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  • Cornell Team Wins Real Estate Case Competition

    November 24, 2009

    Six undergraduate students from the Cornell School of Hotel Administration took first place in the inaugural Cornell Real Estate Case Competition on Nov. 12 at the TIAA-CREF headquarters in New York C

  • Cornell General Managers Program Scholarship Announced

    October 09, 2009

    The Cornell School of Hotel Administration is pleased to announce a new scholarship for its General Managers Program (GMP). Three scholarships worth $3,000 each will be awarded to applicants to attend

  • Cornell Authors Update Management Contract Research

    April 16, 2009

    The current terms and sources of bargaining power for owners and managers are highlighted in the newest edition of The Negotiation and Administration of Hotel Management Contracts, by James J. Eyster

  • operations strategies

    February 03, 2009

    The Cornell University School of Hotel Administration today announced Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) as the newest member in the school’s corporate strategic alliance program. As a

  • Cornell Professor Tallies the Value of Integrity

    October 06, 2008

    Contact:  Glenn Withiam, 607.255.3025, grw4@cornell.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Cornell Professor Tallies the Value of Integrity ----Simons Study Finds “Integrity Dividend” in Hotel...

  • Introducing the Office of External Affairs

    September 11, 2008

    In addition to Jon Denison, the Office of External Affairs has welcomed seven other permanent staff members this year to a variety of new and vacant positions.

  • Improve Your Listening, Improve Your Service

    August 14, 2008

    Contact:  Glenn Withiam, 607.255.3025, grw4@cornell.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Improve Your Listening, Improve Your Service Cornell Tool Shows Managers How to Be Better Listeners Ithaca, NY,...

  • Cornell Hotel School launches The Innovation Network

    June 10, 2008

    How do you capture liquor inventory to the last drop? Create the healthiest environment in your guest room? Interpret data to optimize revenue? Some 100 hospitality industry leaders got the answers

  • Cornell Roundtable Joins Labor with Management

    May 29, 2008

    Contacts:  Jennifer Macera, 607.255.3101, js372@cornell.edu   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Cornell Roundtable Joins Labor with Management - Discussion Focuses on Law’s Effects on Union ...

  • Cornell Roundtable Looks at Local Food Sources

    November 02, 2007

    Contact:  Glenn Withiam, 607.255.3025, grw4@cornell.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Cornell Roundtable Looks at Local Food Sources Ithaca, NY, November 2, 2007– Restaurants at all levels are ...

  • Cornell Quarterly Features Case Study on Cuba

    October 29, 2007

    Contact:  Glenn Withiam , 607.255.3025, grw4@cornell.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Cornell Quarterly Features Case Study on Cuba Focus Is on Potential Involvement of the U.S. Hospitality Industry...

  • Cornell Offers Intercultural Exercise for Hoteliers

    July 18, 2007

    Contact:  Glenn Withiam, 607.255.3025, grw4@cornell.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Cornell Offers Intercultural Exercise for Hoteliers Ithaca, NY, July 18, 2007– Cornell University is makin...

  • Cornell Study Unlocks Hidden Costs of Turnover

    December 11, 2006

    Glenn Withiam, 607.255.3025; grw4@cornell.edu; Cydney Peters, 607.255.8698; chp4@cornell.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Cornell Study Unlocks Hidden Costs of Turnover Innovative Web-based Survey Allow...

  • Cornell Study: Promote Wines, Not Prices

    December 04, 2006

    Glenn Withiam, 607.255.3025; grw4@cornell.edu; Cydney Peters, 607.255.8698; chp4@cornell.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Promoting Wine Sales May Be As Simple As A Table Tent Promotion Must Be Paired ...

  • World-Class Chefs to Perform at Cornell Hotel School

    February 15, 2006

    Contact: Cydney Peters, 607.255.8698, chp4@cornell.edu Ithaca, NY, (February 15, 2006)- A select number of Cornell Hotel School students will work side-by-side with three distinguished chefs this sem...

  • Cornell Hotel School Expands Partnership with Cendant

    January 27, 2006

    Contact:Cydney Peters, 607-255-8698, chp4@cornell.edu ITHACA, N.Y. (January 27, 2006) – The School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University today announced a partnership with Cendant Hotel...

  • Thomas Gisler Named Executive Chef at Statler Hotel

    April 22, 2005

    Media contact: Cydney Peters Tel: 607.255.8698 Email: chp4@sha.cornell.edu Ithaca, NY, April 22, 2005 - Thomas Gisler has been appointed Executive Chef at Cornell University's Statler Hotel & ...

