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The Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship publishes an electronic newsletter six times per year. The newsletter showcases the institute’s current work in education, experiential learning opportunities for students, and engagement with entrepreneurs. The newsletter also features articles written by students and institute members.

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The Pillsbury Institute also posts articles about major events, competitions, awards, start-ups, and academic news.

Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship BusinessFeed

Four students dressed in business casual, two seated and two standing, around a table and talking while looking at a laptop screen.
October 2, 2024

Hospitality Hackathon Embraces AI to Improve the Guest Experience

Students from across campus spent two days creating proposals designed to help hotels deliver an exceptional experience for the guest of the future.

Photo of an elegant restaurant with a high ceiling and a huge chandelier hanging high above all. The room is filled with people sitting at tables and images of the evening’s honorees are projected onto the stone walls above the room’s columns.
June 17, 2024

Icons and Innovators: Cornell Awards Shine Light on Hospitality’s Finest

The 2024 Icon is former IHG CEO Keith Barr ’92 and Innovators are José Andrés and Rob Wilder, founders of José Andrés Group and World Central Kitchen.

A young man standing on a stage, gesturing with both hands, and addressing the audience.
May 1, 2024

Hotelie’s Brown Butter Startup Wins Hospitality Business Plan Competition

Jonah Gershon ’24 won the $50,000 first-place prize for spekld, his startup to produce brown butter, at the Hospitality Business Plan Competition.

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