Hospitality recruiters covering New York City — the country's largest, most competitive hotel market.
Contingency search for general managers, F&B, and property leadership — across a market with the largest hotel inventory in the country, a meaningful share of it unionized. No retainer, no fee until we deliver a hire.
The densest hotel market in the country — and often a unionized one
New York's hospitality wage premium — nearly $8/hr above the national mean — reflects a market that's both the largest and most competitive in the country for hotel leadership talent. It's also, at many properties, a unionized one: the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, AFL-CIO represents workers across a large share of New York City hotels. That changes what a leadership hire actually needs to know how to do — managing under a collective bargaining agreement is a real, distinct skill set most other U.S. hospitality markets don't require at this scale.
Wage data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, May 2025; national figure from the May 2025 national release.
Not a local staffing agency — a firm that knows what a union property actually requires from its leadership
We don't have a New York office, and we're not a general staffing shop. Arogom Hospitality is a contingency search firm dedicated to hotel and resort leadership — for New York, that means qualifying candidates on labor-relations and CBA experience where a property needs it, alongside the scale and competitiveness the market demands from any GM or department head here.
- Union and non-union property searches, both covered
- No retainer, no upfront fee — pay only on a hire
- Candidates qualified against your property's labor structure before you see them
Property leadership, union or non-union
Have an open role at a New York City property?
Contingency recruiting — you only pay when we deliver a hire.
New York City, specifically
Do you place leadership roles at unionized NYC hotels?
Yes. Many New York City hotels are unionized under the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, AFL-CIO. Leadership hiring at a unionized property calls for labor-relations and collective-bargaining-agreement experience that most other markets don't require as often, and we account for that when we build a candidate slate.
Do you have an office in New York City?
No — Arogom Hospitality is a national contingency search firm, not a local staffing agency. Our recruiters work New York City searches specifically; we're just not tied to a single metro's candidate pool the way a local shop is.
What makes this market different from other metros you work?
Scale and density. New York has the largest hotel inventory in the country and the most competitive market for hospitality leadership talent, reflected in a wage premium well above the national mean. A meaningful share of that inventory is also unionized, which most other U.S. hotel markets aren't at the same scale — a factor that shapes who can step into a GM or department-head role here.
Do you charge a retainer?
No. Arogom Hospitality is contingency-only — there's no retainer and no upfront cost. You only pay a fee if you hire someone we source.
How do I start a search?
Email hello@arogom.com with the role, property, and your timeline, or use the request button on this page — we'll follow up directly.
