group's Commercial Director.

Surinder Arora, CEO and Founder of the Arora Group commented, “The InterContinental® London - The O2 is the most significant new London hotel, of this size and scale, to open in decades. We are committed to working with the local council, local community organisations, universities and colleges to secure the very best talent from those that share our vision and passion to make this hotel, in this exciting destination, compete on the world's stage.”

InterContinental London - The O2 is managed and operated by The Arora Group under a franchise agreement with the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®).

Leah Eser or
Julia Gosling
Davies Tanner
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About Arora Group

One of the UK's fastest growing privately-owned hotel companies, Arora has made a name for itself through the design, construction and operation of luxury hotels, with exceptional levels of hospitality. The group is currently operating 2,838 bedrooms and 114 meeting rooms across 7 hotels: Sofitel London Heathrow & Sofitel London Gatwick (under a franchise agreement with Accor), Renaissance London Heathrow (under a franchise agreement with Marriott), Holiday Inn London Heathrow - T5 (under a franchise agreement with IHG), as well as Arora London Heathrow and Arora London Gatwick/Crawley. Additionally the InterContinental London - The O2, currently under construction and due to open in late 2015 will add an additional 453 bedrooms to the portfolio together with a 3,000 square metre pillar free ballroom, one of the largest in Europe.

The property arm of the Arora Group - Arora Management Services - is involved in property asset management of a portfolio of landmark office buildings at key UK airports. The development arm, trading as Grove Developments has secured an agreement to design and construct four new budget hotels for Premier Inn at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports. Excel Hospitality is another division created in June 2011, to bring in house all food and beverage services that were once provided by an external company.

www.arorainternational.com