Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 270: Hotel History: Hotel Martinique (1910)
Stanley Turkel | August 25, 2022
Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 268: Hotel History: Wentworth by the Sea
Stanley Turkel | July 12, 2022
Education
The Tony & Libba Rane Culinary Science Center Debuts at Auburn University
August 24, 2022
Auburn, AL (August 24, 2022) — The Tony & Libba Rane Culinary Science Center (RCSC), the new home to Auburn University’s esteemed School for Hospitality Management, opens its doors this month, ushering in a new era for hospitality education with this groundbreaking facility. The Tony & Libba Rane Culinary Science Center, which houses a teaching restaurant and luxury hotel, is a result of a unique partnership between academia and the hospitality industry and will prepare students with operational knowledge creating a stronger and more competitive group of future industry leaders, while also offering unparalleled guest experiences. ...
Hospitality Industry Statistics to Have on Your Radar in 2022
EHL Insights | August 18, 2022
The hospitality industry is a vast sector with many different categories that include recreation, lodging, entertainment, food and beverage. As a result, it is essential to collect all the relevant hospitality industry statistics to fine-tune your digital and social strategies to match the rapid changes currently impacting the sector. This is especially important for hospitality because it was one of the hardest-hit industries by COVID-19, and its challenges are still ongoing. Now that things are almost back to normal, the hospitality industry not only has to deal with changing consumer preferences and expectations but also deal with...
Sharma Named Inaugural Edward Friedman and Stuart Mann Professor in Hospitality
THE PENN STATE SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT | August 3, 2022
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Amit Sharma, professor of hospitality management, has been named the inaugural Edward Friedman and Stuart Mann Professor in Hospitality Management. The professorship supports an outstanding faculty member in the College of Health and Human Development’s School of Hospitality Management to advance the contributions of its holder in teaching, research and public service. “I could not be more pleased that Amit Sharma is the inaugural holder of the Edward Friedman and Stuart Mann Professor in Hospitality Management,” Donna Quadri-Felitti, associate professor and Marvin Asher Endowed Director of the Penn...
A Call for Industry-Academia Collaboration to Address the Labor Shortage Challenge
Linchi Kwok | July 28, 2022
By Linchi Kwok When the pandemic hit, the hospitality and tourism (H&T) industry immediately responded to the crisis with furloughs and layoffs. It did not take long for the industry to realize that it must deal with the labor shortage challenge. In fact, the labor shortage challenge is not new to the H&T industry, but the “Great Resignation” during the pandemic has worsened the situation. In one of my recent publications in the Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, I presented three propositions about the labor shortage issue facing the H&T industry. The paper aims to initiate a conversation between our industr...
HFTP Celebrates the Upcoming 75th Anniversary of ICHRIE
HFTP | July 28, 2022
The association supports the upcoming hospitality and tourism educators’ event, August 3–6 in Washington, D.C., providing the latest on global hospitality finance and technology. Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) is pleased to support the upcoming International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (ICHRIE) Annual Summer Conference as its 75th Anniversary sponsor. The established event offers varied programming, including educational presentations on research and other academic-focused sessions, association business meetings, networking events and concluding with a Celebration Dinner and ...
BWH Hotel Group Awards First Ever David and Louise Kong Legacy Scholarships
BWH Hotel Group | July 14, 2022
Four Deserving Recipients Receive Funding Towards Their Higher Education Goals Phoenix, Arizona (July 14, 2022) – Leading hospitality company BWH Hotel Group® is proud to announce the recipients of the David and Louise Kong Legacy Scholarship, the first year these scholarships have been awarded. The BWH Hotel Group Board of Directors established the David and Louise Kong Legacy Scholarship fund to grant financial assistance to individuals associated with Best Western® Hotels & Resorts – member hoteliers or their children, hotel staff or their children, and corporate associates or their children – who are bettering themselve...
Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 268: Hotel History: Wentworth by the Sea
Stanley Turkel | July 12, 2022
by Stanley Turkel, CMHS Hotel History: Wentworth By The Sea, New Castle, New Hampshire (161 rooms) The Wentworth by the Sea (formerly the Hotel Wentworth), built in 1874 by Daniel E. Chase and Charles E. Campbell, was the largest wooden structure on the New Hampshire coast. It was bought in 1879 by Frank Jones, wealthy owner of banks, breweries, insurance companies, racing stables, railroads and the world's largest shoe-button company. Jones hired the talented Frank W. Hilton (no relation of Conrad) to manage and promote the Wentworth. Hilton introduced steam-driven elevators, Western Union telegraph, a telephone wire connected to...
How Hospitality Students See Their Future in the Industry
Steffen Raub | July 7, 2022
By Dr. Steffen Raub, Catherine Rey Survey insights that explore how the hospitality industry is currently offering both opportunities and drawbacks in the eyes of today's young hospitality students. If the post-Covid labor shortage is to pick up, all key stakeholders must collaborate closely to refresh areas ranging from curriculums to working hours. Worker shortage in the hospitality industry – A chronic problem The hospitality industry is a people business and a labor-intensive industry that produces a considerable number of direct and indirect jobs worldwide. The attraction, selection and retention of “top talent” is theref...
Quadri-Felitti Named Recipient of ICHRIE 2022 Stevenson W. Fletcher Award
The Penn State School of Hospitality Management | July 5, 2022
University Park, PA - The International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (CHRIE) has named Donna Quadri-Felitti, Marvin Ashner Endowed Director and associate professor in the Penn State School of Hospitality Management, as recipient of the 2022 Stevenson W. Fletcher Award. The Stevenson W. Fletcher Award recognizes an individual educator, trainer, or administrator for outstanding achievement in contributing innovative ideas, methods or programs that have advanced teaching, learning or practice in the field of culinary, hospitality and tourism education. “This award is particularly meaningful to me, and I am ...
Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 267: Hotel History: Famous Artist Edward Hopper and His Hotel Management Paintings
Stanley Turkel | June 21, 2022
Hotel History: Famous Artist Edward Hopper (1882-1967) and his Hotel Management paintings by Stanley Turkel, CMHS The American artist Edward Hopper was known for interest in hotels, motels, tourist homes, and the wide scope of hospitality services. From 1920 through 1925 he worked as a commercial illustrator for Hotel Management and Tavern Topics from the Great Depression through the Cold War. He augmented his knowledge of hospitality services as a frequent guest in several lodgings on the long-distance automobile trips he took with his wife, the artist Josephine Hopper. Beginning in the mid-1920s and through the early 1960s, Hopper explo...
AHLA, AHLAF, ICHRIE Announce Partnership to Grow Workforce
The International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (ICHRIE) | June 16, 2022
WASHINGTON (June 16, 2022) –The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), the AHLA Foundation, and the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (ICHRIE) today announced a new strategic partnership, with the shared goal of growing the future workforce of the hotel and hospitality industry. The announcement comes at a critical time for the hotel industry. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in May 2022 employment in the broader leisure and hospitality industry was down more than 1.3 million jobs compared to before the pandemic. Hotels are looking to fill many of those jobs. In a May 2022...
HSMAI Foundation Announces Mike Dimond 2022 Scholarship Program Recipients
The HSMAI Foundation | June 16, 2022
The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International Foundation is proud to announce this year’s recipients of the Mike Dimond Scholarship. This prestigious program supports degree-seeking students who plan to pursue careers in hospitality. The 2022 Mike Dimond Scholarship Awardees are Tara Hajari and Ava Ruff. Tara Hajari Tara is a student at Florida State University. She expects to graduate in May 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality & Tourism Management and a minor in Entrepreneurship. Tara is both a Resident Assistant (RA) for FSU University Housing and a Customer Service Representative for FSU Campus Recr...
