2023 Award Winners

International CHRIE wishes to thank the many individuals who took the time to nominate a deserving colleague. All of this year's winners were recognized at the 2022 Annual ICHRIE Summer Conference.

Howard B. Meek Award

The Howard B. Meek Award is the highest individual recognition a member of International CHRIE may receive. It recognizes an International CHRIE member’s lifetime contributions and outstanding service both to hospitality education and to International CHRIE. This award serves as a living memorial to the late Howard B. Meek, a pioneer in American hospitality education, the first Dean of the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University, and an Executive Vice President of ICHRIE.

Congratulations to this year's recipient: Stowe Shoemaker, Ph.D.

Stevenson W. Fletcher Achievement Award

The Stevenson W. Fletcher Achievement Award recognizes an individual educator or trainer for outstanding achievement in contributing innovative ideas, methods or programs that have advanced teaching, learning or practice in the field of hospitality and tourism education.

Congratulations to this year's recipient: J.S. Perry Hobson, Ph.D.

Lifetime Research Award

The Lifetime Research Achievement Award recognizes an ICHRIE member for lifetime contributions to outstanding scholarship and research in hospitality and tourism. The award is given to an International CHRIE member who has made and continues to make significant contributions to the field of hospitality and tourism through scholarly research published in hospitality and non-hospitality journals over an extended period. It serves as a tribute for a distinguished individual who has demonstrated both leadership in a specialized field of study and high standards in the systematic and objective analysis of data that has led to a significant contribution to the body of knowledge.

Congratulations to this year's recipient: Professor Haiyan Song, Ph.D.

Faculty Collegiality Award

The Faculty Collegiality Award is an individual award given to a faculty member who has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to fostering collegiality amongst peers. The ICHRIE member who receives this award displays a high level of team building characteristics in support of peers in their teaching, scholarship, and service both on their campus and externally. The spirit of collegiality is expressed through collaborative and constructive support of others to advance the quality of hospitality education, scholarship of value to the field, and selfless service.

Congratulations to this year's recipient: Dr. Miranda Kitterlin-Lynch & Ruth Lee O'Rourke, M.S., CHE, CHIA

McCool Breakthrough Award

This is an award to honor the spirit of Willie McCool. This award will be given to an individual, group, program, school, college, association, or corporation that has made a significant breakthrough or introduced a unique approach in the spirit of ICHRIE's mission. The award recognizes an event, activity, or program in the spirit of Willie McCool, a dedicated and successful astronaut and son of Audrey and Barry McCool, faculty members at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.

Congratulations to this year's recipient: Dr. Cihan Cobanoglu

Research Award

Congratulations to this year's recipient: Bingjie Liu-Lastres

Excellence in Teaching Award

Congratulations to this year's recipient: Melissa A. Baker

Raphael Kavanaugh Champion of Education Award

Congratulations to this year's recipient: Frederic B. Mayo

Industry Recognition Award

Congratulations to this year's recipients from No Vacancy Live Podcast: Glenn Haussman, Anthony Melchiorri & Dr. Suzanne Markham Bagnera

Emerging Leader Award

Congratulations to this year's recipient: Maureen Peters Gittelman

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research (JHTR) - Article of the Year

Congratulations to this year's JHTR Article of the Year Award authors: Breffni Noone, Michael S. Lin & Amit Sharma

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research (JHTR) - Highly Commended

Congratulations to this year's JHTR Highly Commended authors:

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Cases (JHTC) - Highly Commended

Congratulations to this year's authors:

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education (JHTE) - Article of the Year, Presented in 2023

Congratulations to this year's JHTE Article of the Year Award authors: Dr. Julian K. Ayeh, Dr. Alberta Bondzi-Simpson & Ms. Nancy Grace Baah

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education (JHTE) - Highly Commended Paper, Presented in 2023

Congratulations to this year's JHTE Article of the Year Award authors: Linda J. Forristal, Ph.D., Bill XU, Pimtong Tavitiyaman, Jenny Kim & Jamie Lo

Best Conference Best Papers

Congratulations to this year's authors: Chen-Wei (Willie) Tao, Kiyan Shafieizadeh, Kyongsik Sung, Han Wen, Heyao Yu, Cynthia Deale & Seung Hyun (Jenna) Lee

Best Conference Best Posters

Congratulations to this year's authors: Xuan Liu, Misun "Sunny" Kim & Melissa A. Baker