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- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Perspective: The Morning After 9/11
a 15-minute drive from our campus. One of the hijackers had spent his last night at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, a 13-minute walk from where we were sitting. “Today is obviously not an ordinary day,” she continued, battling mightily to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Priceline's Jay Walker: The Future is Wow
entertaining," Walker said. Priceline.com, a consumer-to-business Web site launched in 1998, sells groceries using the same "name your price" scheme it uses to sell surplus airline tickets and hotel rooms to travelers. Online shoppers are... View Details
- 19 May 2020
- News
Exploring the Economics of a Pandemic; Alumni Forums Draw Closer Online
April 29 aimed at helping members navigate the economic and health impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on the black community. The series kicked off with “How Black Businesses Can Survive Covid-19” and featured Rogers, and his daughter, entrepreneur and View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Vital Signs
real winners. How has the crisis shifted the health care venture landscape? THE WAY FORWARD See more from the online-only June Bulletin’s coverage of the path ahead for education, health care, management, and the hotel and restaurant... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977
Co-Chairman, Loews Corporation Download Tisch profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1949 Born, Asbury Park, New Jersey 1971 Earns BS, Hotel Administration, Cornell University 1971 Joins Loews as Marketing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Edgar Koerner (MBA 1959)
City’s welfare hotels. It prompted me to volunteer in a Children’s Aid Society program inside the largest such hotel, the Prince George Hotel, helping kids with their homework, taking them to the park, and just being a friend. When the View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
can get back to the level of preparedness they need to be at. THE WAY FORWARD See more from the online-only June Bulletin’s coverage of the path ahead for education, health care, management, and the hotel and restaurant industries. Return... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right
Continental -- Brier went dot-com in 1998. He cofounded and became president of Priceline Travel, a division of Priceline.com, the e-commerce company that enables its customers to name their own low price for airline tickets, hotel rooms,... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Making a Difference
the image of women as victims in conflict zones and reshaping development programs targeted at poor countries. As a deputy director at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, she is uniquely positioned to see her ideas through. Bailey, managing director of six... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Case Study: Moment in the Sun
a large hotel chain reached out to express interest, Hoskins began to see the promise of B2B sales in the hospitality market. “They got the value right away,” says Hoskins. “It’s automatic: Your customers are healthier and getting better... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Learning from Global Immersion Experiences
in a global arena.” Although security concerns limited students’ ability to move freely at several points in their stay, some were able to work around restrictions by involving hotel workers in their market research and, despite a freak... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
When hotel manager Alessandro Benedetti worked for Kempinski chain locations in Spain and Switzerland, morning meetings were a time to go over the numbers and discuss strategy for the days ahead. But ever since Benedetti moved to Havana... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 18 Dec 2019
- News
Thinking Smart About Numbers
longstanding tradition is a must for HBSCSD members, who clearly had a wonderful evening. More than 130 alumni and guests of the HBS Club of London gathered on December 12 at One Whitehall Place at the Royal Horseguards Hotel in London... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Apr 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
Tulip, a four-star hotel in Festac, into a position as a telephone operator at the Radisson Blue Hotel in Victoria Island. WAVE is expected to train 25,000 people by 2019. “We have to start leveling the... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Real Estate: A Local Business Goes Global
from falling dramatically—showing the global impact on local real estate. What’s next in real estate? “The demand for all property types is being profoundly impacted by technology in ways we are only beginning to understand. Airbnb models will mean we need fewer View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
New York Club Names Entrepreneur of the Year
Over three hundred enthusiastic alumni and guests gathered at New York City's Plaza Hotel in February for the first annual HBS Club of Greater New York Entrepreneurs' Exhibition and Conference. Along with exhibits from promising... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
on the minds of many HBS alumni is the upcoming Global Alumni Conference. To be held at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago on June 16-19, this year's conference is titled "2000+: Global Innovation & Entrepreneurial Leadership." Coinciding with... View Details
- 24 Feb 2015
- News
Florida Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
Palm Beach, and Miami as part of the world tour of The Harvard Business School Campaign. The Four Seasons Hotel in Miami was the setting on February 24 for an evening presentation and reception, enabling nearly 150 alumni from Miami and... View Details
- 11 Dec 2017
- News
Growing from Within
customer service are important. We track closely the voice of the customer. Both hotels and quick service restaurants are also primarily people businesses where having high-performing teams that are engaged and motivated at the store... View Details
- 15 Jan 2015
- News
Asia Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
Century” events in Mumbai, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong as part of the world tour of The Harvard Business School Campaign. The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai was the setting on January 5 for an evening reception, enabling 375 alumni... View Details