  • Chef Hartman to leave the Cornell Hotel School

    December 21, 2004

    Ithaca, N.Y., December 21, 2004 -- Craig Hartman, executive chef at the Cornell Hotel School, has announced his plans to leave the School after Reunion weekend in June 2005. A search for his success...

  • MEET MMH REPRESENTATIVES NEAR YOU!

    August 31, 2004

    World MBA Tour:  The following is a list of site locations and dates for the September 2004 Top MBA Tour at which you can speak with a representative of Cornell University’s MMH P...

  • Dalton named Sales Manager at The Statler Hotel

    May 14, 2004

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bill Summers, 607.255.4611, wcs7@cornell.edu Ithaca, N.Y., May 12, 2004 – Alycia M. Dalton has been named sales manager at Cornell University’s Statler Hot...

  • Faculty Researchers Win

    June 24, 2003

    NEWS FROM CORNELL'S School of Hotel Administration - Faculty Researchers Win Awards Dean David Butler Announces 2003 Faculty Research Award Winners The School of Hotel Administration at Corne...

  • Appointments and Promotions

    May 21, 2003

    Walter C. Williams was recently appointed the director of development and alumni affairs at the School of Hotel Administration, effective March 1, 2003. He has substantial experience in fundraising a...

  • Master Class in the City of Lights

    May 21, 2003

    The Venetian (Las Vegas Sands, Inc.), The Bellagio (MGM Mirage) and Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. hosted 33 students for the weekend of January 3-5, providing guest rooms, meeting space and several mea...

  • SHA Students Raise a Glass to Further Knowledge

    May 21, 2003

    Drinking beer may seem synonymous with the college experience, but it is usually not equated with the classroom. This changed in 1999 when Anheuser-Busch generously sponsored the SHA Seminar in Qualit...

  • Wine Picks for Spring

    May 21, 2003

    After this past winter most of us are looking forward to springtime. The flowers blooming and grass greening up give a freshness and renewal to our spirits. This makes me think of wines with some ...

  • CHR Welcomes Five New Advisory Board Members

    May 21, 2003

    Five new members have joined the advisory board of The Center for Hospitality Research. They are: · Craig Lambert '72, SVP, Brand Management, Marriott Hotels, Resorts, and Suites · G...

  • Johnny Got the Gold!

    May 21, 2003

    Hotel School MMH students Mark Kuperman and Tony Dellamano beat over 100 entrepreneurial concepts and won first place in the Big Red Venture Fund competition to help start-up their fried-apple dreams!...

  • Certification in Foodservice Management ONLINE

    May 09, 2003

    Executive Education Launches its Second Online Certification In February, The Hotel School and eCornell began launching their second sequence of online courses - this time in the area of food &...

  • News from Cornell's CHR - On Hotel Discounting

    April 23, 2003

    Hotel room discounting doesn't increase hotel revenues or drive business, Cornell study shows ITHACA, N.Y. - Hotel operators have often discounted their room rates during slow times, in the belief t...

  • Awards

    February 24, 2003

    Hotel School professors Gary Thompson and Tim Hinkin won Honorable Mention for the Decision Sciences Institute's 2002 Best Application Paper Award for their paper entitled, "ScheduleExpert: Creating t...

  • Faculty Publications

    February 24, 2003

    Professor Dennis Reynolds' new book, On-site Foodservice Management - A Best Practices Approach (Wiley & Sons), has just been released. Reflecting research of more than 3,000 international on-site...

  • Students Get The Inside Scoop

    February 19, 2003

    The Collegiate chapter of the Cornell Hotel Society (alumni organization) brings industry leaders to the Hotel School for informal roundtables giving students to get the inside scoop from industry lea...

  • Connecting Students with Industry

    February 19, 2003

    While many businesses are represented at our annual career fair, many companies and individuals have found other ways to keep in touch with the Hotel School graduating seniors. One example is the trem...

  • Fresh Relationship with Fresh City

    February 19, 2003

    Mr. Larry Reinstein '77, president and chief executive of Fresh Concepts LLC., is the "Industry Friend" of Rhapsody, the student-run restaurant in the Terrace at the Statler Hotel, offering "fresh foo...

  • Johnny Applestix - the latest Cornell Spin Off

    February 19, 2003

    Imagine apples cut and prepared like a French fries, lightly fried in canola oil, tossed in a special blend that has hints of cinnamon and sugar with dipping sauces like creamy vanilla and caramel ora...