Hotel of Tomorrow Project Unveils Seven New Hospitality Concepts
The Gettys Group | June 2, 2022
Chicago, Il (June 2, 2022) --What will hotels of the future look like and how will they function? The Hotel of Tomorrow Project (HOT Project®), a global think tank of industry leaders, seeks to answer that question. After an eight-month collaborative effort, which included regular and virtual reality meet-ups on a custom-built HOT airship in the metaverse, a team of more than 200 including representatives from Hilton, IHG and Marriott hotels, along with technology experts and hospitality school students has unveiled seven future hotel visions. “When you gather and collaborate with many of the most innovative minds in the hospitality ind...
Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 266: Hotel History: The Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California
Stanley Turkel | June 1, 2022
by Stanley Turkel, CMHS Hotel History: The Palace Hotel (1909), San Francisco, Ca (556 rooms) San Francisco and the Palace Hotel have shared a common heritage for more than 140 years. Inspired by a visionary developer, William Chapman Ralston, the Palace Hotel was known as the “Grande Dame of the West”, a hotel of timeless elegance and unprecedented opulence. It was designed by architect John P. Gaynor as the largest, costliest and most luxurious hotel in the world. To finance its $5 million cost, Ralston exhausted his Bank of California which collapsed in late August 1875. Soon thereafter, Ralston’s body was found floating in San...
UniFocus Donates Knowcross Task Management Suite to the NYU School of Professional Studies Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality
UniFocus | May 26, 2022
The Donation will Further Enhance the Tisch Center’s Hospitality Innovation Hub in providing future industry leaders and entrepreneurs with access to advanced platforms offering real world experience in solving hospitality’s latest challenges DALLAS, TX— May 26, 2022—UniFocus, the leading provider of Workforce Management Systems, is today honored to announce the donation of its suite of Knowcross task and workforce management solutions to the NYU School of Professional Studies Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality. Representing the latest advances in hotel operations optimization, access to Knowcross technology as part of the T...
Building an Older, Wiser Workforce
PolyU’s School of Hotel and Tourism Management | May 23, 2022
Sad to say, hotel managers – unwittingly or not – often hold negative perceptions of older workers. People older than 50 make up less than a fifth of all hotel employees. Where does this apparent aversion to employing older people come from? As a vital first step in addressing the low employment rate of older people in this sector, BSc graduate Sau Yin Cheung and Assistant Professor Linda Woo of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University explored age stereotypes and job suitability assessments among hotel managers in Hong Kong. As well as putting age-related discrimination under the micro...
Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 265: Hotel History: Asian American Hotel Owners Association
Stanley Turkel | May 10, 2022
by Stanley Turkel, CMHS Hotel History: The Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) The Asian American Hotel Owners Association is a trade association that represents hotel owners. As of 2022, AAHOA has approximately 20,000 members who own 60% of the hotels in the United States and are responsible for 1.7% of the nation’s GDP. More than one million employees work at AAHOA member-owned hotels, earning $47 billion annually and provide 4.2 million U.S. jobs across all sectors of the hospitality industry. Indian Americans in the hotel and motel industry early on faced discrimination, both from the insurance industry and from com...
IDeaS Announces Winners of the Fabian Specht Future Revenue Innovator Scholarship Winners
IDeaS | May 4, 2022
EHL Hospitality Business School and IDeaS award scholarships in honor of Fabian Specht LONDON—May 4, 2022— IDeaS, a SAS company, the world’s leading provider of hospitality revenue management software and services, announced today the winners of the Fabian Specht Future Revenue Innovator Scholarship. The scholarships have been awarded to two international EHL students pursuing a hospitality management education including Léa Ebzant and Arina Syrdybayeva. In addition to her studies, Ms. Ebzant works and has two contracts as a student ambassador and student assistant at EHL in food and beverage, banqueting, and others. She also wor...
