Cornell Center for Hospitality Research Announces New Corporate Affiliations
hospitalityInside.com and 4hoteliers.com will increase Center's global reach
ITHACA, NY, September 18, 2006. The Cornell Hotel School's Center for Hospitality Research has added two affiliates in its ongoing drive to build the world's preeminent hospitality research organization, bringing the number of corporate affiliates to 50. As friends of the Center, hospitalityInside.com and 4hoteliers.com will expand the Center's media reach by covering Center research reports relevant to the European and Middle East markets respectively.
Founded in 2005, hospitalityInside.com is a purely editorial, bilingual and international online magazine for the hotel industry. Published in English and German, hospitalityInside.com seeks to create a network of editors, practitioners, and experts. Available only by paid subscription, hospitalityInside.com particularly focuses on the European and international market, with 14 correspondents in seven countries.
Germany-based hotel consultant Rudy Muenster, a graduate of the Cornell School of Hotel Administration and principal of RWM Consult, relayed his enthusiasm for the new affiliation of hospitalityInside.com: "It is a great pleasure to hear that Maria Puetz-Willems together with her team of journalists has joined forces with Cornell to provide the newest and most valuable information for the hospitality industry."
Launched in 2002 by a group of hoteliers and industry consultants, 4Hoteliers is the global on-line hotel & travel news publication of Lifestyles Concepts Limited. 4Hoteliers.com has grown to become the news and information web site for the industry and serves a worldwide audience of executives and other professionals. The site features thousands of free articles, industry news headlines and press releases from a number of reliable sources and carefully selected freelancers as well as a web link databank for easy reference and search and a global events & trade show calendar.
"Our network of corporate friends has made it possible for the Center to reach deep into the industry to share research findings," said David Sherwyn, Academic Director of the Center. "I'm delighted to be working with hospitalityInside.com and 4hoteliers.com."
About The Center for Hospitality Research
A unit of the Cornell School of Hotel Administration, The Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) sponsors research designed to improve practices in the hospitality industry. Under the lead of the Center's 50 corporate affiliates, experienced scholars work closely with business executives to discover new insights into strategic, managerial and operating practices. The Center also publishes the award-winning hospitality journal, the Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly. To learn more about CHR and its projects, visit www.chr.cornell.edu.
CHR Partners and sponsors: AIG Global Real Estate Investment, Cendant Corporation, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, HVS International, JohnsonDiversey, Inc., Kohinoor Group, Marsh's Hospitality Practice, Nestl'e, Smith Travel Research, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Southern Wine and Spirits of America, Inc., SynXis (a Sabre Holdings Corporation), Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, Thayer Group of Companies, and Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo.
CHR friends: 4Hoteliers.com o ARAMARK o Caribbean Hotel and Restaurant Buyers Guide o DK Shifflet & Associates o ehotelier.com o Estrela Marketing Solutions o Fireman's Fund o Gerencia de Hoteles & Restaurantes o Global Hospitality Resources o Hospitality Confections o Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) o hospitalityInside.com o hospitalitynet.org o Hotel Asia Pacific o Hotel China o HotelExecutive.com o Hotel Interactive o Hotel Resource o International CHRIE o International Hotel and Restaurant Association o International Hotel Conference o iPerceptions o KPMG Japan/Global Management Directions o Lodging Hospitality o Lodging Magazine o PKF Hospitality Research o Resort+Recreation o The Resort Trades o RestaurantEdge.com o Shibata Publishing Co. o The Lodging Conference o Taste & Travel o TravelCLICK o UniFocus o WageWatch, Inc. o WiredHotelier.com
CONTACT:
Jennifer Macera, 607.255.3101; [email protected]
Cydney Peters, 607.255.8698; [email protected]
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