  • The Charmer-Sunbelt Endowment for Hospitality Research

    December 24, 2002

    We are immensely pleased to announce the founding of The Charmer-Sunbelt Endowment for Hospitality Research at The School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University. As a family-owned and operat...

  • On the Road with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

    December 19, 2002

    In support of Cornell University's New Student Book Project, the Nestle Library has created an exhibit called "On the Road with Mary Shelley's Frankestein," displayed in the front hallway of the libra...

  • News from Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research

    November 22, 2002

    Premier hospitality journal's new editor offers tips on how to get published in the Cornell HRA Quarterly ITHACA, N.Y. - Michael Sturman, an associate professor of human resources management at Corne...

  • Cornell Hotel School Faculty in the News

    November 21, 2002

    Health plan for hospitality staff By Dawn Bryant The Sun News A new insurance plan could make it easier for hospitality workers to get health care by offering them discounted drugs and reimburs...

  • News from Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research

    October 15, 2002

    New alliance will produce studies to help improve bottom line for hotels ITHACA, N.Y. - What makes some hotel companies more profitable than others? Do strategies for investing in employees actually ...

  • Hotel School faculty in the news

    October 03, 2002

    *The Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 2 - "People are beginning to think twice about ordering a tub of Coke and a trough of fries," says Hotel School professor Dennis Reynolds in an article about sta...

  • The CHR Involves Industry Players

    October 02, 2002

    Industry interest in The Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell continues to expand, as measured by the growing number of partners and friends of the Center, as well as statistics from the CHR web...

  • GO ONLINE WITH THE HOTEL SCHOOL AND eCORNELL

    October 02, 2002

    PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM NOW AVAILABLE In July, The Hotel School and eCornell debuted the first of a series of six online courses that lead to a certification in Essentials of Hospitality...

  • MEET MMH REPRESENTATIVES!

    September 20, 2002

    MBA FORUMS: The following is a list of site locations and dates for the October 2002 MBA Forums of the Graduate Management Admission Council at which you can speak with a representative of Cornell Uni...

  • News from Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research

    September 16, 2002

    For latest hospitality industry research - including aftershocks of 9/11 on hotels, airlines - see this Cornell Hotel School web site ITHACA, N.Y. - How have hotels responded to the industry crisis t...

  • News from Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research

    September 16, 2002

    U.S. airport hotels are safest, most secure, Cornell expert finds ITHACA, N.Y. - People who worry about traveling and spending time in public places may be relieved to learn that most U.S. hotels are...

  • Teaching Hotel at Cornell appoints new GM

    September 09, 2002

    Mr. Richard Adie '75 has been appointed as general manager of the Statler Hotel, effective July 1, 2002. Upon earning his BS degree from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University in 197...

  • Hostline rates going up

    September 09, 2002

    In order to meet increased costs for personnel, equipment and materials, Hostline Research, a service provided by the Nestle Library for non-Cornell clients, is raising its rates (as of August 26, 200...

  • New Addition to Development Office

    July 02, 2002

    Meg Overstrom joined the Hotel School's development team on April 1, 2002 as public affairs officer. Meg comes to the Hotel School from Cornell's regional alumni program, where she distinguished h...

  • 60% of Hotel School grads go into Operations

    July 02, 2002

    With more career options than ever being presented to Hotel School grads, the majority, 60%, are still choosing operations. While the number of grads entering operations is declining due to the attrac...

  • Faculty and Hotel Execs.

    July 02, 2002

    A candid dialogue targeted for the classroom In February, a team of Hotel School professors visited the Four Seasons in Toronto in order to fully understands issues that are currently faced by indust...

  • Cornell visits Corporate (Fairmont Hotels and Resorts)

    July 02, 2002

    The Fairmont Corporate Office welcomed nine Masters of Management in Hospitality students from Ithaca, NY - based Cornell University last January for a two week unpaid internship. The interns worked o...

  • Professor Steven A. Mutkoski's Summer Value Wine Picks

    June 28, 2002

    Warm weather, fresh fish and shellfish, or barbequed chicken and beef with fresh garden vegetables and great company. All that is missing is the wine. Here are a few of my summer favorites that shou...

  • CHS Roundtable Program

    June 28, 2002

    Student and Alumni Networking at its Best The CHS Roundtable program is a relaxed forum designed to give students the opportunity to engage themselves in interactive discussion with visiting alumni. ...

