CHS Chicago Annual Summer Picnic
CHS Chicago held its annual summer picnic on Sunday, August 12, 2018. Once again, the Chicago chapter would like to thank Stephen ’90 and Elleke ’91 Haggerty for sharing their home and pool.
Entries by Robert Mandelbaum
Phil Baugh ’96
Phil Baugh ’96 shares what it means to him to be a “Hotelie for Life”: “Initially, I thought that relationships with my fellow Cornell Hotelies were helping me grow in my career, but I did not realize how further impressed I would be by my Hotelies. In November 2014, I discovered I had brain cancer. […]
Arizona Annual Summer Dinner
Geoff Gray ’09, new CHS Arizona chapter President and General Manager of the Royal Palms Resort and Spa, hosted the chapter’s Annual Summer Dinner on Sunday, August 19, 2018. Thirty-Five Hotelies, along with their friends and family, enjoyed an excellent soiree of fine wines and food at the property’s romantic Mediterranean dining room – T. […]
Hotelies Gather in Nashville
On Thursday, August 16, 2018, CHS hosted a reception for sixty Cornellians at the 21C Museum Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Attendees consisted of local alumni, as well as Hotelies in town attending the STR Hotel Data Conference. Thanks to our 21C hosts Nattie Trisarnsri, MMH ’09 – Nashville F&B Director, and Sarah B. Robbins ’95 […]
DC/Baltimore Chapter Enjoys The Summer
In early August 2018 members of the DC/Baltimore Chapter gathered for a picnic to enjoy the summer weather.
Georgia Chapter Welcomes Current Hotelies
On Tuesday August 7, 2018, the CHS Georgia Chapter hosted five current Hotel School students for pizza at the Mellow Mushroom – Brookhaven. Uma Patel ’22, Nina Bachich ’19, Kevin O’Gara ’20, Keval Rama ’21, and Hyun Ho Lee ’19 were five of an estimated dozen Hotelies interning in Atlanta during the summer of 2018.
CHS Georgia Entertains Summer Interns
On July 26, 2018 the CHS Georgia chapter entertained current Hotel School students that are interning in Atlanta for the summer. The event was held at The Southern Gentleman restaurant in Buckhead.
Sebastian Colella ‘05
Sebastian Colella ‘05, Vice President of Pinnacle Advisory Group, shares with us what it means to him to be a Hotelie for Life. “It is the close-knit community of alumni, students, friends, family, and professors that allow us to all remain Hotelies for Life. The Hotel School’s unique social nature helped me to foster life […]
Mike Cahill ’84
Mike Cahill ’84, CEO and Founder of HREC – Hospitality Real Estate Counselors and co-Founder of the Lodging Industry Investment Council (LIIC), shares what it means to him to be a Hotelie for Life®. “Leaving the glorious cradle of Ithaca into the real world, we automatically join past and future generations of Statler Hall graduates […]
“Conversations with Alumni” – Gary Mendell ‘79
Hannah Yang ’18 was fortunate to speak with Gary Mendell ‘79, the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Shatterproof, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending the stigma against addiction and helping those who suffer recover from it. Gary is also the founder of HEI Hotels and Resorts, a multi-billion dollar company that oversees a portfolio of […]
