Cornell hotel school expands training partnership with Cendant

CNY Business Journal (1996+), Feb 17, 2006

ITHACA - The School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University has announced a partnership with Cendant Hotel Group to provide international hotel franchisees with classroom-based and online hospitality-management courses.

The move expands the hotel school's relationship with New York Citybased Cendant (NYSE: CD), which has been a sponsor of Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research since 2004.

Traditional classroom courses will be offered through the school's Professional Development Program (PDP) and virtual courses will be accessible through the university's eCornell unit.

"In today's changing and fast-paced environment, we want to ensure that our franchisees and hotel associates are equipped with the most up-to-date programs and knowledge," says Daniel Dannenmann, Cendant Hotel Group International vice president of training, quality assurance, and organizational. development. "The use of e-learning enables us to quickly make the most advanced programs available to our franchisees. Speed to market and superior quality programs are of critical importance..."

Cornell's hotel school will provide Cendant's franchisees with reduced pricing for its distance-learning courses as well as the PDP program.

Cornell's School of Hotel Administration has been providing executive education to hospitality professionals for over 75 years. PDP is a classroom experience that brings together senior mangers from around the world for a series of three-day, high-intensity courses.

Participants may choose from three locations:

* the Cornell campus in Ithaca;

* Management Centre Europe in Brussels; and

* Cornell-Nanyang Institute in Singapore.