Toni Repetti (Hospitality) and Susan Roe of San Francisco State University were invited guests on the "Restaurant Relevance" podcast to discuss their paper “Minimum Wage Change Effects on Restaurant Pricing and Employment” and how the results are applicable in today’s restaurant employment environment. The podcast will be available on YouTube,…

Sherrie Tennessee and her advisor, Hyelin Kim (both Hospitality) received the Best Poster Award at the West Federation Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education Regional Conference, held virtually this month. Their poster explored the underlying wellness attributes used to target African American women, a high-spend group,…

Amanda Belarmino (Hospitality) recently co-authored the article “Blurred lines: Comparing Room Rates, Star-Ratings, and User-Generated Contents for Full-Service and Select-Service Hotels” in the Service Business journal. The study examined the differences in room rates between limited-service and full-service hotels and also what impacts star…

Toni Repetti (Hospitality) has earned her Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification from The Council for Sig Sigma Certification (CSSC). This certification along with her industry experience brings value to the classroom when teaching students how to improve quality and efficiency in hospitality operations while keeping an eye on the bottom line.…

Huiying Zhang (Hospitality) together with Xi Yu Leung, '12 PhD Hospitality and Jie Sun, '18 PhD Hospitality, co-authored "Attracting Generation Z talents to the hospitality industry through COVID CSR practices," which was published in the International  Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management.  Based on signaling theory,…

Mehmet Erdem and Saeed Vayghan (both Hospitality), together with co-authors Dori Davari and SooCheong Jang of Purdue University have published their research study, "Hotel Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic: High-Touch versus High-Tech," in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Research. The findings offer support to…

Hyelin Kim (Hospitality) and coauthors wrote the article "Enhancing the Quality of Life of Senior Tourists: A Theoretical Perspective," which recently was published in An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research . Their research shows that when senior tourists recognize goal attainment in leisure travel, their travel and…

Sojeong Lee, Toni Repetti, Ashok Singh (all Hospitality) and Bo Bernhard (Economic Development and International Gaming Institute) have published an article, "The Impacts of a Smoking Ban on Gaming Volume in a South Korea Casino," in The Journal of Gaming Business and Economics. The number of countries and cities implementing smoking bans has…

Sojeong Lee, ,Toni Repetti, Ashok Singh (all Hospitality), and Bo Bernhard (Economic Development and International Gaming Institute) have published an article, "The Impacts of a Smoking Ban on Gaming Volume in a South Korea Casino" in The Journal of Gambling Business and Economics. The number of countries and cities implementing smoking bans has…

Hyelin Kim (Hospitality) recently co-authored an article published in the Tourism Review International. The study explores Chinese tourists' perceived travel constraints in selecting second-tier travel destinations. 

Craig Granger (Integrated Graphic Services) and Angela Ramsey and Cailtyn Lopez (both Hospitality) largely were responsible for the Harrah College of Hospitality's digital Premier magazine, which recently earned gold at the 9th annual Education Digital Marketing Awards. The college's first all-digital version, 2021 Premier won …

Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute, Hospitality) was featured in a video interview with Asia Gaming Brief on the crossover between video games, gamification, and gambling games.