After a 3-year hiatus, this 12 months’s eagerly anticipated social occasion within the {industry} calendar, Hospitality Rocks, triumphantly returned on Friday 13 January in a ‘New York, New York’ themed extravaganza. Over 1,800 excited hospitality professionals attended the sold-out occasion held at Sensible Group’s flagship venue, Evolution London, to have a good time the colourful, dynamic and unified {industry}.
With the hospitality going through ever rising challenges since its emergence from the pandemic, from rail strikes to the cost-of-living disaster, workers shortages and hovering power payments, Hospitality Rocks raised over £24,500 for {industry} charities Springboard and Hospitality Motion. Sensible Group will likely be making an additional donation taking the entire raised to £30,000
Celebration-goers had been taken an immersive journey to the streets of the Massive Apple with a manufacturing of epic proportions. A powerful set up transported visitors to a Broadway road full with Katz Deli diner, an genuine Irish bar and ‘The Yankee’ which paid homage to a downtown New York sports activities bar. Company had been left spellbound by a sequence of excellent leisure performances from industry-leading choreographers all through the night. Singers and dancers dazzled as visitors dined on a decadent banquet from Sensible Group’s award-winning catering arm, Shifting Venue, while acrobats shocked in daring aerial feats.
In 2016, Sensible Group, led by CEO Greg Lawson, launched Hospitality Rocks as a Christmas social gathering for the hospitality and occasions {industry}. Now in its sixth 12 months, the a lot talked about occasion continues to offer {industry} professionals an opportunity to let their hair down and say an enormous ‘thanks’ for all their laborious work.
Greg Lawson commented: “It has been an absolute pleasure to host Hospitality Rocks and to remind ourselves of what an exhilarating {industry} we work in. We’re proud to proceed to boost such a major sum for each Springboard and Hospitality Motion – two extremely worthy charities that proceed to assist our valued employees.
Our {industry} is splendidly numerous with a wealthy tradition stuffed with creativity and dedication. We now have weathered the terrible days of Covid, thrown off the January ‘blues’ and we’re again, larger and higher than ever earlier than. This 12 months was a very show-stopping occasion with distinctive meals and hospitality, showcasing Sensible Group’s capabilities because the best party-throwers on the town.”
Cash was raised by way of a sequence of initiatives together with an public sale, dodgems, with Sensible Group additionally donating £5 of each ticket sale to the charities.
Springboard helps younger individuals obtain their potential and nurtures unemployed individuals of any age into work. It helps alleviate poverty by supporting deprived and below privileged individuals into sustainable employment inside hospitality leisure and tourism.
Hospitality Motion, established in 1837, helps those that presently work or who’ve labored within the {industry} who discover themselves in disaster. The organisation runs a variety of academic seminars for catering college students, offers grants for important objects together with meals, gear and central heating and helps remoted and lonely retired hospitality employees.