UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society Hospitality Executive of the Year event will be held on Tuesday, April 4, at the School of Hospitality Management on the University Park campus.
The event, a tradition of the society’s and the school’s since 1960, will include the presentation of the Hospitality Executive of the Year Award to Mit Shah, founder and CEO of Noble Investment Group. Founded in 1993, Noble is an industry-leading real estate investment group specializing in the travel and hospitality sector. Through its institutional real estate funds, Noble has invested nearly $6 billion in communities throughout the country, creating thousands of jobs.
Register for the Hospitality Executive of the Year event here.
Sponsors of the gala event include:
Old Main Sponsor
- Shah Family Foundation
Nittany Lion Sponsors
- Aimbridge Hospitality
- Hilton
- Marriott International Inc.
Blue Sponsors
- Host Hotels & Resorts
- McKibbon
- Morris, Manning & Martin LLP
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
White Sponsors
- CBRE
- Eastdil Secured
- Bill Hodges & Dan Peek
- Hunter Hotel Advisors
- Park Hotels & Resorts
- PepsiCo
- RLJ Lodging Trust
- Summit Hotel Properties
Patrons
- American Hotel & Lodging Association
- Arnold Hospitality
- Ashford Hospitality Trust
- Auro Hotels
- Benjamin West
- Ecolab
- HREC
- IHG
- Niles Bolton
- Noble Investment Group
Proceeds from sponsorship funds fuel the society’s philanthropy to the school, including scholarship support for both undergraduate and graduate students studying hospitality management, program support for student-industry and alumni engagement, and innovation in the Penn State School’s world-class teaching and research facilities.
About the Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society
The Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society (PSHRS) was founded to strengthen all hospitality professions and enhance the reputation of the Hospitality Management (HM) program. PSHRS is an Affiliate Program Group of the Penn State Alumni Association and the College of Health and Human Development Alumni Society. PSHRS provides a means for achieving closer fellowship among alumni, faculty and students. PSHRS serves those who are currently attending Penn State in HM or who are graduates of the program, as well as those who work within the HM industries and have attended Penn State or are friends of the program.
About the School of Hospitality Management
The School of Hospitality Management is home to the third-oldest hospitality management program in the United States. Since its beginning in 1937, the program has grown to now be recognized as one of the most respected and distinguished hospitality management programs in the nation. By combining a broad educational foundation with specific courses designed to build strong leadership, business, and communications skills, and by requiring undergraduate students to accumulate professional, real-world experience to graduate, students gain the theoretical, managerial, quantitative, organizational, and technical skills they need to become the next generation of leaders in the hospitality industry. The students’ relationships with faculty members and alumni serve to bolster this learning experience. Likewise, the renowned doctoral degree program in the school has been confirming doctorates since 1971 and places faculty and researchers in prestigious institutions around the world. New to the school’s portfolio in Fall 2023 is an innovative and focused Master of Professional Studies degree in Hospitality Management program.
For sponsorship opportunities, please email Pat Howley, director of industry and alumni relations.