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The heart of Tangelo Park lies about two miles from Orlando’s International Drive, a meandering and intensely developed 14.5 miles of theme parks (six), hotels (over 100), outlet malls, souvenir shops, restaurants, and smallscale family attractions. Tangelo Park is not a park at all, but a nearly squaremile, neatly rectilinear concentration of tract houses built […]

The Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship (PIHE) announces its sponsorship of Entrepreneurship at Cornell, a university-wide event that honors and celebrates the important economic role played by entrepreneurs. Known as E@C, it is a two-day celebration of what President David Skorton calls the “spirit of innovation and creation.” Scheduled for […]

As a senior in high school, Eduardo Rosario ’16 knew that he wanted to go to a top university. He also knew that he had smarts and the drive to get there. After doing some research on his own, he went to see his guidance counselor with a list of his dream schools in hand. […]

Reunion 2012 drew 230 Hotelies to Ithaca, where they enjoyed an array of activities, including tours, lectures, and a state of the university address by President David Skorton. At SHA, alumni, family, and friends gathered on Friday to hear presentations by Rohit Verma, professor of services operations management and director of the Center for Hospitality […]

The first meeting of the Real Estate Minor Alumni of Cornell (REMAC) was held in October in New York City. Organized by recent alumni, this event brought together over 35 of the brightest young stars in real estate in NYC for networking and planning at the Papillion Bistro and Bar. The second meeting, sponsored by […]

Students traveled to Buffalo, NY in September for a personal tour of Statler Towers, which is being restored to its former glory as the flagship of the Statler chain. Owner Mark Croce invited the Hotelie cohort to the property to help educate them about the restoration project and about other real estate opportunities in Buffalo. […]

Cornell students visited Goldman Sachs, J. P. Morgan Chase, and Related Companies during the Cornell Real Estate Club’s second annual “Real Estate Trek” to New York City. The trip is organized through the Center for Real Estate Finance. A total of 15 students participated in this event, which provides them with an opportunity to view […]

Five keynote speakers will be featured at the 12th International Research Symposium on Service Excellence in Management (QUIS12), which will be hosted by the Center for Hospitality Research, June 2-5, 2011. Representing a widely diverse set of disciplines, the keynote speakers are Ted Teng ’79, president and CEO, the Leading Hotels of the World; Sanjay […]