The Auction
The Market Place Auction
October 29, 2025 12:00 pm – November 09, 2025 6:30 pm
Thanks to the amazing generosity of so many Hotelies who donated and solicited so many wonderful prizes. Prize donations are still welcome.
- Log onto GiveSmart to see what prizes remain
- To buy the item at the minimum bid amount:
- Sign in (or register and then sign in), add the item to your cart, and check out.
- To bid lower than the minimum:
- Email Alex at Alex.Koch@CornellHotelSociety.com with the Auction #, Prize Name, and your bid amount.
- If your bid is the high bid on the prize at 5:00 pm Pacific on Wednesday, December 17th, you win. (This is not “Price is Right”, so please do not bid only $1🤣 )
2025 Hall of Fame Inductees
Hall of Fame Supporters
Reception Sponsors
Sponsorships are still available.
Contact Adam Tang (amt292@cornell.edu) or Alex Koch (alex.koch@cornellhotelsociety.com) about auction donations and sponsorship opportunities.
Mission
The mission of the Cornell Hotelie Hall of Fame is to:
- Celebrate Cornell Hotelie successes
- Create a library of inspirational stories for applicants, students, faculty, and alumni
- Bring together an annual reunion of Hotelies to share the fellowship of Hotelie for Life
- Fortify the School’s brand in the industry by featuring Hotelie successes
Nomination & Selection Process
The Nomination/Selection Committee selects the inductees each year and is comprised of members from different generations, geographic regions, and segments of the industry.
The founding committee members are as follows:
- Deniz Omurgonulsen, ‘00 (Chair)
- Rocco Angelo, ‘58
- Jan DeRoos, ‘78
- Court Williams ’78
- Ted Teng ‘79
- Christopher Hunsberger ‘81
- Ginny Mariani-Kitt, ‘82
- Elizabeth Schafer ‘84
- Catalina Ganis ‘85
- Regan Taikitsadaporn, ‘93
- Vernetta Kinchen ‘95
- Kristin Sander Urhammer, ‘99
- Rohan Gopaldas, ‘02
- Sarah Perkins Latimer ’05
The criteria for nomination/selection are:
- Contribution to the hospitality industry
- Contribution to the community
- Contribution to the Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration
