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The Grailer Faculty Fellow Program, offered by the Center for Hospitality Research (CHR), is designed to support tenure-track faculty at the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration conduct impactful, industry-relevant research that benefits the broader hospitality and travel industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To see a list of the CHR’s current funding opportunities, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2026 grant recipients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Aaron Adalja<\/a>
Associate Professor; Grailer Faculty Fellow<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

How sustainability initiatives generate ROI for hotels<\/strong>
Adalja evaluates how sustainability initiatives in hotel development and operations generate financial returns across risk, financing, operating costs and revenue channels, and how those returns should inform investment decisions by integrating property-level data from IHG’s Low Carbon Pioneers program with broader market and industry insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lauri Kytömaa<\/a>
Assistant Professor; Torgalkar Faculty Fellow; Grailer Faculty Fellow<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

How tenant protections for long-term renters reshape housing markets and potentially create competitive pressure on hotels<\/strong>
Kytömaa examines how recent tenant-protection policies in New York City reshape the allocation of housing across long, medium and short-term rental markets, creating potential spillovers that affect hotel competitiveness and overall housing supply, by analyzing policy-driven shifts in housing stock, market pressures and regulatory outcomes.
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Meng Qi<\/a>
Assistant Professor; Grailer Faculty Fellow<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

How AI-empowered inventory copilots can reduce food waste in the Asian hospitality industry<\/strong>
Qi develops AI-powered inventory copilots to reduce food waste in commercial kitchens, combining predictive optimization, bias detection and generative AI interfaces to improve decision-making, build manager trust and enhance both financial and sustainability outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2025 grant recipients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Heeyon Kim<\/a>
Assistant Professor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Crossing Categories: The Competitive Impact of Marriott Homes & Villas on Airbnb Listings<\/strong>
Kim analyzes the competitive response of incumbent Airbnb hosts to the entry of extended-stay brands such as Marriott Villas within their micromarket, focusing on availability, listing attributes, communication strategies, and pricing dynamics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tashlin Lakhani<\/a>
Assistant Professor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Context Matters: Job Quality and Outcomes in the U.S. Hospitality Industry<\/strong>
Lakhani is leading the hospitality component of a comparative study on job quality and its impact on job satisfaction and turnover across hospitality, healthcare, retail, warehousing, and telecommunications. The research uses surveys and semi-structured interviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Ruihao Zhu<\/a>
Assistant Professor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

LLM for Large-Scale Automated Decision-Making in Airline Network Planning<\/strong>
Zhu is developing a methodology using large language models to translate managerial instructions into technical specifications for IT professionals. His pilot application focuses on airline route network design, using data from Singapore Airlines. His research projects focuses on Asian Hospitality Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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