Cornell Icon of the Industry Awards Dinner
Save the Date
The 2010 Cornell Icon of the Industry Awards Dinner will take place on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 in New York City. The 2010 honoree and venue will be announced this fall.
Nominations for 2010 Icon of the Industry
The School is accepting nominations for next year's Icon of the Industry award recipient. You may nominate an individual here. Criteria for nominees are:
• lifetime achievements in the hospitality industry and
• contributions to his or her community or society.
2010 Sponsors
Café Spice, Hsyndicate, The Hotel Yearbook, JDA Software Group, Lord & Taylor, Philips Hospitality, PhoCusWright, Questex Media, Southworth Development LLC
To learn more about this event, or participate as a corporate sponsor, please contact Joe Strodel, Jr., Director of Corporate & Foundation Affairs at 607-255-4646, or js343@cornell.edu; or Rachel Ash ’99 MBA ‘06, Manager of Corporate & Foundation Affairs at 607-255-3742 or rep6@cornell.edu.
2009 Highlights
More than 500 hospitality industry leaders, Cornell alumni, and members of the media gathered for the School of Hotel Administration's first annual Icon of the Industry Awards Dinner. All of the proceeds from the gala event, which was held at the New York Marriott Marquis on June 2, 2009, will benefit the School's scholarships and programs. View event photos here.
J. W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr., chairman and CEO, Marriott International, Inc., was honored as the first winner of the Cornell Icon of the Industry Award. Following the event, Marriott expressed his appreciation for the tribute, saying, "Thank you for a really terrific evening. Everything was superb. I was honored, humbled, and very grateful to you all." Click here to read about Mr. Marriott's leadership in the hospitality industry.
This year's winners of the Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship's Hospitality Innovator Award were Fred Malek, CEO and Co-Founder, TIG Global, and Trip Schneck, President and Co-Founder, TIG Global. Click here to read about their outstanding entrepreneurship in the industry.
Media coverage of the event:
Hotel Business:
Hotel Chatter "It was a celebration of Mr. Marriott's career as much as it was a time for the industry's movers and shakers to get a bit of inspiration."
Nation's Restaurant News "The dinner . . . was a veritable 'Who's Who' in the hospitality industry."
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Honorary Committee Members:
Bob Alter ’73, Richard Baker ’88, Richard Bradley ’63, Dean Emeritus Robert Beck ’42, PhD ’54, Dean Emeritus David Butler, Former Dean & Prof. Emeritus John Clark PhD ’69, Former Dean & Prof. David Dittman, Robert Fite ’50, Julie Flik ’63, Charles Henry ’74, Caren Kline ’75, John Mariani ’54, John McAuliffe P’10, Charles Mund ’51, Drew Nieporent ’77, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos ’85, Mary & Leland Pillsbury ’69,Dale Whiteman Pinto ’74, Richard Riley ’63, Burton “Skip” Sack ’61, Curt Strand ’43, Chiaki Tanuma MPS ’80, Ted Teng ’79, Andrew Tisch ’71
For a list of Planning Committee Members, click here.