Accomplishments: William F. Harrah College of Hospitality
CEOWORLD Magazine has named the William F. Harrah College of Hospitality No. 1 in the world in their "Best Hospitality And Hotel Management Schools In The World For 2023" ranking.
Janelle Yasukochi (Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education) and Maria Aladjova (Health Sciences) served as the conference co-chairs, representing Region 9, at the NACADA Region 8, 9, & 10 Conference: Illuminating the Path of Possibilities, recently held in Las Vegas from Feb. 27-March 1. NACADA is the professional association for Academic…
Cass Shum and Wen Jiang (both Hospitality) recently published their paper, "How observed customer mistreatment of supervisors affects employees’ service sabotage: A cross-cultural examination from the deontic justice theory," in the International Journal of Hospitality Management. This paper shows that customer mistreatment of supervisors has…
Wenjia Han, Wen Jiang, Carola Raab (all Hospitality), Anjala Krishen (Marketing and International Business), along with Jason Tang (Mount Royal University), co-authored the paper, "Indirect customer-to-customer interactions and experiential value: examining solo and social diners," which was published in the International Journal of…
Hyelin ("Lina") Kim's (Hospitality) article, "The Determinants of Continuance Intention toward Activity-Based Events Using a Virtual Experience Platform (VEP)," examines event attendees’ initial expectations and performance related to events using VEP. Second, the study explores what are the salient determinants of participants’…
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…