  • Cornell's Teaching Hotel Installs Top Line Profit

    June 28, 2002

    On April 4, 2002, The Statler Hotel went live with its new revenue management software, Top Line Profit, from OPUS 2 Revenue Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of MICROS Systems Inc., the world's leadin...

  • The Beck Center Expansion Project Unveiled

    May 03, 2002

    Visit The Beck Center Web Site. The Cornell School of Hotel Administration has long been the standard by which all other hospitality education programs are measured. From its humble beginnings in wha...

  • Burton "Skip" Sack '61 joins Hotel School

    April 11, 2002

    Burton M. "Skip" Sack '61Former Executive V.P., Applebee's The Hotel School at Cornell University is very excited to announce that Burton "Skip" Sack, '61, former executive vice president of Appleb...

  • Minority Entrepreneurship Scholarship Awarded

    April 09, 2002

    The IFA (International Franchise Association) Educational Foundation announced recently the award of its first "Minority Entrepreneurs Scholarship" to Christina M. Lofton, who is a student enrolled in...

  • Developing the Full Picture on Hotel Industry Averages

    April 09, 2002

    News from Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research, Ithaca, N.Y. Press Release: 12/21/01 Hotel operators and observers often employ industry-wide averages as key points of comparison and analysis ...

  • CHS Collegiate Chapter Roundtable

    April 01, 2002

    Article submitted by: Deja Goldstein - Dir of Marketing, CHS,CC The Cornell Hotel Society, Collegiate Chapter The CHS Roundtable program has proved to be extremely beneficial to the Cornell Hotel ...

  • CHR Quarterly wins prestigious Emerald Award

    April 01, 2002

    The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly has just received an Emerald Golden Page Award for making research on the hospitality industry both usable and accessible to practitioners. Th...

  • CHS Research Agenda Essential, Say Industry Sponsors

    April 01, 2002

    "We are pleased to be a sponsor of The Center for Hospitality Research, because it is important to support industry research." Those words from Michael Doyle echo the enthusiasm expressed by the new p...

  • MMH Master Class Comments

    March 22, 2002

    Summary Comments MMH Master Class - Luxury Brand Management January 1-4, 2002 Peninsula Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, California Each industry executive was asked why he was willing to participat...

  • Spring 2002 MMH Team Project Announced

    March 13, 2002

    We are very pleased to announce that the Spring 2002 MMH Team Project is beginning to unfold. This year's project deals with a frequent business problem, namely how does the company proceed, and on ...

  • Newly Re-designed MMH Industry Mentorship Program

    February 06, 2002

    Our MMH Industry Mentorship Program matches an MMH student to a hospitality industry executive for the summer between the first and second year of the MMH program. Based in the same geograph...

  • M.M.H. Holiday Closing

    January 02, 2002

    Holiday Closing Our office will be closing for the holidays on Friday, December 21, 2001. We will reopen on Tuesday, January 2, 2002. If you are applying for Fall 2002 admission, please b...

  • Introducing the New MMH Master Classes

    December 20, 2001

    Inspired by Maria Callas' Master Classes at The Juilliard School, the MMH program has introduced a signature version of Master Classes. MMH Master Classes are seminars focused on a specific industry ...

  • Windows of Hope Event A Great Success

    November 08, 2001

    Over this year's 2001 Homecoming Weekend, the Hotel School helped raise over $25,000 towards the Windows of Hope Family Relief Fund. A Benefit Dinner on Sunday evening October 14, served as the...

  • MEET MMH REPRESENTATIVES!

    November 02, 2001

    MBA FORUMS: The following is a list of site locations and dates for the October 2001 MBA Forums of the Graduate Management Admission Council at which you can speak with a representative of Cornell Un...

  • Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series Fall 2001

    November 01, 2001

    August 31Dr. David W. ButlerDeanSchool of Hotel Administration September 7Mr. J.T. KuhlmanFormer President and CEOInterContinental September 14Panel on terrorism and how it effects the travel indu...

  • Windows of Hope Relief Fund

    October 17, 2001

    To Alumni and Friends of the Cornell Hotel School: In the aftermath of the recent terrorist attacks, we felt it necessary to update the Hotel School family regarding our alumni and the School...

  • Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series 2001: August 31

    October 01, 2001

    Dean David W. Butler Dean David W. Butler launched his second Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series season with a presentation focusing on the rise of the modern hosptality industry and the career o...

