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 […]
Alan LeBlanc ’84, President & Chief Creative Officer of Brewed to Serve, shares with us what it means to him to be a Hotelie for Life®: Since graduating from Cornell in 1984, I have consulted in real estate, developed and operated a retirement community, developed office buildings in Moscow, Russia, and along with my wife […]
Vickie (Littler) Kozhushchenko ’96, Vice President – Human Resources for Clean Earth, Inc. shares with us what it means to her to be a Hotelie for Life®. “I’m a Hotelie for Life® for so many reasons. One primary reason is because everywhere I go, I look for opportunities (to paraphrase E.M. Statler) to ‘give a little […]
Cornell Hotel Society Collegiate Chapter President Michael Baldyga ’19 was fortunate to speak with School of Hotel Administration Dean Kate Walsh Ph.D., a graduate of the SHA MPS program in 1990. Was there any particular story/moment when you first knew what it meant to be a Hotelie? If so, could you please share? I would go […]
On Saturday July 21, 2018, Hotelies gathered at Mayorga Organics for a factory tour and coffee tasting. Mayora Organic’s purpose is to eliminate systemic poverty in rural Latin America through responsible trade of artisanal organic foods. Their team has dedicated their lives to creating a SUSTAINABLE business model that puts FARMERS first as they believe […]
In partnership with CBRE, CHS South Florida Chapter hosted 136 alumni and industry friends on May 16, 2018 to celebrate CHS 90th Anniversary. The event was scheduled to coincide with the CHRIS/HOLA conference and it took place at Boulud Sud at the JW Marriott in downtown Miami. Complimentary past hors d’oeuvres and a welcome drink […]
The CHS European, Middle East and African regional meeting was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia from June 21 to 24, 2018. Congratulations to the CHS AlpAdria & Eastern European chapter and EMEA regional leadership for hosting such an enjoyable event! The conference planning committee consisted of Jeffrey Scott, MPS ’91, Tomo Ceh GMP ’15, Tine Brodnjak, […]
On Monday, April 30, the Chicago Chapter of CHS and Hirman Ahmad MMH ’15 of ROYCE’ Chocolate hosted a Chicago, Cornell, Champagne and Chocolate Event at the ROYCE’ Chocolate location in the Shops of North Bridge in celebration of the 90th year of the Cornell Hotel Society. This VIP Japanese chocolate tasting event was complete […]
On May 10th, the New England Chapter held an exciting event celebrating the 90th anniversary of Cornell Hotel Society. The Chapter celebrated the milestone at Boston’s newest Mexican restaurant, Bodega on Canal, with thirty local alumni and their guests.
Julia Heyer ’00, Co-Founder and President of Heyer Performance, shares what it means to her to be a Hotelie for Life®. “A non-hotelie Cornellian friend of mine once said, ‘You join the Hotel School and you get indoctrinated into a cult.’ I prefer to think of it as the welcoming inclusion into a tribe – […]
