Entries by Robert Mandelbaum

2018 Boston Lodging Pulse

Cornell Hotel Society’s New England Chapter partnered with Boston University’s School of Hospitality Administration to present the eighth annual Boston Lodging Pulse on Wednesday, October 10, 2018. Designed to provide forward-looking insight on the latest national and local market industry forecasts and create an interactive discussion amongst professionals in the hospitality industry, the event has […]

Paris Lodging Outlook 2019

On Thursday, October 4, 2018, the CHS France chapter held their second annual Paris Lodging Outlook seminar at the Westin Paris – Vendome. The event featured six local experts that shared their outlook for the Paris hotel market in 2019. Presentations were provided by: Vanguelis Panayotis – President Olakala & MKG Consulting François Delahaye – […]

Reneta and Mark McCarthy

Reneta McCarthy ’84, MPS ’93 and Mark McCarthy ’86, MMH ’98, both Senior Lecturers at The Hotel School, share what it means to them to be Hotelies for Life®. (Reneta) “Sometimes I joke that I wasn’t a good Hotelie undergrad. I started at Cornell as a nutrition major and transferred into the hotel school, so […]

Jon Kimball ‘84

Jon Kimball ‘84, Area General Manager – Northern California for Marriott International, shares with us what it means to him to be a Hotelie for Life®. “My Hotelie roots remain with me to this day! The friendships and long-term relationships which I maintain are deeply connected to my time at Cornell. I often think about […]

Sophia Lin Kanno ’05

Sophia Lin Kanno ’05, Event Producer at Kehoe Designs and Vice President of the CHS Chicago chapter, shares with us what it means to her to be a “Hotelie for Life”: “The Hotel School gave me lasting friendships, a stellar education and the Cornell reputation, but being a Hotelie is an opportunity to pay it […]

Atlanta Lodging Outlook 2019

On Tuesday, September 4, 2018 the Georgia Chapter of the Cornell Hotel Society held its annual Atlanta Lodging Outlook breakfast seminar. A crowd of 320 area hotel industry professionals attended the 20th annual seminar. This year’s event was held at the InterContinental Hotel in Buckhead. Our host was Brian Ettelman ’87, Director of Catering. CHS […]

Jeanne Sander ‘66 Wins Alumni Service Award

Congratulations to Jeanne Sander ‘66 for being awarded the Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Award, presented on September 21, 2018 at the Statler Hotel. As a Hotelie, Cornell parent, and lifelong volunteer, Jeanne has devoted years of service to the Hotel School and university. Jeanne served on the CHS executive board for several years […]

Dubai Lodging Outlook 2019

On September 23, 2018, Cornell Hotel Society, MENA Chapter, along with STR Global hosted the 4th Annual Dubai Lodging Outlook 2019 Seminar at Fairmont The Palm, Dubai. Tarek M. Daouk ’01 kicked off the event with some general remarks on high level trends in the market and welcomed the remarkable line up of speakers. The […]

CHS New York Learns From Entrepreneur Panel

On May 10th, the CHS New City York Chapter celebrated its 90th anniversary for a networking and intimate panel discussion focused on entrepreneurship. Successful entrepreneurs shared their stories with a focus on the process of forming a new company. They gave advice on how to navigate through the challenges and of course, spoke about the valuable rewards […]