Center for Hospitality Research

The first meeting of the Real Estate Minor Alumni of Cornell (REMAC) was held in October in New York City. Organized by recent alumni, this event brought together over 35 of the brightest young stars in real estate in NYC for networking and planning at the Papillion Bistro and Bar. The second meeting, sponsored by […]

Students traveled to Buffalo, NY in September for a personal tour of Statler Towers, which is being restored to its former glory as the flagship of the Statler chain. Owner Mark Croce invited the Hotelie cohort to the property to help educate them about the restoration project and about other real estate opportunities in Buffalo. […]

Cornell students visited Goldman Sachs, J. P. Morgan Chase, and Related Companies during the Cornell Real Estate Club’s second annual “Real Estate Trek” to New York City. The trip is organized through the Center for Real Estate Finance. A total of 15 students participated in this event, which provides them with an opportunity to view […]

Five keynote speakers will be featured at the 12th International Research Symposium on Service Excellence in Management (QUIS12), which will be hosted by the Center for Hospitality Research, June 2-5, 2011. Representing a widely diverse set of disciplines, the keynote speakers are Ted Teng ’79, president and CEO, the Leading Hotels of the World; Sanjay […]

The well-known travel distribution site priceline.com is the newest partner of the Center for Hospitality Research. Priceline.com has already supported the CHR by providing data for research conducted by Assistant Professor Chris Anderson, who has studied interaction between hotel companies and online travel agents and developed models for revenue optimization, as explained in a CHR […]

At the April Advisory Board meeting, the Pillsbury Institute welcomed a new Advisory Board of over 30 hospitality industry leaders. The Advisory Board members will help shape the entrepreneurship curriculum at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration and support entrepreneurial students through such programs as the Hospitality Business Plan Competition, Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, and internships. Members of […]

Twenty-three companies have joined the first Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship (PIHE) corporate member, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, and come on board as new corporate members of the PIHE, helping shape the school’s entrepreneurship curriculum and supporting entrepreneurial students through such programs as the Hospitality Business Plan Competition, entrepreneurs in residence, and internships. Each new […]

Rodolfo Sebastian Carlos, MMH ’05 was one of the 8,000 inspirational people selected by the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) to carry the Olympic flame as it journeyed around the United Kingdom. He passed on the Olympic torch in Willenhall on June 30. Carlos, who works as a lead investment […]