{"id":474,"date":"2026-05-07T19:49:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/?page_id=474"},"modified":"2026-08-05T13:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T17:09:21","slug":"chr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/chr\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Hospitality Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><\/head><body><div class=\"intro-text global-spacing--3x dotted-line-start\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>The Center for Hospitality Research was created in 1992 for the purpose of expanding both the quality and volume of research supporting the hospitality industry and its related service industries.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission of the Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) is to advance hospitality thought leadership by publishing and disseminating impactful and actionable research, including reports, briefs, tools, and case studies that industry leaders can put into practice today; facilitating the exchange of new ideas by bringing students, faculty, and industry professionals together at roundtables, panels, conferences, and other engaging events; and partnering with the other centers and institutes in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business to maximize research, event and networking collaborations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n  <section class=\"section-heading--wrap featured-articles--wrap max-across--three images--show intro-text--hide bg--clear\">\n          <div class=\"section-heading__title\">\n                  <div class=\"eyebrow\">Center for Hospitality Research<\/div>\n                          <h2>Featured stories<\/h2>\n              <\/div>\n    \n    \n    <div class=\"section-heading__content\">\n      <div class=\"text-margin-reset\">\n        \n        <div class=\"featured-articles 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data to address Hilton&rsquo;s business challenges.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n  \n      <div class=\"tags\">\n      <ul>\n                              <li class=\"term-list-item term-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/the-latest\/?category=blog-posts\">Blog Posts<\/a><\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/article>\n              <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"cell medium-auto\">\n                <article class=\"article article--side-by-side text-margin-reset\">\n      <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\">\n      \n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/rosenweb.gif\" width=\"120\" height=\"177\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n\n            <\/figure>\n  \n  <time>March 22, 2019<\/time>\n  <h3 class=\"h4\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/2019\/03\/22\/showcase\/\">\n                  Student Showcase\n              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Sack &rsquo;61\n              <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n  \n      <div class=\"tags\">\n      <ul>\n                              <li class=\"term-list-item term-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/the-latest\/?category=news-announcements\">News &amp; Announcements<\/a><\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/article>\n              <\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n      <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section-heading--wrap max-across--three span--red background--white bg--clear\">\n      <div class=\"section-heading__title\">\n            <h2>Get involved<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"section-heading__content\">\n    <section class=\"list-column-component column-set text-margin-reset stats-section\">\n      <div class=\"grid-container\">\n        <div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\">\n                                                <div class=\"cell small-auto\">\n                <article>\n                  \n                                      <h3>Giving opportunities<\/h3>\n                  \n                                      <div class=\"global-spacing--0_5x wysiwyg\">\n                      <p>You or your firm can help us develop and share information to boost the industry&rsquo;s performance and expand student knowledge.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                  \n                                      <div class=\"global-spacing--1x cta-link\">\n                      <a href=\"\/centers\/chr\/corporate-relations\/giving\/\" target=\"_self\">Learn about giving<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                  <\/article>\n              <\/div>\n                                                            <div class=\"cell small-auto\">\n                <article>\n                  \n                                      <h3>Members<\/h3>\n                  \n                                      <div class=\"global-spacing--0_5x wysiwyg\">\n                      <p>Our corporate members support our researchers and provide advice on our research agenda.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                  \n                                      <div class=\"global-spacing--1x cta-link\">\n                      <a href=\"\/centers\/chr\/corporate-relations\/\" target=\"_self\">See our members<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                  <\/article>\n              <\/div>\n                                                            <div class=\"cell small-auto\">\n                <article>\n                  \n                                      <h3>Industry intelligence<\/h3>\n                  \n                                      <div class=\"global-spacing--0_5x wysiwyg\">\n                      <p>Reports and publications presenting key findings from our research studies.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                  \n                       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