Faculty & Research
Hotel Interactive joins the "corporate friends" program of Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Linda Myers, 607-277-5035, lbm3@cornell.edu
ITHACA, N.Y. - The Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration welcomes Hotel Interactive, Inc., to a group of 24 leading hospitality companies that are members of the center's corporate partners and friends program.
Rick Viola, president of the e-business company and parent of the hotelinteractive.com Web site, said his firm's participation is important because it is essential for industry to support research through such partnerships with the center. "We are very pleased to become a corporate friend with The Center for Hospitality Research," he said. "As a leading news publication in the hospitality industry, we rely on Cornell's ability to deliver objective, unbiased and innovative research that we can use to educate and inform our readers. The CHR is a wonderful center for academic researchers, industry executives and the media to research key issues that affect hoteliers worldwide."
The CHR's corporate partners and friends are closely involved with the Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell. In addition to Hotel Interactive, these companies are partners or friends of the center: Partners and sponsors - AIG Global Real Estate Investment; Bartech Systems International; Cornell Hotel Society Foundation; Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts; Richmond Events; Willowbend Golf Management; and Windsor Hotels International. Friends - ehotelier; Gazelle Systems, Inc.; Global Hospitality Resources; Hospitalitynet.org; Hotel Asia Pacific; Hotel China; Lodging Hospitality; Resort+Recreation; National Hotel Executive; Smith Travel Research; Shibata Publishing Co. Ltd.; The Hospitality Research Group of PKF Consulting; The Lodging Conference; and Wiredhotelier.com.
Hotel Interactive, Inc., is a leading provider of business-to-business vertical and industry portal Web sites and is the parent company and enabler of www.hotelinteractive.com, one of the hospitality industry's leading Web sites. Hotelinteractive.com is a vertical trade portal that provides users with access to information, e-learning and e-commerce. For further information about Hotel Interactive, call (631) 424-7755.
The Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell's Hotel School conducts and sponsors research studies aimed at improving the hospitality industry's fundamental operating knowledge. All studies are posted on the CHR Web site: http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/research/chr.