The Department of Hospitality Management had a great 2017-2018 year full of exciting awards, guest speakers, best papers, interesting research and more! Check out a few of these things highlighted in this article. Continue reading “Department updates and accomplishments”
We are happy to say that Lacy’s, our student run commercial food service lab that opened in February, has been a success. Continue reading “Lacy’s Fresh Fare and Catering update”
The Department of Hospitality Management is pleased to announce that in 2018 we received numerous rankings for both our undergraduate and graduate programs. Continue reading “Hospitality Management ranks among top programs”
During the Spring 2018 semester, the event management students in the Business Event Coordination class partnered with Konza United Way to produce a series of six events across Manhattan in the month of April and to conduct research for them on the community awareness of United Way. Continue reading “Spring events recap”
The tag line for K-State College of Human Ecology states… In a world focused on things, we focus first on PEOPLE. This is why Brett is back at K-State. Each week he drives by a billboard in Topeka that reads FAMILY – it is being held by a K-State Football player. Brett states that he has returned to Kansas in part to be closer to family and to be on faculty of his alma mater. Continue reading “Faculty Spotlight: Brett Horton”
On April 20-21 undergraduate students Hunter Clark and John Saiki, escorted by Dr. Jichul Jang, attended the 2018 KAHTEA Conference (The Korea American Hospitality & Tourism Educator Association), which was held in Las Vegas, NV. Their paper titled “Do online reviews affect a Hotel’s RevPar? It Depends.” won first place in the undergraduate division. The purpose of this research was to examine how managing online reviews influence hotel performance. Dr. Michael Ottenbacher sat down with Hunter and John to find out more about John and Hunter for our Student Spotlight. Continue reading “Student Spotlight: John Saiki and Hunter Clark”