Industry

10th Annual Cornell MMH Reception

The MMH Reception is an annual tradition that takes place in New York City in conjunction with the International Hotel/Motel and Restaurant Show. The reception provides a unique opportunity for MMH alumni, current students, and prospective students to interact and network.

In addition, the MMH Outstanding Alumnus of the Year Award is presented to an MMH or MPS alumna/alumnus who has demonstrated exceptional career progression and continued service to the School of Hotel Administration and its students.

Over 200 hospitality industry leaders attended the 10th Annual Cornell MMH Reception on Sunday, November 13, 2011 at the InterContinental New York Times Square. The event honored S. Kirk Kinsell, MPS '80, as the 2011 winner of the MMH Outstanding Alumnus of the Year Award.

Dean Michael D. Johnson, Tim Hinkin, the Georges & Marian St. Laurent Professor in Applied Business Management, MMH Outstanding Alumnus of the Year honoree S. Kirk Kinsell MPS ’80, and Michael Corliss Jr., Associate Director Amenity, The Wall Street Journal

S. Kirk Kinsell, MPS '80,
President - Americas,
InterContinental Hotels Group

Kinsell has 16 years of experience as a senior leader at IHG. He is currently responsible for the management, growth, and profitability of the company's largest operating region, spanning the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. He oversees a portfolio of more than 3,400 hotels and resorts under all seven IHG brands. From September 2007 to June 2011, he was president, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), with responsibility for 700 hotels consisting of over 121,000 rooms. Prior to that, he was senior vice president and chief development officer for IHG in the Americas. In 2003, he co-led the launch of Hotel Indigo.

Kinsell was a speaker in the 2010 Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series and was a recent Dean's Leadership Series panelist. He is also a member of the advisory board for the Center for Hospitality Research.

For more on Cornell’s 2011 MMH Outstanding Alumnus, please click the link to Hotel Business’s story regarding Kirk’s honor.

2011 Title Sponsor

2011 Sponsors

2011 Corporate Sponsor Packages

Title Sponsorship: $10,000
SOLD TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Opportunity to co-present, with Dean Michael Johnson, the gift to the winner of the 2011 MMH Outstanding Alumnus of the Year award from the podium.
One additional invitation to the Cornell Dean's Leadership Series (Two total).
One additional invitation to the reception (Six total).

Plus the following platinum, gold, and silver benefits below excluding event invitations:

Platinum Sponsorship: $7,500

One invitation to the Cornell Dean's Leadership Series.
One additional invitation to the reception (Five total).

Plus the following gold, and silver benefits below excluding event invitations:

Gold Sponsorship: $5,000

Public acknowledgment from the Dean at the podium at the 10th Annual Cornell MMH Reception.
Your corporate name and logo on event signage at the entrance to the event.
Your company name on a Cornell School of Hotel Administration press release which announces the winner of the 2010 MMH Outstanding Alumnus of the Year. The press release will be distributed to over 1,100 members of the hospitality, travel and business press.
One additional invitation to the reception (Four total).

Plus the following silver benefits below excluding event invitations:

Silver Sponsorship: $2,500

Your company name listed in the event program booklet.
Your individual name, title, and company listed as a member of the MMH Reception Planning Committee on the event website.
Your company name listed in the School of Hotel Administration e-newsletter (circulation 25,000).
Your company's logo and link on the event web site.
Your company name listed on the 9th Annual Cornell MMH Reception e-invitations as a sponsor.
Three invitations to the reception.

To learn more about this event, or participate as a corporate sponsor, please contact Kathleen Bolton, corporate & foundation affairs associate at 607-255-1204 or ksh11@cornell.edu.

Past Winners