Hotelies Gather in Nashville

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On Thursday, August 15, 2019, CHS hosted a reception for fifty Cornellians at Ole Red in Nashville, Tennessee.  Attendees consisted of local alumni, as well as Hotelies in town attending the STR Hotel Data Conference.

Our host, Aaron Gumpenberger ’01 – Director of Planning and Investments at Ryman Hospitality, welcomed the crowd and described his efforts to grow the Ole Red brand across the country.  Following Aaron, Robert Mandelbaum ’81 led a group toast in memory of Phil Miller ’83.   Thanks to Aaron and Ryman Hospitality for providing the banquet room and appetizers on a complimentary basis.

CHS Reception in Nashville, August 15, 2019

CHS Nordic Chapter Discusses Customer Service and Experience

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On August 8, 2019 the CHS Nordic Chapter (Finland/Sweden) met at the offices of Midstar to discuss Managing Exceptional Customer Service and Customer Experience with relative measures. The meeting was supposed to last one hour, but we sat for about more than two and a half hours. This proved that a learning centre in the Nordics and the Baltics is needed.

A special thank you to Ola Stendebakken, Marc Henriksen, and Peter Tengström (all alumni) who were proud to host and sponsor the event at the Midstar office. Beverly and Peter were in the US, so Robin Stenlund was our host. Thank you to Jukka Laitamäki who facilitated the interactive session.

CHS Nordic Chapter – Customer Service Seminar

CHS DC/Baltimore Summer 2019 Pool Party

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More than 40 Hotelies and guests gathered at the home of Dave Pollin ’90 in Bethesda, MD for a family-friendly pool party on Sunday, July 28th. The summer-inspired menu for the afternoon event featured salmon, pulled pork and beef sliders, grilled vegetables and chicken kabobs and an assortment of delicious salads. The highlights of the day were definitely the bite-size s’mores and the zip line above the pool.

DC/Baltimore Chapter Pool Party – July 2019

 

SHA Reception at NABHOOD

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On Thursday, July 25, 2019 the School of Hotel Administration hosted a reception in conjunction with the 23rd annual Hotel Ownership and Investment Summit and Trade Show produced by the National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators, and Developers (NABHOOD). The event was held in the Presidential Suite of the Marriott Biscayne Bay overlooking the harbor. Attendees consisted of four current students, alumni attending the conference, and members of the South Florida chapter of the Cornell Hotel Society. Victor Younger, SHA Director of Diversity and Inclusion, hosted the event.

Attendees from Ithaca Included (Picture 1 Left to Right):

  • Victor Younger, SHA Director of Diversity and Inclusion
  • Shavonnie Victor ‘20
  • Grismely Acevedo ‘22
  • Shelby Ragin ‘20
  • Jonah Williams ‘20

Special Guests (Picture 2 Left to Right):

  • Andy Ingraham, Founder/President/CEO, NABHOOD
  • Norman Jenkins, President, Capstone Development
  • Shawn Murray, Asst. Prof Tourism & Hospitality Management at Montgomery County Community College
  • Victor Younger, SHA Director of Diversity and Inclusion

 

Rocky Mountain Chapter Goes To The Ballpark

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The CHS Rocky Mountain Chapter hosted a scholarship fundraiser at the Colorado Rockies game on Monday evening, July 15, 2019. In true #Hotelieforlife spirit, Carl Mittleman ’97 of ARAMARK, donated a luxury suite and all proceeds from ticket sales went directly to the CHS Rocky Mountain Scholarship Fund. And through another alumni donation, two current students interning in Colorado were sponsored to attend the event. Even though the Rockies didn’t win, a great time was had by all and it was a great opportunity to support future Hotelies!


CHS New England Community Service Event

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On Saturday, June 29, 2019 alumni of the New England Chapter volunteered at Cradles to Crayons – The Giving Factory in Boston. Cradles to Crayons provides essential items to children living in homeless or low-income situations. The clothes, toys and school supplies will help the children thrive in school, home and play. Twelve alumni and guests enjoyed a productive session helping to sort various items. The Chapter looks forward to returning!

