{"id":623,"date":"2026-05-07T19:54:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/?page_id=623"},"modified":"2026-07-28T12:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:31:19","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/chr\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About CHR"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head>\n<\/head><body><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 Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration to maximize research, event, and networking collaborations.<\/p>\n\n\n  <section class=\"featured-profiles featured-profiles--expanded  section-heading--wrap bg--clear\">\n          <div class=\"section-heading__title\">\n                          <h2>Leadership &amp; staff<\/h2>\n              <\/div>\n    \n    \n    <div class=\"section-heading__content\">\n      <div class=\"grid-container text-margin-reset global-spacing--4x\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.business.cornell.edu\/faculty-research\/faculty\/photo\/lc29\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Photo of Linda Canina\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/lc29\/\">Linda Canina<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>Georges C. and Marian St. Laurent Professor of Applied Business Management; Academic Director of the Center for Hospitality Research<\/span>\n    \n                                <p>Linda Canina is a professor of finance in the finance, accounting, and real estate group at the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration. She teaches undergraduate and&hellip;<\/p>\n            <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/McQuiddy-Davis_Nicole_400x400.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/nm446\/\">Nicole McQuiddy, MBA '24<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>Executive Director, Center for Hospitality Research, Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration<\/span>\n    \n                                <p><\/p>\n            <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ShanaClaar2024-1.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/skc223\/\">Shana Claar<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>Center Coordinator, Center for Hospitality Research, Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration<\/span>\n    \n                                <p><\/p>\n            <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/devon-rainbow-1000x1000-16-515x520-1-515x500.png\" width=\"515\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/drr89\/\">Devon Rainbow<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>Centers and Institutes Assistant, Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration<\/span>\n    \n                                <p><\/p>\n            <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gloria-lane-2.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/gl545\/\">Gloria Lane<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>Social Media Specialist, Center for Hospitality Research, Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration<\/span>\n    \n                                <p><\/p>\n            <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<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&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"parent":474,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"leadership":[],"class_list":["post-623","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - 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