Nolan School

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

winsight grocery business logo
Nolan School

Opinion: The latest tool to reduce food waste: Grocery stores

Associate Professor Elena Belavina has led a study that found building more places where groceries are sold is an unexpected solution to food waste.

USA Today logo
Nolan School

Coronavirus: Can you–and should you–’shelter in place’ at a hotel or vacation rental?

David Sherwyn, professor of hospitality human resources, says hotel companies are doing everything they can to make their environments and safe as possible against COVID-19.

Skift logo
Nolan School

How should hotels set room rates now and after the coronavirus crisis?

Sheryl Kimes, emeritus professor of service operations management, discusses the different approaches hotels in North America and Asia are taking towards room costs during COVID-19.

Cornell Chronicle logo
Nolan School

Marriott CEO salary cut a ‘new best practice’ amid coronavirus pandemic

Steven Carvell, professor of finance at SHA, provides his expertise on the financial impact of the new coronavirus in the hotel industry and what companies may implement moving forward.

Chicago Tribune logo
Nolan School

Coronavirus makes closures, staff cuts and empty rooms the new reality for Chicago hotels

Reneta McCarthy, senior lecturer at the School of Hotel Administration, discusses the possibility of luxury hospitality properties being especially vulnerable to closure during a crisis like COVID-19.

Mother Jones logo
Nolan School

Will Donald Trump bail out his coronavirus-battered company?

Jan A. deRoos, professor emeritus of hotel finance and real estate, delves into the details of operations costs in high-end hospitality

Cornell Chronicle logo
Nolan School

Air, cruise, and lodging: COVID-19 disrupts the tourism industry

Christopher Anderson, professor of hotel administration, breaks down the likely repercussions COVID-19 will have on the air, cruise, and lodging industries.

HR Dive logo
Nolan School

Trump signs emergency coronavirus bill expanding FMLA

David Sherwyn, professor of hospitality HR, says that some smaller employers may have difficult decisions to make around a newly signed bill expanding leave and guaranteed paid sick leave for certain U.S. workers.

International Business Times logo
Nolan School

Takeout, delivery may save restaurant industry amid coronavirus restrictions

Professor Alex Susskind, director of the Food and Beverage Institute, says its not just restaurants that need to adapt to COVID-19 closing measures, but all levels of the supply chain.