  • Center for Hospitality Research names research fellows

    October 01, 2001

    Newly designated fellows of the Center for Hospitality Researcfor the 2001-02 academic year are professors Judy Brownell, Linda Canina, Steven Carvell, Scott Gibson, Michael Lynn, Daniel Quan, Dennis ...

  • Hotel School students win Statler scholarships

    October 01, 2001

    Perez Ford Hotel School students Gilda Perez '02 and Jay Ford MMH'02 have been named winners of the Statler Scholarship of Excellence, awarded by the Statler Foundation, established under the ...

  • Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series 2001: September 7

    October 01, 2001

    J.T. Kuhlman In a lecture that Dean David W. Butler described as "heartfelt advice, plainly stated, but sophisticated in concept," J.T. Kuhlman, President The Americas, Inter-Continental Hotel...

  • Snow publishes Guide to Report Writing

    October 01, 2001

    How to succeed in report writing is the focus of a new paperback reference book, Guide to Report Writing, co-authored by Hotel School Senior Lecturer in Managerial Communication Craig C. Snow and ...

  • Dev research wins top CHRIE award

    October 01, 2001

    Associate Professor of Marketing & Tourism Chekitan S. Dev has won the W. Bradford Wiley Memorial Research Award, presented by the Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (CH...

  • Student and Parent Reception - Memphis

    September 14, 2001

    - - Cancelled - - "A window into the exciting world of hospitality business management" Hosted by: Don Bishop Associate Dean of Students and Enrollment Management Learn more about C...

  • Student and Parent Reception - Dallas

    August 27, 2001

    "A window into the exciting world of hospitality business management" Hosted by: Don Bishop Associate Dean of Students and Enrollment Management Learn more about Cornell's School of Ho...

  • Pickel Scholarship: Lasting Legacy,

    July 09, 2001

    Helen Pickel has known her share of surprises. As the spouse of an international hotel executive, you never know when the occasion will arise to pack your bags, travel to distant lands and encount...

  • Leo Renaghan named Academic Associate Dean

    July 09, 2001

    Associate Professor Leo M. Renaghan has been named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, succeeding Professor Judi Brownell, who will return to the Communication Area faculty this fall. Profess...

  • HEC76: More than just F&B

    July 09, 2001

    . An HEC innovative experience: Joe Pine, coauthor of The Experience Economy, presents Experience Innovations, in the Statler Hotel's J.W. Marriott Center auditorium. Photo by Charles Harrington ...

  • Jan deRoos elected HVS International Professor

    July 09, 2001

    . Associate Professor of Property-Asset Management Jan deRoos has been named the the HVS International Professor of Hotel Finance and Real Estate. Professor deRoos's election by the Cornell Uni...

  • Major gift grows Green House Scholarship fund

    July 09, 2001

    "A superb and lasting tribute." Mr. Chiaki Tanuma '80 and Dean David W. Butler in the Green House Company office in Tokyo. The Green House Hospitality Scholarship for Asian Careers has receiv...

  • School of Hotel Administration Honors and Awards

    July 09, 2001

    Teaching Excellence Awards: Overall Teacher of the Year Assistant Professor David Sherwyn Freshman-and-Sophomore Teacher of the Year Associate Professor Dennis Ferguson Junior-a...

  • CHR welcomes Managing Director Joe Strodel

    July 09, 2001

    Filling the newly created position of Man-aging Director of the Center for Hospitality Research, Joe Strodel brings more than 16 years of management experience in marketing, financial services and...

  • Hotel School awards diplomas to Class of 2001

    July 09, 2001

    Stephen P. Weisz '72 and Dean David W. Butler lead the Hotel School Class of 2001 procession in the diploma ceremony at Barton Hall. Photo by Robert Barker The School of Hotel Administrat...

  • 2001 Guest Chefs Series celebrates culinary diversity

    April 10, 2001

    Chef Janos Wilder directs Hotel School students in planning dinner preparations for guests in Banfi's restaurant, during his March 11th appearance in the 2001 Guest Chefs Series. Photo by Nicola Kou...

  • Craig Hartman, Sr. named Statler Hotel Executive Chef

    April 10, 2001

    The Statler Hotel has a new Executive Chef. Craig Hartman, Sr., a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America,comes to Cornell from The Cliff House @ Pikes Peak, Manitou Springs, Colorado, whe...

