Making Queens Feel Like Home

Making Queens Feel Like Home; LaGuardia is Training the Next Generation of Hospitality Professionals

June 17, 2019

Last month’s grand opening of the TWA Hotel at JFK Airport was the most anticipated hotel opening in the borough in decades, but Queens is adding new hotel rooms at a fast pace. Today, there’s over 100 hotels in the borough, according to Professor James Giordano.

“Long island City is booming and the airport hotels are doing well,” he told This Is Queensborough during a break from one of his classes. “It’s a major contributor to the borough’s economy in terms of taxes and employment opportunities.”