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Saturday November 22nd, 2008 |
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AIG Global Real Estate Investment Corp. Is Newest Partner Of Cornell's Center For Hospitality Research |
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ITHACA, N.Y. — The Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration welcomes AIG Global Real Estate Investment Corp. as its newest partner.
Kevin P. Fitzpatrick, Cornell Class of ’76, announced his firm’s partnership commitment this November during a visit to the Hotel School as a guest lecturer in the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Stating that it is essential for industry practitioners in real estate and hospitality to support research through such partnerships, he said: “We are very pleased to become a partner with The Center for Hospitality Research, because it is building strong links between academic research and the industry.”
AIG is a holding company engaged in a broad range of insurance and insurance-related activities and financial services in the United States and abroad. Fitzpatrick is responsible for the real estate activities of AIG Companies worldwide, including fund management, financing, development and acquisition of real estate.
CHR partners are closely involved with the center and meet regularly with its administrators and research fellows. In addition to AIG, these companies and individuals are partners, sponsors or friends of the center: Partners and sponsors – Bartech Systems International; Cornell Hotel Society Foundation; Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts; Richmond Events (The Food & Beverage Forum); Willowbend Golf Management; and Windsor Hotels. Friends – ehotelier; Gazelle Systems, Inc.; Hospitalitynet.org; Hotel Asia Pacific; Hotel China; Lodging Hospitality; Resorts+Recreation; National Hotel Executive; Smith Travel Research; Shibata Publishing Co. Ltd. (The Hotel & Ryokan Monthly Japan); The Hospitality Research Group of PKF Consulting; The Lodging Conference; and Wiredhotelier.com.
The Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell conducts and sponsors research studies aimed at improving the hospitality industry’s fundamental operating knowledge. All studies are posted on the CHR Web site: www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/CHR.
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Cornell Center For Hospitality Research
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The Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell?s Hotel School conducts and sponsors research studies aimed at improving the hospitality industry?s fundamental operating knowledge. |
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