One deadline, two great opportunities! Registration closes September 19^th for both the Hospitality Hackathon and Pitch Deck Competition.

Hospitality Hackathon

Hospitality Hackathon: Delivering Exceptional Experiences for the Hotel Guest of the Future
Event Date: September 20 – 22, 2024

Location: Statler Hall/Statler Hotel

Register by September 19!

CALLING ALL STUDENTS!
PIHE is working with Hilton once again to bring you the annual Hospitality Hackathon! This year’s theme is focused on DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR THE HOTEL GUEST OF THE FUTURE, and we hope you’ll join us as we focus on finding opportunities using real feedback data to improve the guest experience. Inviting students with diverse backgrounds of degrees, majors, and schools to collaborate in teams in order to produce innovative solutions for real world challenges. Previous hackathon experience NOT required!

IMPORTANT: Registration and Hackathon Participation will enter you into a raffle for a Hilton sponsored prize basket! Be one of the first 50 students to sign in at the event in order to increase your chances of winning.

• Students may register now and form teams later on. We will assist in the process on site if you need help!
• No advance preparation, prior hackathon or coding experience is required to participate.

Not sure if this Hackathon is right for you? We encourage all students with interests and skill sets in any of the categories below to participate!

• Hospitality: Students with an interest or background in hospitality/business and guest services.
• Data Analytics & Visualization: Students with a passion for dissecting data and thinking analytically to help solve problems. Also including the ability to display data and trends in a succinct way to communicate big ideas.
• Customer Experience: Students with a passion for creating differentiated experiences for guests and customers of all types.
• Market Research: Students interested in consumer demographic research and analysis.
• Innovation & Creativity: Students who are generally passionate about innovation and have a creative mindset.
• Presentation/Storytelling: Students who are skilled presenters and storytellers and not afraid of public speaking.

Hospitality Pitch Deck Competition

Registration Deadline – September 19, 11:59 PM
Learn more and register here

The Pillsbury Institute is pleased to announce the Hospitality Pitch Deck Competition (PDC), which will take place during the fall semester. The PDC is an experiential learning opportunity for student entrepreneurs who are contemplating, starting, or operating an early stage hospitality-based venture, and who are looking to improve their pitching skills, with the potential to earn seed funding for their venture. Students register for the competition in early fall and submit their pitch decks in October for review by a team of industry judges. Three to five finalists will be selected to present on November 5 to a panel of industry judges. Prizes awarded are: winning team, $3,000, second place team, $1,500, and third place, $500.

Students interested in winning seed funding for their pitch idea need to register via Reviewr by Thursday, September 19 at 11:59 PM.

Questions? Email Faculty Chair, Andrew Quagliata AQ43@cornell.edu