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

Panel encourages optimism and self-empowerment for women in the workforce
Dean Kate Walsh moderated a panel that explored the approaches women can take to navigate challenges and achieve successful careers.

How skipping hotel housekeeping can help the environment and your wallet
Lecturer Jeanne Marie Varney mentions the possible environmental benefits of eradicating housekeeping in the New York Times Travel.

Timothy Hentschel ’01 named Cornell Hospitality Innovator for 2018
Timothy Hentschel ’01, cofounder and CEO of HotelPlanner, has been named the recipient of the 2018 Cornell Hospitality Innovator Award, an honor given annually by the Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.
Do revenue managers share a similar strategy with…McDonald’s?
Professor Sherri Kimes says a successful revenue manager needs to be a “geek that can speak,” on IDeas blog.

Stymied by regulators, Airbnb looks to luxury vacations, hotels for growth
Professor Chris Anderson says Airbnb is figuring out how to grow at the same levels investors are expecting them to grow in Reuters.

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!

The 450+ hotel woman: Alexandra Jaritz of Tru by Hilton
Alex Jaritz ’97 SVP and global brand head of Tru by Hilton, ensured the Tru brand had the fastest growing development pipeline in lodging history. Check out her interview with Lodging Magazine about her background and the future of Tru.

Noteworthy: Nolan School’s Michael Paz featured in YesCollege.com accounting podcast
Studying accounting is akin to what students learn in linguistics class, says Michael Paz; but instead of developing a proficiency in a foreign tongue, accounting makes one fluent in the most familiar language on earth: business.

These college town hotels are in a class of their own
The Statler Hotel made USA Today’s list of the top 10 college town hotels.