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Cornell Hospitality Business Plan Competition 2020 | Matte Black Lounges

Matte Black Lounges is focused on bringing modern airport lounges to currently under-served, mid-market, domestic airports.Team members:• Shucen Ding MMH ’20• Yi Xuan Huang ’20 (SHA)• Lyon Li ’23 (SHA)• Gabe Trumbo MBA ’21 The Cornell Hospitality Business Plan Competition is a meaningful learning experience for students who are interested in pursuing an entrepreneurial venture and whose ideas serve as new independent ventures in the seed, start-up, or early growth stages. This annual entrepreneurship competition begins at the start of the academic year when students form teams and develop executive summaries for their business plans. The competition ends in early spring, during Hotel Ezra Cornell, when finalist teams make their presentations to a judging panel that selects the top three plans and concepts as winners.Find out more about the Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship at http://bit.ly/2Ekv21c

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The Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration is the premier school for hospitality education in the world. As an integral part of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, the school is leading the world in teaching and researching the business of hospitality—marketing, finance, real estate, operations, and more, all applied to the world’s largest and most exciting industry.