Faculty & Research
Peter O'Connor
Peter O'Connor is director of external affairs at Institute de Management Hotelier International (IMHI), an MBA program in international hospitality management jointly administered by the Cornell School of Hotel Administration and the ESSEC Business School. His primary research interests focus on information technology in hospitality and tourism, and particularly on electronic channels of distribution. He has authored two textbooks, Using Computers in Hospitality (now in its third edition) and Electronic Information Distribution in Hospitality and Tourism Industries, as well as numerous articles in both the trade and academic press. Peter was awarded the prestigious Best Research Paper award at the 2002 ENTER conference by the International Federation for Information Technology in Tourism.