International CHRIE

10/26/2026

Turn Student Research Into Real Conversations 🎙️

How can podcasting help students engage with complex hospitality topics?

In the latest episode of Pedagogy On-The-Go, an initiative from the ICHRIE Education Committee, Dr. Michael Tews and PhD candidate Sydney Pons of Penn State explore how a semester-long podcast project helps students develop critical thinking, communication, and teamwork skills while examining challenging human resource issues and gaining international perspectives.

Discover how innovative teaching approaches can bring hospitality education to life!
🎧 Listen now: https://ow.ly/xm0Y51019fF

Energized by: Dr. Michael Tews, Associate Professor, and Ms. Sydney Pons, PhD Candidate, Penn State School of Hospitality Management, Pennsylvania State Univ...

10/26/2026

🌎 Your ICHRIE Membership Connects You to More.

Why renew your ICHRIE membership? Because your connection to the global hospitality and tourism education community matters!

🎓 8 reasons to renew your membership:

📚 Access hospitality and tourism research through leading scholarly journals.
🌍 Connect with 3,500+ members from 300+ institutions
🤝 Build relationships with hospitality and tourism educators and researchers.
🎤 Participate in global and Federation conferences.
💡 Exchange teaching ideas and explore innovative educational resources.
👥 Engage with 23 Special Interest Groups (SIGs).
🏆 Discover student competitions, awards, and opportunities to recognize achievement.
🔗 Stay connected to a global community advancing hospitality and tourism education.

Your membership year runs from January through December, making now a great time to renew for 2027 and continue your connection with ICHRIE.

Not a member yet? You can join at any time!

🔗 Renew or join today: chrie.org/membership

10/23/2026

🎉 CHRIE FutureFund™ is pleased to introduce Aili Wu! 🎉

Aili Wu is a 2026 Dissertation Proposal Competition winner. Aili presented her completed dissertation, 'Game-changing justice: Leveraging gamified storytelling to combat human trafficking in hospitality', at the 2026 ICHRIE Global Conference in Las Vegas in July.

Aili graduated from the University of Central Florida and is now an Assistant Professor of Management at Northeastern State University (OK). CHRIE FutureFund™ is pleased to introduce Aili Wu and we wish her the best as she launches her academic career.

🏆Celebrate Aili and the other award recipients: https://ow.ly/n3Te50ZY2nR

10/23/2026

🎉 Happy Event Organizers Day!

Behind every successful event is a checklist of creativity, careful planning, attention to detail, teamwork, and countless decisions that bring it all together. ✅

🎉 Today, we recognize our ICHRIE community of students, educators, researchers, and industry professionals whose creativity, expertise, and dedication bring events to life and inspire the next generation of event leaders!

Thank you for the passion, expertise, and dedication you bring to every event and every learning opportunity! 👏

10/18/2026

Hospitality starts with people. ❤️

From educators and researchers to students and industry professionals, the ICHRIE community is united by a shared passion for tourism and hospitality.

🎤At , we asked attendees to capture what hospitality means to them in one word—and the answers say so much.

If hospitality is part of your story, we’d love to have you join the conversation. 🌎✨

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10/16/2026

🎉 Happy Boss’s Day to ICHRIE Executive Director, Amber McGuire!

As Amber approaches her one-year anniversary with ICHRIE, we’re grateful for her leadership, dedication, and commitment to advancing hospitality and tourism education worldwide. 🌎👏

Thank you, Amber, for all you do for our ICHRIE community! 💙

10/15/2026

🎓 From Undergraduate Research to Published Scholarship!

We love seeing research come full circle.

Congratulations to Taylor C. Mickley and Kelly G. Barr of Widener University, whose undergraduate research journey through the ICHRIE Eta Sigma Delta Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS) continued well beyond their presentation.

Working with faculty mentor Lali Odosashvili, Taylor and Kelly continued developing their work, which is now published in ICHRIE Research Reports as “How Philadelphia Markets Itself as a FIFA 2026 Host City: A Social Media Strategy Analysis.”

Their accomplishment demonstrates what undergraduate research can become when students are given opportunities to explore meaningful questions, present their work, receive feedback, and continue developing their scholarship.

Research. Presentation. Development. Publication.

As we prepare for this year's ESD Undergraduate Research Symposium, Taylor and Kelly's story reminds us that a student presentation can be just the beginning.

Congratulations, Taylor and Kelly!

Do you have a full circle moment, please share it with us!

10/14/2026

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Mentorship creates a ripple effect that reaches far beyond one conversation. By sharing our experiences and lifting others up, we help shape the future of hospitality and tourism.

👏 Kudos to ICHRIE member Suzanne Bagnera for highlighting the lasting impact of mentorship with Lan Elliott!

🔗 Read the article: https://www.hertelier.com/post/ripples-of-impact-why-mentorship-needs-to-be-seen-heard-and-shared

🎧 Watch the podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXIvpdnEzICU&si=pcXVKs16r71Q_OKj

10/13/2026

🎮 FACULTY & STUDENTS — IT’S TIME TO LEVEL UP! 🏨📈

Ready to put your hospitality revenue management skills to the test? 🚀 ICHRIE and Russell Partnership Technology present LEVEL UP! Competition, a Revenue Management Simulation that challenges students to showcase their skills in a realistic hotel management environment.

📅 Registration opens Thursday, 15 October 2026! You’ll have until Sunday, 15 November to register. The competition runs 1–30 November 2026.

🎓 Who can participate? Students currently enrolled at a college or university with a 2026 ICHRIE membership.

💡 Ready to take on the challenge? Learn more and get ready to LEVEL UP!

🔗 tinyurl.com/ichrie-26-level-up

Sponsored by Russell Partnership Technology.

10/13/2026

🍁 Wishing our Canadian members and colleagues across NENA CHRIE and West CHRIE a happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 We’re grateful for our global hospitality and tourism education community. 🧡