News & Announcements

Dear Friends, It is my great sorrow to bring you the news that Christine Natsios ’85, for many years our director of alumni affairs and secretary of the Cornell Hotel Society, passed away on February 16, 2013. Christine was diagnosed with cancer last fall. She faced her illness and treatment with tremendous dignity, strength, and […]

Armed with an innovative spirit and strong teamwork skills, Thao Ly Bui Tran, MMH ’12 flew to Redmond, Washington in early March to compete in the final round of the 2012 Firenze|BXT Student Innovation Competition. And she walked away with the grand prize. The Innovation Competition is hosted annually by the Microsoft Corporation and exposes […]

The Master of Management in Hospitality Class of 2013 arrived in Ithaca in May, ready to embark on the 12-month, AACSB-accredited master’s program. There are a total of 65 students this year—41 students will stay in Ithaca for the full year, and 24 will spend six months in Ithaca and six months at the Cornell-Nanyang […]

The undergraduate real estate minor has become a part of the intellectual fabric of Cornell University, especially given the fact that 340 students from all seven of Cornell’s undergraduate colleges and schools have declared the minor. We anticipate that 150 students will graduate from the program in June 2014, according to minor coordinator Jan deRoos, […]

The Real Estate Minor Alumni of Cornell (REMAC) has initiated a mentoring program that connects recent graduates to current students in the undergraduate real estate minor. Composed of students who have graduated with the minor in real estate, REMAC holds regular meetings in New York City and Chicago. Organized by REMAC members Daniel Mann and […]

By Sara Kim MMH ’13 After a finishing a seemingly never-ending week of exams, followed by heartfelt goodbyes to the CNI Singapore cohort, a group of 25 students from the Master of Management in Hospitality program made their way down to sunny Florida for the annual MMH Master Class. This year’s course was organized by […]

Alumni interested in developing new skills and increasing profits in the food and beverage industry can now earn an online master certificate in foodservice management from SHA. This unique advanced certificate examines the issues and challenges of the foodservice industry and outlines strategies that contribute to a successful foodservice operation. Learn from the industry’s top […]

A Mandarin-language version of the popular Hotel Valuation Software has been released by the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research (CHR), in conjunction with the Cornell Center for Real Estate and Finance (CREF). Available at no charge, the Hospitality Valuation Software is the number-one item on the CHR’s website with more than 7,000 user downloads. The […]

In conjunction with his presentation to the Philadelphia Real Estate Council and prompted by the case of Marriott International v. Eden Roc, CREF Academic Director Jan deRoos provided an analysis of the case for the Llenrock blog. The Eden Roc case is important as it involves an owner’s ability to unilaterally terminate a hotel management […]