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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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Cirona Labs creates cannabinoid ingredients for food, beverage, and cosmetics companies

Hotelie Hunter Friedland ’19, founder of Cirona Labs, credits Cornell’s entrepreneurship ecosystem for helping him to build and launch his startup.

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Ideas With Impact: The Future is Seamless Travel

Center for Hospitality Research and Medallia crowdsource ideas for making travel seamless

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Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry: Challenges and Opportunities

CHR hosted a virtual keynote webinar to explore the challenges and opportunities of sustainability in the hospitality industry

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Maximizing female talent in hospitality, travel

A panel of industry and academic leaders share stories, challenges and organizational best practices for supporting women in hospitality and travel.

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Charting Your Future: Reflections from Lee Pillsbury ’69

Reflections from Lee Pillsbury occasioned by the 15th anniversary of The Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship

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Driving more accurate reviews in hospitality

Research examines the relationship between customer satisfaction and reporting motivation in online review platforms.

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Hotel Ezra Cornell reveals HEC 97 theme

The 97th Annual Hotel Ezra Cornell honors the resilience of people, service, and hospitality education within this year’s theme: Celebrate!

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The home-sharing start-ups coming for Airbnb’s throne

“Airbnb, having such a huge first-mover advantage and having so many hosts… they have a huge scale of benefits that are going to be hard to replicate,” Professor Chekitan Dev tells The Washington Post.

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Roundtable Recap: Finding the Balance Between Driving Revenue & Managing Costs

The CHR Roundtable, Finding the Balance Between Driving Revenue & Managing Costs, addressed three key aspects of the issue: People, Process, and Technology.