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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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7 ways you can study real estate online

We offer awesome certificates in commercial real estate and hotel real estate investments and asset management with eCornell.

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Noteworthy: David Desta ’14 pinpoints the hospitality industry’s Achilles’ heel

Authored by alumnus David Desta, this in-depth editorial examines the landscape of the Ethiopian hospitality industry and proposes solutions by way of on-the-job academic coursework to help build up a reliable, qualified workforce within Ethiopia.

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Hotels move ahead on sustainability

Eric Ricaurte ’01 discusses an international effort to collect sustainability data from hotels around the globe and delivers a progress report.

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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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The tipping equation

At restaurants across America, servers calculate how far is too far, weighing harassing behavior against the tips they need to make a living wage. Professor Michael Lynn comments on service and tipping in this New York Times piece.

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Turning classroom lessons into world-class service with GMP

More than any other aspect of GMP, participants consistently rank their classroom experience at or near the top of the list. Why? When you immerse lifelong learners in the most relevant educational experience they’ve ever had, GMP becomes an investment in yourself.

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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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Marriott’s Arne Sorenson named 2018 Cornell Hospitality Icon

Arne Sorenson, president and chief executive officer of Marriott International, Inc., has been selected to receive the 2018 Cornell Hospitality Icon of the Industry Award.

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4 ways employers can help women’s career development

In a recent study by Dean Kate Walsh, lecturer Susan Fleming, & professor Cathy Enz, female executives were asked to share their thoughts on long-term growth and retention of women professionals. Emerald Publishing turned this study into an infographic which highlights the four factors that the respondents considered to be key in supporting women in the workplace.