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Keep up to date with Hotelies, hospitality education, and industry at large with these stories and updates from the Nolan School.

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A Sense of Place at The 93rd Hotel Ezra Cornell

This year, the Hotel Ezra Cornell conference theme was A Sense of Place, where speakers, alumni, and industry leaders discussed a shift from an age of information to an era of experience.

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2018 Best & Brightest: Kayti Stanley ’18

Kayti Stanley, SHA ’18, has been named one of the Best & Brightest Business Majors by Poets & Quants.

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After 105 years, it’s time to scale the family restaurant

Talking with administrators during the application process further highlighted the managerial focus of the program. I was not coming here to learn operations, I was coming here to learn how to be a leader in the industry.

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Sustainability sows a healthy business climate

Corporate professionals gathered with students at the Cornell Business Impact Symposium, “Unleashing the Hidden Power of Sustainability,” at the Breazzano Family Center for Business Education.

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Flexibility for the future: Curriculum and experiences pave infinite paths

The best part about being in the Hotel School is the flexibility it gives me for the future. The amount of different paths that Hotelies take is what makes it such an incredibly dynamic learning environment.

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Hotelies set course for the cruise industry with immersive Royal Caribbean experience

Students recently traded their winter jackets for sunglasses to get a closer look into the cruise industry with Robert Kwortnik’s Introduction to the Global Leisure Cruise Industry course.

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7 tips for surviving winter in Ithaca (from 2 Texans!)

To help you learn to love (or at least tolerate) the Ithaca winters, we’re sharing our 7 tips for surviving the coldest months on campus!

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Taking third at the Cornell International Real Estate Case Competition

The Cornell International Real Estate Case Competition is an annual event that gathers undergraduate students from universities around the world to analyze a real-world commercial real estate transaction.

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Learning in the field: My winter externship with Hilton

This winter break, externships took students all over the world. My externship was at Hilton Worldwide’s corporate headquarters in McLean, Virginia.