  • Hotel School deans speak at Tokyo's Waseda University

    April 10, 2001

    Faculty and students of Waseda University in Tokyo will hear commentaries on the global hospitality industry and higher education for hospitality professionals in a pair of Feb. 6 lectures by Dr. Davi...

  • Education takes center stage at HEC 76

    April 10, 2001

    HEC76 Managing Direcrtor Scott Weisz '01 (r) and Publicity & Education Director Allen Weiss in the J.W. Marriott Executive Education Center, site of HEC educational programs. Photo by Robert Bar...

  • Hotel School deans' tour

    April 09, 2001

    Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore are the centerpiece destinations for Dean David W. Butler and Prof. Thomas P. Cullen, Associate Dean for Industry and International Relations, on an upcoming w...

  • Restaurant Executives lead F&B Management Seminars

    April 09, 2001

    Food and beverage management students in the Master of Management in Hospitality (MMH) program are getting a bonus this semester: a Multi-Unit Restaurant Growth Seminar series presenting guest lect...

  • Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series 2000: November 3

    March 09, 2001

    Roger G. Hill II '87 The Gettys Group: How to Make a Bundle "We had a vision that we could create a business that would bundle a series of services and also truly understand the people we'...

  • Buy Hotel School Merchandise Online

    February 10, 2001

    The Hotel Graduate Student Organization (HGSO) has created a website where you can purchase Hotel School shirts, hats and other merchandise online. Check it out at: http://www.adminders.com/hotelschoo...

  • David P. Hanlon '66 named Executive in Residence

    February 07, 2001

    The Hotel School proudly announces the appointment of David P. Hanlon '66 as Executive in Residence for the Spring 2001 term. Dave Hanlon is recognized as a leader in the casino industry with...

  • Exploring a World of opportunities at Career Day 2000

    February 07, 2001

    A presentation of the Hotel School's Career Services Office Senior Associate Isabel Claver '97 discusses career opportunities with Guido Salvatore MMH'01 at the PricewaterhouseCoopers booth at ...

  • ARDA research conference examines branding

    February 07, 2001

    Richard Ragatz presents a chronological overview of the vacation ownership industry at the Cornell ARDA Research Conference. Executives of major resort development firms converged on the Statler ...

  • Zoho sponsors Strategic Management Contest

    February 07, 2001

    Professor Cathy Enz and the Zoho Corporation executive team that judged the Strategic Management Contest, (left to right) David Rowe, Vice President of Business Development, Victor Vesnaver '84, D...

  • Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series: October 20

    November 22, 2000

    Mr. John A. Griswold '71 Griswold + Tishman + e + 1 "We didn't sit down and say, 'Let's form a company that's going to own lots of hotels.' We didn't have that much foresight at the time. We...

  • Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series 2000: August 25

    November 22, 2000

    Dean David Butler Hospitality: The Industry and the Legacy "Hospitality is a foundation stone of civilization. The code and the facilities of hospitality enabled progress in commerce and ...

  • Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series: October 20

    November 22, 2000

    Mr. John A. Griswold '71 Griswold + Tishman + e + 1 "We didn't sit down and say, 'Let's form a company that's going to own lots of hotels.' We didn't have that much foresight at the time. We...

  • Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series 2000: October 6

    November 22, 2000

    Steven R. Goldman '83 The Starwood Story: Part I "Be bold, take some risks, work hard, and achieve your vision." - Steven R. Goldman '83 The October 6 Dean's Distinguished Lecture fea...

  • Invitation to M.M.H. Reception in NYC

    November 10, 2000

    The Hotel School at Cornell University is hosting a reception in New York City for prospective applicants to the Master of Management in Hospitality (M.M.H.) program. We cordially invite you to join ...

  • Earn C.E.U.'s during PDP

    September 18, 2000

    Attention all PDP Participants who are U.S. Residents: Earn CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS during the Professional Development Program Take advantage of the opportunity to complete your Continuing E...

  • Help Needed! Career Fair 2000

    September 12, 2000

    Greetings from Cornell Career Services! The Cornell Career Fair and Minority Career Forum, which attracts over 250 employers represented by 500-600 recruiters from around the country and all career...

  • Foreign Service Written Examination

    August 31, 2000

    Register On-line Now The exam will be held at over 400 locations both domestically and overseas on Saturday, November 4, 2000. The registration deadlines are September 22, 2000, for Foreign Test Ce...

  • PDP Alumni Named

    August 30, 2000

    The Cornell Hotel School is proud that three of its Professional Development Program (PDP) alumni are among the hospitality executives recently announced by Hotels magazine as candidates for the Hotel...

