IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), one of the world's leading hotel companies with brands such as Holiday Inn,todayannounced it is creating nearly 3,000¹ new jobs across its 275 UK hotels over the next three years, including over 1,100² new jobs this year. IHG also announced the launch of its newest hospitality training Academy in London.The announcement was welcomed by the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who attended the launch of the IHG Academy programme at the soon to open Holiday Inn London Stratford City.

The speakers demonstrated their ability to surprise and inspire the audience of around 100 hospitality professionals. The exciting programme brought inspiration from a wide diversity of disciplines. All the content was curated with key stakeholders of the hospitality industry in mind. "We asked ourselves about trends influencing the future of hospitality and identified interesting ideas from neuroscientists and flavour scientists, from design agencies, storytellers, gamers, anthropologists and innovating engineers".

David Horrigan, PhD, Director, Center of Marketing Excellence, said, "We believe the Global Revenue Management team at Marriott International is unique in their vision, creativity and motivation toward the preparation of students seeking a career in hospitality. We recognize the innovative culture Marriott International has toward higher education's role in preparing future employees for hospitality careers. We appreciate everything the Global Revenue Management Team has done for our students and want to formally recognize this effort."

Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, in association with The Center for Hospitality Research, has organised a day long Cornell International Hospitality Summit for the first time in India at the Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai. The industry leaders shared their ideas, views and knowledge on the role of education in hospitality. Deepak Tiwari presents an overview of the event.

Ithaca, NY, February 14, 2012 - Recently released research from the Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration finds the hotel industry split on whether to use daily deals, also known as flash deals. An industry study shows how to structure a successful daily deal. In a separate report, the results of the latest CHR roundtable on sustainability shows considerable progress in developing "green" operations, and participants focused on removing existing obstacles. Additionally, a newly posted research brief finds some competitive advantages when hotels cluster together-even when those hotels operate in different market segments.

The Cornell Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration celebrates 20 years of service to the hospitality industry in 2012, with events designed to create new knowledge, share information with the hospitality industry, and connect industry practitioners with academic researchers.

One of the fastest growing, highly valued fields in the global hospitality and tourism industry is managing marketing and sales using revenue management strategies. The School of Business recognizes the significant opportunity to meet the demand by offering a new MBA with a focus in hospitality revenue management.

Kelly McGuire, executive director of the hospitality travel and global practice at SAS, has been confirmed to speak on the "Innovation in Hospitality Technology" panel at the 87th Annual Hotel Ezra Cornell (HEC 87), a student-run industry conference at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration (SHA). McGuire, who earned her Master's of Management in Hospitality and PhD degrees from SHA in 2001 and 2008, respectively, will return to campus during the weekend of April 12-15, 2012 to speak about the impact innovations in technology are having on the hospitality industry and its consumers.

The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (EI) has signed a Global Academic Program (GAP) agreement with HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland, one of the leading hotel schools of the world.

Las Vegas-based hospitality school joins CONPEHT, the Confederation of Pan American Hotel, Gastronomy and Tourism Schools, to expand reach of practical hospitality certificates and diplomas for international students.