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The Center for Real Estate and Finance (CREF) and the Baker Program in Real Estate teamed up in February to provide students with two valuable hands-on learning opportunities. A total of 80 students from the undergraduate real estate minor, MMH program, and Baker Program participated in the special training sessions that were designed to enhance […]

The Fall 2012 semester saw the debut of a new seminar series, sponsored by the Center for Real Estate and Finance, the Cornell Economics Department, and the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The seminar series on Environmental and Urban Economics was developed by Associate Professor […]

An anonymous alumnus has made a $1 million gift to enhance the Cheri Farrell Scholarship. The gift was made to honor the influence that Farrell has had on his life and to continue strengthening the financial aid program for noteworthy students. Farrell worked at the School of Hotel Administration for 33 years and touched the […]

The Center for Hospitality Research and SAS have launched “The Analytical Hospitality Executive,” a blog designed specifically to connect research experts with hospitality and gaming industry leaders. Available through the CHR website, the blog is hosted by SAS, a CHR senior partner company that provides business analytics software and services. The blog, also found at […]

Dear alumni and friends, On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students at the School of Hotel Administration, I write to express concern for the safety of our many alumni and friends who have been affected by Hurricane Sandy. We have been monitoring the news of the destruction caused by the strong winds, rain, and […]

Balmy breezes were blowing on April 30 when more than 115 SHA alumni and friends gathered at the Viceroy Miami hotel to honor Burton M. “Skip” Sack ’61 as the Cornell Hotel Society Southeast Regional Hotelie of the Year. The CHS South Florida chapter hosted the successful event. Among the many speakers who paid tribute […]

With the support of its industry partners, the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research produces a series of industry roundtables throughout the year. The most recent set of CHR roundtables have focused on design issues related to boutique hotels, the hospitality industry’s continued push toward sustainability, and, for the first time, the connection between hospitality and […]

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 […]