  • Hotelies add exSITEment to kids' reading program

    August 30, 2000

    Hotelie Allan Weiss '01 and Lindsay Donaire (ILR '01) unveil their web page creation to the tune of oohs and aahs from delighted second graders at the Newfield Ele-mentary School. Cornell undercl...

  • The MMH Industry Mentorship Program 2000

    August 30, 2000

    Sponsoring Companies and Their Mentoring Executives All first-year candidates for the Master of Management in Hospitality (MMH) degree team up with an industry executive for a two-week mentorship dur...

  • MMH chalks up successful Charity Auction

    August 30, 2000

    It's not often that you report a story about a successful public event whose organizers say, "We don't want to acknowledge anybody's leadership, and no one's in charge anyway." Yet that's the surpr...

  • HSMAI makes news

    August 30, 2000

    For HSMAI the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International the New Year is the turning point in a busy academic year that began last fall. HSMAI's raffle raised funds for trips. Th...

  • HSMAI reports full slate of spring activities

    August 30, 2000

    HSMAI, the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International, has had a busy-and educational-semester! In February, HSMAI president and CEO Bob Gilbert '82 visited Cornell for a presentation ...

  • PDP's Link to Award Nominee's

    August 30, 2000

    CORNELL HOTEL SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ALUMNI NAMED "HOTELIER OF THE WORLD" NOMINEES The Cornell Hotel School is proud that three of its Professional Development Program (PD...

  • Chef Daniel Boulud Caps All-Star Guest Chefs Season

    August 28, 2000

    HELPING HANDS. Chef Daniel Boulud prepares his specialties with eager assistance from Hotelies in the Guest Chefs class. Trust Hotelies to come up with a pat answer to the question, "Wh...

  • Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series Fall 2000

    August 27, 2000

    August 25 Dr. David W. Butler Dean School of Hotel Administration September 1 Mr. Michael Jannini Executive Vice President for Brand Management Marriott Hotels, Resorts & Suites Washington, ...

  • New display in the Nestle Library

    August 21, 2000

    A Century of Solidarity and Hospitality Reference librarian Lori Micho, with the help of student assistant Ellen Poch, has mounted a display of union memorabilia and photographs of the Hotel Employee...

  • David W. Butler named dean of Cornell Hotel School

    August 14, 2000

    ITHACA, N.Y. - David W. Butler, who has served as associate dean of executive education since 1993, has been named the Hotel School's new dean. Dr. Butler's nomination was announced by Cornell Univer...

  • VOYAGER, the new online library catalog

    July 27, 2000

    Proud Parents: Cornell University Library and Endeavor Weighs in with: Over 6,000,000 records Our new addition is fully Web-based, and offers easy access using any Web browser, either from within...

  • A Farewell Message from Brian Halloran

    July 11, 2000

    After twelve years as Executive Chef of the Statler Hotel, Brian Halloran is saying goodbye. He and his bride-to-be have decided on Jamestown Island, in Naragansette Bay, as the site of their future h...

  • AACSB Accreditation of MMH Program

    June 29, 2000

    The Hotel School is proud to announce accreditation of its Master of Management in Hospitality (M.M.H.) program by the AACSB - The American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business. AACSB accredita...

  • Graduating Senior Profiled in Cornell Chronicle

    June 14, 2000

    Sekler From Israel to Ithaca to Canberra and back... From soldier to scholar to sought-after executive in a savvy new dot-com company... Lior Sekler '00 exemplifies the diversity, dedicat...

  • Ye Hosts welcomes new initiates

    June 14, 2000

    Ye Hosts Honor Society held its annual initiation banquet on March 9, in the ballroom of the Statler Hotel. Ye Hosts welcomed two graduate students and 14 undergraduates to its membership ranks. Th...

  • A Photo Memoir of HEC75

    June 14, 2000

    A diamond-anniversary HEC happens only "Once in a Lifetime," and the HEC75 board of directors and Hotelie staffers made the most of it. Their raw materials were meticulous planning, painstakin...

  • NSMH In Conference

    June 14, 2000

    The National Society of Minorities in Hospitality (NSMH) 11th annual conference, Leading Diversity in the New Millennium, was held in Chicago on February 17-20. More than 40 chapters were represented...

