CNI is committed to develop leaders, managers and entrepreneurs for the Asian hospitality and tourism industry; build a world-class institution for the creation, translation and dissemination of knowledge to the hospitality and tourism industry in Asia and deliver high-quality hospitality education and research.
Tourism School
In response to the industry's growth and sophistication, the need for professional talent development to support business decisions, as well as the recognition of the importance to address the globalisation of world industry on a broader reach, the Master of Management in Hospitality was designed and developed!
The MMH is an intensive, three-semester, one-year program (May through June) with career-concentration electives and an externship within the program. Equivalent to an MBA, the MMH is a professional degree designed to advance career and perpare students to e theory-based action-oriented leaders of executive management teams and entrepreneurial ventures in the hospitality and service industry.
With the strength of the world's leading hotel school and one of Asia’s elite business schools, the MMH program focuses on the Asian hospitality sector. MMH students spend six months at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and six months at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, thus taking advantage of educational and networking opportunities in both Asia and North America in a single year.
The MMH program, accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business(AACSB), European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), and THE-ICE will leverage your existing knowledge while learning about the hospitality industry in a challenging and fast-paced environment well-suited for:
·industry veterans wanting to advance their careers;
·professionals in pursuit of a career change.
Academic Excellence
Distinguished faculty, unmatched industry connections and world-class research - It’s a uniquely powerful combination!
As MMH students you will learn from the most experienced faculty in hospitality education. The academics blend theory with practice, giving you the knowledge, perspective, and skills you need to thrive. Both Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration and Nanyang Business School faculty members build close bonds with industry, lead professional organizations, speak at conferences, and consult on special projects. They stay on the defining edge and bring that edge to you - in the classroom and as your personal advisors. Their commitment to research is equally rigorous. They are experts on critical trends, producing research that shapes strategic, managerial, and operating practices.
For the entire MMH programme you will spend six months at each of the two campuses:
• Cornell University in Ithaca, New York - The 745-acre campus sits on a hilltop bracketed by wooded trails and gorges with their enclosed creeks, overlooking the city of Ithaca and Cayuga Lake.
• Nanyang Technological University in Singapore - 25km from the city centre and strategically located in the heart of the hospitality industry's most exciting and fastest growing area of the world – Singapore.
CHR is the leading source for quality research on, and for the hospitality industry. It creates new knowledge – and shares that knowledge to power hospitality forward. At roundtables and other meetings, the school faculty, corporate partners, and other industry leaders collaborate to frame timely issues and understand important topics. Center Fellows work with business leaders to develop new ideas, theories, and models that improve strategic, managerial, and operating practices. These insights are captured in research reports and industry tools that are available online at no cost. Thousands of academic and business leaders worldwide tap into this research stream. An active knowledge-sharing program further distributes the center’s work around the globe. The center also publishes the award-winning hospitality journal, theCornell Hospitality Quarterly.
The Asian Business Case Centre is part of the Nanyang Business School at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University. The focus is to encourage the use and development of case studies on the Asian business experience, and to keep users abreast of events in the world of case writing. It reflects the interest in developing the use of teaching cases by students, instructors and organizations.
with practice, giving you the knowledge, perspective, and skills you need to thrive. Both Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration and Nanyang Business School faculty members build close bonds with industry, lead professional organizations, speak at conferences, and consult on special projects. They stay on the defining edge and bring that edge to you - in the classroom and as your personal advisors. Their commitment to research is equally rigorous. They are experts on critical trends, producing research that shapes strategic, managerial, and operating practices.
corporate partners, and other industry leaders collaborate to frame timely issues and understand important topics. Center Fellows work with business leaders to develop new ideas, theories, and models that improve strategic, managerial, and operating practices. These insights are captured in research reports and industry tools that are available online at no cost. Thousands of academic and business leaders worldwide tap into this research stream. An active knowledge-sharing program further distributes the center’s work around the globe. The center also publishes the award-winning hospitality journal, the