Hotel Ezra Cornell

10/04/2025

The 101st Annual Hotel Ezra Cornell conference is excited to invite you to explore hospitality through the lens of this year’s theme: All in the Details. The team aims to spark conversations that focus on how industry leaders can create moments that make guests feel seen and valued through key hospitality pillars: the people, the moment, the brand.

Register using our website hotelezracornell.com!

09/24/2025

We are excited to host the Alumni Homecoming Brunch on Saturday October 4, 2025 from 11 AM to 1 PM! Join us for HEC 101 theme reveal and the opening of registration! https://web.cvent.com/event/141b431a-204c-4683-8031-bfb17e33908b/summary

04/22/2025

04/22/2025

11/14/2023

Early bird pricing for the 99th Annual Hotel Ezra Cornell ends today! Get a great deal on conference registration at https://www.hotelezracornell.com/

04/13/2023

HEC 98 is proud to have the support of Bears for Humanity, a certified organic and fair-trade company with the mission of creating safe and Eco-friendly organic products, protecting the environment, creating fair trade living wage jobs, and giving back to causes for children, animals, and the environment. Bears For Humanity has helped us create the first-ever sustainable amenity bear in HEC history!

Students have had the opportunity to create their own teddy bear drives, supporting one of three meaningful organizations: the Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital, Ronald McDonald House of New York, and the Family & Children Services of Ithaca. To support our campaigns and learn more about Bears For Humanity, click one of the links below:

Lillian Pinheiro's campaign for Ronald McDonald House of New York: https://www.donorthreesixty.com/campaign/lillian-s-teddy-bear-drive

Emily Michaels' campaign for Family & Children's Services of Ithaca: https://www.donorthreesixty.com/campaign/emily-m-s-hec-teddy-bear-drive

Evan DeVirgilio's campaign for the Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital: https://www.donorthreesixty.com/campaign/evan-s-hec-teddy-bear-drive

04/11/2023

During the Saturday of HEC 98, Marriott International CEO Anthony Capuano ‘87 will moderate a panel of General Managers who bring unique perspectives from their various brands, hotels, and careers. The panel will feature 1 Hotel NYC’s Bernd Pichler, Four Seasons Nevis’s Yvette Thomas-Henry, and JW Marriott DC’s Matthew Felix. They will touch on the various industry leading strategies each of their respective properties use in their day-to-day operations.

This event is open to the entire Cornell community, in person in Statler Hall. You will also be able to view it online through ECornell. You can register below at:

https://ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/overview/K042223/

03/27/2023

During our spring conference, join HEC 98’s Programs Director, Lucas Arulpragasam, as he holds a fireside chat with Gilda Perez-Alvarado, Global CEO of JLL, about sustainable and equitable practices within the commercial real estate industry.Gilda Perez-Alvarado is the Global Chief Executive Officer of JLL Hotels & Hospitality, where she is responsible for investment sales, debt and equity placement, strategic advisory and asset management across three global regions. Their conversation will center on some of the most important issues in real estate, as well as touch on pertinent advice for students and women in the workplace.

03/16/2023

March 16th is Giving Day!

As an entirely student-run, non-profit organization, HEC depends on generous donations and sponsorships received through events like Giving Day. HEC supplies students with a unique opportunity to explore their passions in the hospitality industry while providing the best service possible.

With your support, we will be able to increase students’ access to networking events, professional development workshops, and experiential learning opportunities.

Your donation today can help us in our goal of continuously improving the conference and exploring the options for what’s possible in the hospitality industry.

Please consider contributing to the future of our conference at: https://givingday.cornell.edu/campaigns/hotel-ezra-cornell

02/20/2023

Last weekend, our F&B and Culinary teams hosted a pop-event for Nolan School faculty to get a taste of what is to come this April during the HEC 98 Conference! Students from both teams worked together to set up the event to test their service, design, and menu. It was a major event for both students and faculty to prepare for an exciting HEC 98 this spring!

“Pop-Up is a fantastic opportunity for all our culinary managers to gain experience working a real service. There’s so much more than just cooking that goes into an HEC event for our Culinary team, whether it’s practicing teamwork, preventing allergen contamination, or finding ways to reduce food waste through cross-utilization. We all want to provide the best experience possible for our guests, but events like these help us to define what that really means: in quality, in safety, and in sustainability.” – Adam Hollingworth, Executive Chef for HEC 98

“It was a really beneficial weekend for trial and error, to get valuable feedback, and to learn from my mistakes” - Caroline Lauer, Culinary Manager HEC 98

02/15/2023

Due to a generous donation from Lavazza, we will be able to offer the best coffee service in our 98-year history! Lavazza is an Italian coffee company, dedicated to the art and science of coffee creation. Lavazza includes sustainability and equity in its core mission, which is why we are so thankful for their generous donation of a professional-grade coffee cart, coffee, and barista training for our beverage team.

“I loved the Lavazza training, and I learned how to pull a perfect shot of espresso as well as the mark of a good crema. I am looking forward to spending more time practicing my latte art and to serve outstanding cups of coffee to HEC guests!” - Joy Xu, Food & Beverage Service Assistant Director

“My team and I are excited to showcase Lavazza and the work that they are doing globally to work towards a more sustainable and equitable coffee industry. There is a lot of work that needs to get done in this industry, and we are immensely grateful to be working with a company that is actively improving global coffee practices.” - Jessica Molitor, HEC 98 Beverage Director

We would like to extend our gratitude to Frank LaRusso and Kathleen McCarthy, who are incredible Barista instructors for Lavazza and made this experience possible.

Register today at https://bit.ly/register-hec to experience an amazing cappuccino from our student baristas, and so much more!