Hospitality & Tourism
These stories, profiles, and updates showcase how we continue to lead the way in hospitality and tourism education.
As the Statler’s GM, Hotelie Doles Out Big Red Hospitality
After a career with some of the industry’s biggest names, Arthur Keith ’84 has come home to Upstate NY to lead the beloved hotel
Hospitality Executive Keith Barr to Receive 2024 Cornell Hospitality Icon Award
Hotelie Keith Barr ’92 is scheduled to receive the Cornell Icon Award June 4 at the awards ceremony in New York City.
Nonalcoholic drinks with complex flavors top NYE trends
Cornell food and beverage experts offer up on-trend, nonalcoholic cocktail recipes and tips for the holiday season.
Iconic Wines Class Gets Better with Age
“Introduction to Wines” marks 50 years of teaching Cornellians about the finer points of wine.
Brown Butter Rises to the Top at Hospitality Pitch Deck Competition
Jonah Gershon ’24 won the eighth annual Hospitality Pitch Deck Competition for his pitch to develop spekld, brown butter in a stick.
Hospitality Hackathon Generates Ideas to Improve the Guest Experience
Leveraging real-life data from Hilton, the 63 student participants were asked to develop an “exceptional experience for the hotel guest of the future.”
Small Hotels in Lake George Flourish with Novel Hybrid Approach
Advertising on Airbnb as well as traditional hotel channels creates a new path to year-round rental success for small hotels in Lake George, NY.
From Food Network to His Kitchen, Student Crafts Better Butter
Jonah Gershon ’24 won $20,000 in the Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition and is working on Spekld, his idea to package and sell brown butter.
Hotel Ezra Cornell 98 Set for April 20-22
Equity and sustainability will be front and center for the 98th annual Hotel Ezra Cornell, the student-run hospitality business conference.