  • HEC75 unveils innovative Millennium Endowment

    June 14, 2000

    New Hotel Ezra Cornell fund aims for financial "self-sufficiency" An innovation that could prove to be the most enduring legacy of Hotel Ezra Cornell 75-or any HEC, for that matter, had its inception...

  • Tribute to Seniors

    June 14, 2000

    It was song and satire, suspense and stagecraft, and a few surprises, too. It was the Hotel School's annual Tribute to Seniors program, announcing and applauding the top student honors of the y...

  • Discounts for Flying US Airways!

    May 11, 2000

    The Hotel School is pleased that US Airways has been designated as the official airline for the Office of Executive Education encompassing the Advanced Management Program, the General Managers Program...

  • PDP 2000

    May 11, 2000

    The Cornell Hotel School will offer its 72nd annual ANHEUSER-BUSCH Professional Development Program for hospitality industry managers from June 12th through July 28th, 2000, on the Cornell University ...

  • New Director of Graduate Studies

    May 02, 2000

    Daphne Jameson will begin an 18 month appointment as Director of Graduate Studies on January 1, 2000. She brings a deep understanding of the mission of graduate education in the School, and a sincere ...

  • Alumni launch millennium with campaign triumph

    May 02, 2000

    Hotel School faculty gives thanks for "revitalizing transfusion" A "Happy New Year" spirit is in evidence at the Hotel School this spring semester, thanks to the alumni's spirit of giving during th...

  • Faculty, alumni lead blue-ribbon conference lineup

    May 02, 2000

    Faculty and alumni are at work putting the polish on presentations which will provide the backbone of the upcoming Fourth Annual Cornell Conference on Hospitality Industry Strategy. David A. Dittman...

  • Best Practices Reveals Latest Findings

    May 02, 2000

    As a finale to the 1999 New York Hotel Show, visiting hospitality professionals and journalists covering the industry indulged their mutual appetite for news about intriguing research and significant ...

  • John Sharpe joins us as Executive in Residence

    May 02, 2000

    Four Seasons chief will enliven classes, counsel grad students The Hotel School proudly welcomes John Sharpe '65, newly retired President and Chief Operating Officer of Four Seasons Hotels and Reso...

  • Dean's Merit Scholarship

    May 02, 2000

    Beginning with admissions for fall 2000, Cornell University will offer a new scholarship for study in the M.M.H. program. The Dean's Merit Scholarship (DMS) provides a full tuition award for the first...

  • Statler cable TV tour

    May 02, 2000

    The Statler Hotel will be featured next year on the syndicated TV travel magazine, Cruising America's Waterways. The series, to be aired across the nation by PBS stations and independent cable program...

  • Rachel Maines joins Nestle staff

    May 02, 2000

    Rachel Maines has joined the library as a temporary replacement for Margaret Dean. All faculty requests for book orders should be addressed to her at 607-255-8341, email: RPM24@cornell.edu. Rachel is ...

  • The New "A" Team

    May 02, 2000

    Hotel School greets new century with new academic management team The turn of the century brings a new management team to the helm of the Hotel School's degree programs, but all of the crew are vet...

  • HA401: The Strategic Management Contest

    May 02, 2000

    In a tour de force of talent and teamwork, the Hotel School course HA401 Strategic Marketing held its semiannual battle of brains on November 20. The fall semester edition of the contest pitted fictio...

  • Hotel School prof named Weiss Presidential Fellow

    May 02, 2000

    Professor Florence Berger, whose teaching talents have long made her the toast of Hotelies, has now been awarded one of Cornell University's highest faculty honors. President Hunter Rawlings has nam...

  • Library employee, Rachel Maines, receives award.

    May 02, 2000

    Rachel Maines has recently garnered the American Foundation for Gender and Genital Medicine and Science's 2001 biennial award for a single authored outstanding book on a sexological subject for her bo...

  • Professor A. Neal Geller has been named...

    May 02, 2000

    Professor A. Neal Geller '64 has been named the Robert A. Beck Professor of Hospitality Financial Management. Geller has served three terms as Graduate Faculty Representative. He served as The Richard...

  • New display on top ski resorts

    May 02, 2000

    A new display in the Nestle Library lobby features the top five ski resorts in the East and West as rated by Ski Magazine. The resorts include Whistler, British Columbia; Sun Valley, and Deer Valley, ...

  • Team Project 2000

    May 02, 2000

    The first years' project will be with Starwood in New York City. They will be working on the development of the Guardian Office building which is being reconstructed to be a "W" hotel. The site is lo...