INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS
Outstanding business leaders regularly visit the Tisch Center at the invitation of faculty,
student clubs, and academic societies. The Tisch Center also hosts industry conferences and award
dinners to raise funds for student scholarships. Recently, several business luminaries visited the
Center, including Jonathan Tisch, chairman and chief executive officer of Loews Hotels and Terry
Dale, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cruise Lines International Association.
TEACHING HOTELS AND SPORTS CENTERS
The concept of the teaching hotel and sports center was developed in recognition of the
Center’s unique location in New York City, a premier hotel and sports city. Rather than build a
practice laboratory on campus, the Center collaborates with the city’s leading hotels and sports
businesses to provide a unique learning opportunity for our students. The goal is to combine our
twenty-first century curriculum with actual business settings to ensure that classroom theory is
blended with real-world experience.