Hospitality advisory AETHOS Consulting Group shares insight on the psychological factors that limit the accuracy and usefulness of HR surveys and assessments. Dr. James Houran, Managing Director of AETHOS and author of the study discusses the "One Size Fits All" approach many assessments in the market use when providing feedback on applicants or incumbents.
Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), the leading independent Global Sales Organization serving the meetings and incentive marketplace, presented Colorado's The Broadmoor with its prestigious "Chairman's Award" for 2017. The award is presented annually to the ALHI member hotel or resort that best displays exemplary leadership and commitment to performance in the preceding year, while epitomizing exceptional property-level teamwork and cohesion with ALHI's Global Sales team in serving the meetings industry. The award was presented at ALHI's prestigious Industry Advisory Council (IAC) Conference, recently held at the picturesque 550-acre La Cantera Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas, which brought together 250 senior leaders from many of ALHI's accounts, with general managers and senior marketing executives of ALHI's worldwide membership portfolio.
Hyatt Regency Atlanta and Georgia State University today announced the creation of the Hyatt Regency Atlanta Hospitality Scholarship, funded by a $100,000 endowment to provide opportunity to young leaders pursuing degrees in hospitality. As part of Hyatt Regency Atlanta's 50th anniversary celebrations in May 2017, the annual scholarship has been established through a collaboration between the hotel and the Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality Administration in Georgia State's J. Mack Robinson College of Business.
Hospitality advisory and executive search firm AETHOS Consulting Group has announced completion of two significant U.S.-based C-Suite searches:
Florida International University's Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management has appointed Lizabeth Kane-Hanan '87 MS '04 as the Chair of the Dean's Advisory Council, effective February 23, 2017.
Florida International University's Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management has added new specializations in revenue management and hospitality real estate development to its 12-month online Master of Science in Hospitality Management degree.
M&R Hotel Management today announced the appointment of Laurie Oliver as regional director of travel industry sales, responsible for managing sales on behalf of the company's 17 managed hotels to travel agents, wholesalers, consortia, tour operators, receptive operators and tour groups.
The HR in Hospitality Conference, in partnership with the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, the Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations, and the Cornell University ILR School, will offer HR professionals a unique opportunity to witness and learn from the strategic and practical discussions that are now occurring in boardrooms across the country. The extremely popular Cornell University Executive Summit will be held March 29 at ARIA Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.
Jon Zwickel, President and CEO of the Canadian Vacation Ownership Association (CVOA) has been named Best Industry Leader in the 2017 Perspective Magazine Awards.
Spire Hospitality, one of the nation's leading and most respected hotel management companies, proudly announces two DoubleTree by Hilton Annapolis leadership employees as award recipients in the Maryland Hotel & Lodging Association (MHLA) annual 'Stars of the Industry' program. Area General Manager Dhaval Brahmbhatt and Banquet Houseman Francisco "Chico" Ramirez were recognized with top honors in the local industry awards program, as the General Manager of the Year and Outstanding Food & Beverage Employee of the Year, respectively.
M&R Hotel Management today announced the appointment of Felix Maldonado as the general manager of the 250-room Hilton Garden Inn New York Times Square South, now under construction at 326 West 37th St. and scheduled to open in June.
The hotel will be the first Hilton brand in M&R's 17-property managed portfolio.
M&R Hotel Management today announced the appointment of Z.B. Moham, a 25-year lodging veteran, as area general manager to oversee two of its four hotels near John F. Kennedy International Airport: the 73-room Days Inn Jamaica – JFK Airport and the 87-room Best Western JFK Airport Hotel.
H. Fisk Johnson '79, M.Eng. '80, M.S. '82, MBA '84, Ph.D. '86, and SC Johnson have committed $150 million for Cornell University's College of Business, which comprises the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, the School of Hotel Administration, and the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management. It is the largest single gift to Cornell's Ithaca campus and the second largest gift to name a U.S. business school.
