8th Annual Cornell Hospitality Icon and Innovators Awards

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8th Annual Cornell Hospitality Icon and Innovators Awards

583 Park Avenue, New York City

June 7, 2016

“It took me some time to shift from what keeps me up at night to what gets me up in the morning.  It took me some time to shift from doing things out of fear to doing things out of love.  Along the way, I learned in order to transform businesses, I first need to transform myself.” — Ted Teng ‘79

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Our 8th Annual Cornell Hospitality Icon & Innovators Awards was another celebratory night with some of the best and brightest in the industry. The annual ceremony is the School of Hotel Administration’s premier fundraising event and a celebration to honor visionary leaders in hospitality, business, and philanthropy. Contributions to the event support the school’s annual fund, which provides key funding to scholarships and programs.

This year’s honorees included:

 

13340219_10154340033186869_6741829818991883853_o-1Isadore Sharp, Founder and Chairman, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, as the 2016 Cornell Icon of the Industry Award recipient.

 

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Ted Teng ’79, President and CEO, The Leading Hotels of the World, as the 2016 Cornell Hospitality Innovator Award recipient.

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Dean Michael Johnson, The Bradley H. Stone Dean and E. M. Statler Professor, School of Hotel Administration.

 

CHS was a sponsor of the evening and presented honorees Isadore Sharp and Ted Teng with commemorative plates representing honorary lifetime membership of the Cornell Hotel Society.

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It was a great night filled with laughter, revelry, and camaraderie. Dinner was at 583 Park in New York City followed by a fun after party hosted by Nikita Sarkar MMH ‘06, President of the NYC Chapter, and her team at LAVO Night Club.

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Atlanta Lodging Outlook 2016

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On Wednesday, September 9, 2015 the Georgia Chapter of the Cornell Hotel Society held its annual Atlanta Lodging Outlook breakfast seminar. A crowd of 325 area hotel industry professionals attended the 17th annual seminar. This year’s event was held at the InterContinental Hotel in Buckhead. Our host was Brian Ettelman ’87, Director of Catering.

Atlanta Lodging Outlook is organized by the CHS Georgia Chapter with promotional assistance from the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Georgia Hotel and Lodging Association. The seminar is designed to provide hotel owners and operators with the information they need to prepare their marketing plans and budgets for the upcoming year.

The CHS Georgia Chapter was honored to have Professor John B. (Jack) Corgel Ph.D., the Robert C Baker Chair of Real Estate, serve as moderator for this year’s forum. CHS chapter President Sophia Lin-Kanno ‘05 opened the proceedings, followed by Jim Sprouse, President of the Georgia Hotel & Lodging Association.

During the first half of the seminar, Professor Corgel facilitated a discussion on real estate development activity in Atlanta, and how it impacts the local lodging industry. The panelists included Jim Stormont (Johnson ’85) – President & Lead Principal of the Stormont Hospitality Group, David Marvin – Founder and President of the Legacy Property Group, and Robert Voyles – Principal & CEO of Seven Oaks Company, LLC.

Following the discussion on real estate development, a panel of local area experts presented their outlook for 2016:

  • Roger Tutterow Ph.D., Professor of Economics at Kennesaw State University
  • Mark Vaughan, EVP and Chief Sales Officer for the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau
  • Mark Woodworth ’77, Senior Managing Director of PKF Hospitality Research, a CBRE Company

Proceeds from the event help support the Georgia chapter’s scholarship fund.