Hospitality Improve Writer and President Wealthy Siegel immediately introduced that the recipient of the 2023 John Cahill Honorary Seat is Dylan Emerson, an undergraduate pupil on the College of Houston’s Conrad N. Hilton Faculty of World Hospitality Management. The award shall be offered on the upcoming CIO Summit, an invitation-only annual occasion produced by Hospitality Improve journal. This yr’s occasion shall be held Sept. 6-8 at Lodge Van Zandt in Austin, Texas.
The John Cahill Honorary Seat is awarded every year to 1 distinguished pupil from a college or four-year school with a lodge program. This pupil is really useful by his or her professors as a person with huge potential within the lodge expertise business.
Dylan has proven curiosity in expertise since highschool. He leverages his management abilities to function president of the Membership Administration Affiliation of America (CMAA) Cougar Chapter and understands that expertise is the way forward for hospitality. He has spoken twice on the CMAA World Convention relating to expertise in golf equipment, from recharging golf carts wirelessly to utilizing occupancy sensors with AI to fulfill members’ wants extra successfully. Dylan is in our Information Analytics and Venture Administration monitor and loves utilizing information to reinforce operations efficiency and make selections. Professor and Conrad N. Hilton Distinguished Chair Agnes DeFranco
Professor DeFranco served on the HFTP Board beneath Cahill’s presidency and witnessed firsthand his devotion to the business. “Dylan’s spirit of studying, teamwork, and taking up new challenges jogs my memory of John’s ardour,” she mentioned. “I’m proud he has been chosen to proceed John’s legacy.”
The John Cahill Honorary Seat was created in reminiscence of business chief, technologist, mentor and buddy John Cahill, a supporter of the CIO Summit from its inception in 2001. Over the course of his profession, he served as CIO for 3 lodge firms—ITT Sheraton, InterContinental Accommodations and The Denihan Hospitality Group. He was additionally a pacesetter in Hospitality Monetary and Know-how Professionals (HFTP), along with his contributions together with co-editing the inaugural Licensed Hospitality Know-how Skilled (CHTP) examination in 1995.
Above all, Cahill was a mentor. Hospitality Improve’s Wealthy Siegel wished to see John’s reminiscence reside on by presenting one pupil every year with a chance to attend an in any other case closed-door, invitation-only CIO Summit, permitting the scholar to take a seat in John’s seat for the two-day occasion. “It’s one thing we all know John would have beloved,” he mentioned.
Earlier recipients of the award embody inaugural recipient Spencer Rung, a 2016 graduate of the Penn State Faculty of Hospitality Administration; 2017 recipient Andrew Trupia, a graduate of the College of Nevada Las Vegas; 2018 recipient Juan Jesus Trevino, a pupil on the Conrad N. Hilton Faculty of World Hospitality Management on the College of Houston; 2019 recipient Smit Patel, a graduate pupil at Boston College’s Faculty of Hospitality Administration; 2021 recipient Alana Agcaoili, an undergraduate pupil at Kennesaw State College’s Faculty of Hospitality Administration; 2022 recipient Shannon Regan, an undergraduate pupil on the Northern Arizona College’s Faculty of Lodge and Restaurant Administration.
Hospitality Improve’s CIO Summit, Powered by HFTP, is a singular, invitation-only occasion for chief data officers from lodge manufacturers, administration firms, cruise strains, casinos, and impartial resorts. This yr’s CIO Summit shall be hosted on the Lodge Van Zandt on Sept. 6-8. For extra data, go to www.hospitalityupgrade.com/CIOSummit.
About Hospitality Improve
Hospitality Improve has lined expertise traits and product data within the hospitality business for greater than 30 years. Common options embody in-depth analyses by business thought leaders, interviews with high lodge and gaming executives, articles about merchandise and traits, and profiles of the business’s premier resolution suppliers. Reaching an viewers of greater than 30,000 readers in 48 international locations, the journal additionally sponsors two annual occasions, the Govt Vendor Summit and the CIO Summit. Hospitality Improve is owned by Siegel Communications, Inc., together with its sister firm Lodge On-line, the premier day by day information web site for the hospitality business. For extra data, go to www.hospitalityupgrade.com.