CHS New England volunteers at Cradles to Crayons

2019 Cornell Hospitality Icon & Innovator Awards

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The 11th annual Cornell Hospitality Icon & Innovator Award dinner was held on June 4, 2019 at The Pierre Hotel in New York. This year’s Icon award went to Christopher J. Nassetta, President and CEO of Hilton. The Innovator award went to two Hotelies: Roger G. Hill ’87, Chairman/CEO of The Gettys Group, and Andrew J. Fay ’87, President of The Gettys Group.

As is tradition, all three award winners were granted lifetime memberships in the Cornell Hotel Society.

Icon Winner: Christopher J. Nassetta

Innovator Award Winners: Roger G. Hill ’87 and Andrew J. Fay ’87

CHS German Chapter Annual ITB Breakfast 2019

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On March 7, 2019 Hotelies from around the world gathered for the annual CHS breakfast held in conjunction with the ITB travel conference in Berlin. The event was held at the International Club Berlin.

The traditional breakfast was, as always, a wonderful opportunity to have a chat with “old friends” and make some new business contacts. The Chapter thanks everyone who was involved and helped us planning this breakfast – especially all attendees for making this get-together such a great success.

2019 ITB Breakfast in Berlin

2018 German Chapter Symposium and Regional Meeting in Hamburg

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The feedback we received for our 2018 German Chapter Symposium and Regional Meeting was very positive and all who were involved in the planning are so thankful that the intense work payed off. The event was held October 26 through 28.

We started with our Educational Symposium on Friday like the years before. Thanks to our sponsors Suitepad, hotelkit, Protel and dailypoint who contributed a big stake which allowed us to offer such a nice program. Our appreciation also goes to Carl Artmann, the new GM of the Sofitel Hamburg, for being such a wonderful host.

The symposium was started with our traditional fireplace talk with a famous industry leader. This year we had RJ Friedlander on stage, the founder and CEO of ReviewPro, one of the leading review management systems. He explained his personal success story from his childhood in California to the selling of his company to Shiji. The talk was followed by presentations about hotel design trends, GDPR and its positive aspects on competitiveness and finally about knowledge management.

The day concluded with a get-together at the Tortue, one of the new hot-spots in Hamburg which was kindly recommended to us by Tobias Brown. About 40 Cornellians and external guests of the symposium networked hard und finalized the day at the bar – like in the good old days! ?

The next day was for chapter members and started with our chapter meeting at the Steigenberger. Thanks to all who attended for the constructive meeting, as well as for the feedback and ideas. Afterwards we had a very nice time with a very special sight-seeing tour to the Elbphilharmonie, the harbour, as well through St. Pauli.

We finalized the weekend with another highlight – the gala dinner at The Fontenay. Besides a wonderful dinner in an elegant and vibrating atmosphere, we repeated the auction we initiated last year to raise money for the Deiv Salutskij EMEA Scholarship Fund, which will additionally include a scholarship for one PDP course for a German candidate funded by our Chapter in Rudy Münster’s name. Prices were for instance a weekend at the Sofitel in Hamburg, a weekend at the Le Meridian Hamburg, stays at the 25 hours, etc. After dinner and closing the roof-top bar at The Fontenay, some still had enough power to move on to the next bar!

I believe, that we all had a great weekend and everyone who joined us will try to attend in the future.

CHS Germany 2018 Annual Symposium


2019 Senior Send Off

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On Saturday, May 12, 2019, the CHS Collegiate Chapter hosted the annual Student Send Off event at the Carriage House. Over the course of the two-hour event, 81 people attended (not including the CHS team). Everyone received a wine bag and really enjoyed the venue and food especially! Special thanks to CHS President Dexter Wood and CHS Second Vice President Ted Teng for giving very inspirational speeches and really making a huge difference by attending the event.

2019 SHA Student Send Off