Associate professor Mehmet Erdem (Hospitality) discusses overhyped and underrated restaurant technologies in HT Hospitality Technology's "2023 Restaurant Industry Outlook." Each year, HT Hospitality Technology interviews restaurant operators, consultants, and academics about technology that can meet evolving goals and customer expectations as…

Graduate student Angelika Bazarnik (Hospitality) won the Nevada Hotel and Lodging Association’s Shark Pool competition on Nov. 30 at the association's annual technology conference. In a Shark Tank-style presentation, Bazarnik pitched her mobile application EVENT-IT. The app eliminates the challenges of onsite event management by removing…

Undergraduate students Mark DeWeese and Elizabeth Linstruth (Hospitality) represented the college at the Restaurant, Finance, and Development Conference in November. The students each received a $1,425 scholarship for participating in a panel discussion on how restaurants can attract and retain workers.     

Brett Abarbanel (Hospitality, IGI) is speaking at the esports awards event LVL UP LAS VEGAS on Monday, December 12 at Resorts World. In a session titled, "The great esports monetisation challenge," Abarbanel will be talking about the role of betting in the growth of the esports industry.

In their article, "The Impacts of Employee Reviews and Employer Awards on Job Seekers’ Application Intentions," authors Yunxuan Zhang (Ph.D. student) and Cass Shum and Amanda Belarmino (both Hospitality) explored the effect of online reviews and best employer awards on organizational prestige and application intentions. The article can be…

Amanda Belarmino (Hospitality) examines the application of theory to two groups of literary tourists: members of literary societies and the general public in her article, Application of theory to literary tourism: A comparison of parasocial interaction theory and co-creation theory. Published in the Journal of Heritage Tourism…

Kasra Ghaharian (International Gaming Institute, College of Hospitality) collaborated with an interdisciplinary team of colleagues to review the current state of data science applications for responsible gambling. The article "Applications of data science for responsible gambling: a scoping review" is published in the journal International…

Christopher Cain (Hospitality) has authored a book titled, Golf's Rebirth: Rapidly Evolving Applications in Hospitality and Sport Management. The book provides a holistic view of the science and art of managing the golf enterprise — identifying the soft skills, such as leadership, customer service, marketing, etc, necessary to…

Shane Kraus, Kaelyn Griffin, Todd Jennings, and Repairer Etuk (Psychology) and Brett Abarbanel (IGI) and Patrick [Tiange] Xu (Hospitality) recently published four publications.  The first article, "Sports betting around the world: A systematic review," was published in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions supported by a pre-…

Sunny Kim and Mehmet Erdem (both Hospitality) along with doctoral program alumnus, SungJun Joe, published a research article titled "The bright and dark sides of hotel kiosks: an empirical study" in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights. The study introduces a check-in/out kiosk acceptance model using a multi-theoretical approach…

Stowe Shoemaker and Amanda Belarmino (both Hospitality), along with Nasim Binseh, '22 PhD Hospitality, won third place in the annual Johnson and Wales Case Study Competition for their study, "Revenue Management and the Runnin’ Rebels: A Case Study of Willingness to Pay for College Sports." Belarmino will be presenting the study at the annual…

Samuel Lee (Hospitality) was recognized with the Best Presentation award for his virtual presentation of the research study "Utilizing the Free Association Method and Netnography to Expose Hotel Guests' Technostress" along with his co-authors, Mehmet Erdem, Billy Bai, Chih-Chien Chen (all Hospitality), Eda Anlamlier (Lee Business) and…