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

What hotel staycations during Covid era will be like
Professor Christopher Anderson says goodbye to the buffet, hello to the pre-wrapped meal option.

Focus on hotels: Brand new world
A future hospitality brand shakeout is inevitable, says Professor Chekitan Dev, as hotels continue to operate through the COVID pandemic.

Restaurants face closings as business slows and rents go unpaid
Professor Alex Susskind predicts that 30% of restaurants may go out of business as their incomes have been decimated by COVID-19 shutdowns.

Cornell Research Recap: The relationship satisfaction factor in successful brand-hotel partnerships
Professor Chekitan Dev examines the relationship between key operating factors and opportunism on the part of brands and their hotel partners.

Dean Walsh outlines SHA’s preliminary antiracism action items
Kate Walsh, Dean of the School of Hotel Administration, shares the school’s preliminary action steps and commitments to combat racism.

A call to action to combat racism from Dean Kevin F. Hallock
Kevin F. Hallock, dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, shares the college’s preliminary action steps and commitments to combat racism.

Inside seating? A Harlem bar owner navigates COVID-19’s changing rules
Professor Alex Susskind discusses the new reality restaurants will have to navigate in a changed world and food industry.

World Business Report: England’s pubs and restaurants prepare to open
Senior Lecturer Stephani Robson shares tips for restaurateurs seeking to ensure customers will still want to visit despite coronavirus precautions.

From coast to coast of the United States, scenes from reopened restaurants in the coronavirus era
Lecturer Lilly Jan says that cost-benefits will have to be carefully considered by restaurants reopening in the age of the coronavirus.