Teneo Hospitality Group Offers Hospitality Scholarship in Honor of Hospitality Industry Leader Anthony (Tony) Aslanian
Teneo Hospitality Group | April 27, 2022
In honor of the late Anthony (Tony) Aslanian, who passed away almost a year ago, Teneo Hospitality Group & the Aslanian family are offering a $5,000 scholarship to a current student participating in a 4-year hospitality program at any college or university within the United States. About Tony Tony Aslanian was a 38-year hospitality industry leader who had a deep passion for the industry. Tony’s passion was unyielding, and he carried himself with such a level of friendliness and authenticity that those that met Tony would never forget. Over the course of his career, he touched the hearts of many people with his mentorship, and educat...
Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 264: Hotel History: Palmer House (1871), Chicago, Illinois
Stanley Turkel | April 20, 2022
by Stanley Turkel, CMHS Hotel History: Palmer House, Chicago, IL (1,639 rooms) The original Palmer House was built in 1871 by Potter Palmer who began his career as a bank clerk in upstate New York. He later became a dry-goods store owner in Chicago where he revolutionized the retail trade. He was the first to make big window displays, to use big advertising spaces, to send goods on approval to homes and to hold bargain sales. He became a brilliant hotel man as he applied his successful department store methods to the operation of his hotel. He saw no reason why clerks, chefs and head waiters should not be subject to the same discipline...
Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society Opens 2022 Alumni Awards Nominations
the Penn State Hotel and Restaurant Society | April 7, 2022
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA — April 7, 2022 — The Penn State Hotel and Restaurant Society (PSHRS) and Penn State School of Hospitality Management have opened nominations for its Annual Alumni Awards. An awards ceremony and reception for award recipients and the entire alumni and School community will be held in conjunction with the school’s 17th annual Alumni in the Classroom event in October 2022. The deadline for alumni, friends and corporate employers of Penn State hospitality alumni to nominate candidates is May 1, 2022. “PSHRS is humbled to honor our fellow graduates who have distinguished themselves in their careers and represented...
Boston University School of Hospitality Administration Bestows Annual Icon Award to the Founders of Airbnb
Boston University School of Hospitality Administration | March 16, 2022
Boston, MA – March 16, 2022 – Boston University School of Hospitality Administration (BU SHA) is proud to announce that the third annual ICON award will be presented to Airbnb co-founders: Brian Chesky, CEO, Nathan Blecharczyk, Chief Strategy Officer, and Joe Gebbia, Chairman of Airbnb.org. The ICON award recognizes innovators who create new and transformative paradigms in hospitality. Blecharczyk will accept the award on behalf of Airbnb virtually to conclude BU SHA’s 2022 Hospitality Leadership Summit. The ICON award ceremony and reception will conclude the School’s Hospitality Leadership Summit, Friday, April 1, 2022 at Hotel C...
Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 262: Hotel History: Tampa Bay Hotel
Stanley Turkel | March 8, 2022
By Stanley Turkel Hotel History: Tampa Bay Hotel (511 rooms) The success of Henry M. Flagler’s Ponce de Leon Hotel in St. Augustine convinced Henry B. Plant that Tampa needed a spectacular new hotel. With the agreement of the town council for a new bridge across the Hillsborough River and for substantial real estate tax abatement, Plant chose New York City architect John A. Wood to design a spectacular hotel. The cornerstone of the Tampa Bay Hotel was laid on July 26, 1888 and the 511-room hotel opened on February 5, 1891 with a 23-foot high rotunda supported by thirteen granite columns. Florida’s first fully electrified hotel conta...
TIEWN Multi-Faceted Announcement for 1st Quarter 2022
TIEWN (Travel Industry Executive Women’s Network) | March 8, 2022
New sponsors, new membership programs, and new events are driving the great expansion of the TIEWN NETWORK furthering the sentiment of global women in the travel industry Los Angeles - March 8, 2022 - TIEWN (Travel Industry Executive Women’s Network) announces the completion of several initiatives in extended support of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the travel, tourism, and hospitality industries. During these difficult times in our world, TIEWN is humbled to announce sweeping changes in our Network as we grow activities exponentially. TIEWN, as one of the oldest established organizations, has been bringing women togethe...
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