Nolan School
Keep up to date with Hotelies, hospitality education, and industry at large with these stories and updates from the Nolan School.
How does virtual reality impact the consumer experience?
Professor Helen Chun explores the pros and cons of implementing VR as a way to enhance the consumer experience during the pre-consumption stage.
Q1 2018: Forecasting US hotel industry performance
Alumni Jan Freitag ’97, Scott Berman ’84, and Mark Woodworth ’77, MPS ’78, dive into their predictions for U.S. first-quarter hotel performance in Hotel News Now.
2018 eLab startups reflect partnerships across Cornell and SC Johnson College
Five of eLab’s 15 chosen 2017–2018 startups were founded by teams with students from schools within the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.
Noteworthy: IHG’s Keith Barr ’92 talks to Hotel News Now on growth, tech strategies
Keith Barr ’92, who assumed the CEO position at InterContinental Hotels Group in July 2017, discusses what’s been keeping him busy on the job.
Noteworthy: Hotelies featured in Forbes’ 2018 30 Under 30
Three Hotelies are in Forbes’ collection of young stars in 20 different industries ranging from finance to food and from sports to enterprise technology.
Entrepreneurs roundtable discussion focuses on communication
The Pillsbury Institute entrepreneurs roundtable featured CEOs, academics, students, and others well-versed in working with new businesses.
Hotelies and ILR students see arbitration come to life in NYC
With support from CIHLER, students from the Hotel School and ILR traveled to NYC to observe an actual arbitration hearing.
Top 5 reasons we’re thankful for the Hotel School
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I recently talked to students about why they’re thankful for the Hotel School. Here are their responses… along with some of my own!
Advice for first-years from a junior Hotelie
Do you ever wish that you had a fairy godmother to magically appear and give you some tips about freshman year? Well, look no further.