The HR in Hospitality Conference, in partnership with the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, the Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations, and the Cornell University ILR School, announced the eleventh annual event will feature presentations by Hotel School professors David Sherwyn and J. Bruce Tracey.The HR in Hospitality Conference, being held March 27 - 29 at Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, will host HR and legal experts providing actionable tips, innovative ideas, and practical solutions. HR professionals will be equipped with guidelines for navigating the hospitality industry's changing landscape, including human resources technology, wage and hour regulations, labor and employment relations under a Trump administration, working with unions, and more."Cornell University's distinguished professors offer a unique perspective from their years of research in HR and legal challenges impacting the hospitality industry," said Ed Chase, vice president of conferences at LRP Publications, organizers of the HR in Hospitality Conference. "With seasoned insight gained through decades of scholarship, these thought leaders will provide guidance that will surely benefit our attendees."In the fast‐paced HR Tips and Trends plenary moderated by Tracey, four respected industry leaders will provide expert guidance on HR-strategy-and-process thought leadership in numerous areas, including staffing, performance management, leadership development, employee engagement, metrics, employment branding, culture, diversity, total rewards, organization design, and service-delivery models. Industry presenters include Carey Goldberg, global learning and development officer at Marriott International and global HR leader at EDITION Hotels; Holly Lawson, corporate director of people and culture at Pivot Hotels and Resorts; Robert Mellwig, senior vice president of really cool people (human resources) at Two Roads Hospitality; and Harold Morgan, senior vice president of human resources at White Lodging Services.In the attendee-favorite session, 50 Legal Tips in 50 Minutes, Sherwyn and leading hospitality attorneys Kara Maciel, Paul Wagner, and Celeste Yeager will take turns presenting concise, practical tips for HR professionals on critical employment and labor-law issues. Topics will include class actions, wage-and-hour compliance, gender bias, social media, micro‐bargaining, and more. Attendees will learn what's needed to stay on top of the broad and ever‐changing legal landscape.Additionally, Sherwyn, Tracey, and eleven top HR executives and veteran employment-law attorneys will present the 8th Annual Cornell University Executive Summit. This highly popular event provides conference attendees a unique opportunity to witness and learn from the strategic and practical discussions that occur in boardrooms across the country. The panel of top HR executives and veteran employment law attorneys will discuss and debate wide‐reaching and relevant HR topics. The simulated executive meeting will probe the significant issues challenging the hospitality industry, as well as the root causes of those challenges. Attendees will gain viable strategies, programming, tactics, tools, and tips on how to apply them in their organization.Visit www.HRinHospitality.com or call toll‐free 800.727.1227 for more details and to register.
For one day only, Friday, March 31, 2017, UCF's Rosen College of Hospitality Management will host the 2nd Women's Hospitality Leadership Forum, and heavy-hitters in the industry like Red Lobster's Salli Setta, Wyndham Vacation Rentals North America's Mary Lynn Clark and Alpana Singh, Master Sommelier, Restaurant Owner and Television host, will be there. These three women, along with other luminaries in hospitality, will speak and inspire up-and-comers in the industry.
Courts across the United States are in a potentially awkward position when they are presented with employers' summary judgment motions relating to sexual harassment. As explained in a new Cornell report, judges often have to choose between following legal precedent or breaking the rule established by the Supreme Court. As explained in the report, "When Rules Are Made to Be Broken: The Case of Sexual Harassment Law," by David Sherwyn, Nicholas F. Menillo, and Zev J. Eigen, the courts often choose to break the rules. Sherwyn is a professor of law at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration and director of the Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor and Employment Law (CIHLER), which has issued the report. Menillo is an associate with Sullivan & Cromwell, and Eigen is the global director of data analytics at Littler Mendelson.
For one day only, Friday, March 31, 2017, UCF's Rosen College of Hospitality Management will host the 2nd Women's Hospitality Leadership Forum, and heavy-hitters in the industry like Red Lobster's Salli Setta, Wyndham Vacation Rentals North America's Mary Lynn Clark and Alpana Singh, Master Sommelier, Restaurant Owner and Television host, will be there. These three women, along with other luminaries in hospitality, will speak and inspire up-and-comers in the industry.
At its annual Stars of the Industry statewide awards luncheon on December 15th, the Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association (IHLA) honored the best of Illinois' 35,000 hospitality workers and organizations, and one of the Hilton Chicago O'Hare Airport employees came out on top.
Removing bias from the hiring process presents challenges for the hospitality industry and other service industries that want a qualified, diverse workforce. New research from Cornell University shows that HR managers' awareness of competence among job applicants and managers' attitudes toward affirmative action programs help reduce prejudice in recruitment.
The Boston University School of Hospitality Administration has launched its first-ever graduate program, the Master of Management in Hospitality (MMH). The programs first cohort will begin in July 2017 and will offer both full-time and part-time options.