Hotel operator Thompson Hotels has become a partner of Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research. Thompson, which owns and operates hotels in New York City, California, Washington, D.C., Toronto, and Seoul, Korea, offers a sophisticated but personal approach to service. Company co-owner Stephen C. Brandman will join the center's advisory board, according to the center's academic director David Sherwyn.
'Thompson Hotels and Stephen Brandman will bring a new and different perspective to our advisory board, ' said Sherwyn, who is an associate professor of law at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration. 'I welcome his ideas and contributions to the center's research agenda.' Advisory board members meet with center research fellows to discuss prospective studies and learn about recent research findings, and they have a seat at center roundtables.
'We are pleased to support the Center for Hospitality Research because of its forward-looking approach to excellence in industry research,' said Brandman. 'Similarly, Thompson Hotels provides excellent guest service and also seeks to bring both the avant garde and timelessness to its personalized service approach.'
About Thompson Hotels
Thompson Hotels is owned collectively by Stephen Brandman along with Larry, Michael, and Jason Pomeranc. Thompson Hotels currently manages eleven properties either open or currently in development. Thompson Hotels set out to create a group of hotels that are effectively sophisticated and classically cool but small enough to provide personal service. They wanted to build a brand that was all about design and service. Thompson Hotels are contemporary and elegant with an element of edge and surprise. Thompson Hotels cater to the celebrity and those who want to feel like a rock star. With Thompson's chic design, just being in their hotels makes you one of the hipsters. Thompson Hotels welcome the fashionable and the celebrated. They describe their guest as a traveler, a businessman, an artist, a restless soul: where the Thompson Hotels are his haven.
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 73 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 Hospitality Quarterly (formerly the Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly). To learn more about center and its projects, visit www.chr.cornell.edu.
Center partners and sponsors: AIG Global Real Estate Investment, American Airlines Admirals Club, Davis & Gilbert LLP, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, Denihan Hospitality Group, Expedia, Inc., Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Fox Rothschild LLP, FX Real Estate and Entertainment, Inc., General Growth Properties, Inc., HVS, InterContinental Hotels Group, job.travel, JohnsonDiversey, Inc., Jumeirah Group, LRP Publications, Marriott International, Inc., Marsh's Hospitality Practice, Mobil Travel Guide, Inc., Nestlé, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Proskauer Rose LLP, Smith Travel Research, Southern Wine and Spirits of America, Inc., SynXis (a Sabre Holdings Corporation), Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, Thayer Lodging Group, TIG Global, Travelport, WATG, and WhiteSand Consulting.
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