Center for Hospitality Research

News, updates, and expert insights from a premier center for hospitality inquiry and innovation.

CHR and SAS partner to create new industry-focused blog

The Center for Hospitality Research and SAS have launched “The Analytical Hospitality Executive,” a blog designed specifically to connect research experts with hospitality and gaming industry leaders. Available through the CHR website, the blog is hosted by SAS, a CHR senior partner company that provides business analytics software and services. The blog, also found at […]

Message from Dean Michael D. Johnson

Dear alumni and friends, On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students at the School of Hotel Administration, I write to express concern for the safety of our many alumni and friends who have been affected by Hurricane Sandy. We have been monitoring the news of the destruction caused by the strong winds, rain, and […]

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More Than 115 Guests Gather to Honor Skip Sack ’61

Balmy breezes were blowing on April 30 when more than 115 SHA alumni and friends gathered at the Viceroy Miami hotel to honor Burton M. “Skip” Sack ’61 as the Cornell Hotel Society Southeast Regional Hotelie of the Year. The CHS South Florida chapter hosted the successful event. Among the many speakers who paid tribute […]

CHR Roundtables Analyze Boutique Hotels, Sustainability, and the Intersection of Hospitality and Healthcare Management

With the support of its industry partners, the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research produces a series of industry roundtables throughout the year. The most recent set of CHR roundtables have focused on design issues related to boutique hotels, the hospitality industry’s continued push toward sustainability, and, for the first time, the connection between hospitality and […]

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Hope’s Rewards

The heart of Tangelo Park lies about two miles from Orlando’s International Drive, a meandering and intensely developed 14.5 miles of theme parks (six), hotels (over 100), outlet malls, souvenir shops, restaurants, and smallscale family attractions. Tangelo Park is not a park at all, but a nearly squaremile, neatly rectilinear concentration of tract houses built […]

Rosen Named E@C Entrepreneur of the Year

The Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship (PIHE) announces its sponsorship of Entrepreneurship at Cornell, a university-wide event that honors and celebrates the important economic role played by entrepreneurs. Known as E@C, it is a two-day celebration of what President David Skorton calls the “spirit of innovation and creation.” Scheduled for […]

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Eduardo Rosario ’16: Where he deserves to be

As a senior in high school, Eduardo Rosario ’16 knew that he wanted to go to a top university. He also knew that he had smarts and the drive to get there. After doing some research on his own, he went to see his guidance counselor with a list of his dream schools in hand. […]

Classmates and friends connect at Cornell Reunion 2012

Reunion 2012 drew 230 Hotelies to Ithaca, where they enjoyed an array of activities, including tours, lectures, and a state of the university address by President David Skorton. At SHA, alumni, family, and friends gathered on Friday to hear presentations by Rohit Verma, professor of services operations management and director of the Center for Hospitality […]