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

International guests: They’re (not) coming to America
Raymond Martz ’93 writes about the concerning decline in international visitation to America in Hotel News Now.

Institute nurtures promising social scientists with ‘dream’ semester
Cornell’s Institute for the Social Sciences (ISS) announces its 2018-19 cohort of 15 faculty fellows, offering a dream semester to the university’s most promising young social scientists.

Duetto raises $80 million to give hotel booking an e-commerce makeover
Duetto, co-founded by Marco Benvenuti, MMH ’05, raised $80 million in Series D financing.

Taking third at the Cornell International Real Estate Case Competition
The Cornell International Real Estate Case Competition is an annual event that gathers undergraduate students from universities around the world to analyze a real-world commercial real estate transaction.

Opening the door for everyone: Reducing gender inequality in hospitality leadership
Senior Lecturer Susan Fleming discusses the need for more gender diversity in hospitality leadership and how women can take matters into their own hands.

Learning in the field: My winter externship with Hilton
This winter break, externships took students all over the world. My externship was at Hilton Worldwide’s corporate headquarters in McLean, Virginia.

Cornell dean on harassment, promoting women
In an interview with Hotels Magazine, Dean Kate Walsh discusses how hotels can embrace the #MeToo movement and better retain and promote women.

Hackathon inspires solutions for animal health
Bruce Ahn ’18, Elvis Ahn ’20, and the rest of their team won the grand prize at the Cornell Animal Health Hackathon.

IHG’s new CEO groomed for the top job
Hotel Management Magazine interviewed Keith Barr ’92, about his role as CEO of IHG.