International CHRIE Announces 2005 Award Winners International CHRIE wishes to thank the many individuals who took the time to nominate a deserving colleague. All of this year's award winners were recognized during the Annual Conference in Las Vegas at a special awards dinner celebration held on Friday evening, July 29, 2005 at the JW Marriott Resort and Spa. Howard B. Meek Award JHTE Article of the Year Stevenson W. Fletcher Award Hosteur Article of the Year Chef Herman Breithaupt Award Best Paper Award John Wiley and Sons Award Industry Reception Award John Wiley & Sons Award for Innovation in Teaching Champion Education Award W. Bradford Wiley Memorial Research Award McCool Breakthrough Award   JHTR Article of the Year   The Howard B. Meek Award Description: The Howard B. Meek Award is the highest individual recognition a member of International CHRIE may receive, it is presented annually to a member in recognition of the individual’s lifetime contributions and outstanding service to hospitality education. This award serves as a living memorial to the late Howard B. Meek, a pioneer in American hospitality education. “Prof” Meek was the first dean of the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University and also served as executive vice president of International CHRIE. Congratulations to this year's recipient: Lynn Huffman Texas Tech University The Stevenson W. Fletcher Achievement Award Description: The Stevenson W. Fletcher Achievement Award, formerly called the International CHRIE Achievement Award, was renamed in 1994 to honor Stevenson W. Fletcher, former program head of Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Administration at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. The award recognizes an individual educator 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. Award recipient must demonstrate exceptional professional ability and commitment through service to International CHRIE and the Hospitality industry. Congratulations to this year's recipient: Deborah Breiter University of Central Florida The Chef Herman Breithaupt Award Description: The Chef Herman Breithaupt Award honors the memory of a pioneer in culinary education by recognizing outstanding achievement and contributions to foodservice education by a chef/educator. The recipient of this award must exhibit high professionalism, demonstrate a strong commitment to hospitality education, and have a record of contributions to International CHRIE and the industry as a chef/educator. Congratulations to this year's recipient: Keith Mandabach New Mexico State University   John Wiley & Sons Research Award Description: The John Wiley & Sons Research Award recognizes an International CHRIE member for lifetime contributions to outstanding scholarship and research in hospitality and tourism. The award serves as a tribute to a distinguished individual who has demonstrated high standards in the systematic and objective analysis of data that has led to the development of principles or theories resulting in a significant contribution to the body of knowledge. Additionally, the recipient must have demonstrated leadership in a specialized field of study. Congratulations to this year's recipient: John Bowen University of Houston         John Wiley & Sons Award for Innovation in Teaching Description: The John Wiley & Sons Award for Innovation in Teaching award recognizes an International CHRIE member for the individual’s implementation of innovative, creative, and effective teaching techniques in hospitality education at the high school, diploma, and college or university level. Congratulations to this year's recipient: Cynthia Deale University of Memphis      W. Bradford Wiley Memorial Research Award (Formerly the Van Nostrand Reinhold Research Award) Description: The W. Bradford Wiley Memorial Research Award recognizes superior original published research on the hospitality industry by an International CHRIE Member. Congratulations to this year's recipient: Karthik Namasivayam University of Massachusetts-Amherst    JHTR Article of the Year Award sponsored by SAGE Publications Description: The editorial board of the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research votes for articles deserving of recognition based on the following selection criteria: (1) originality of concepts, methods, and/or contribution; (2) appropriateness and/or innovativeness of conceptual development and/or methodology; (3) clarity of writing, and (4) overall contribution to JHTR and its body of knowledge. Congratulations to this year's authors: Woo Gon Kim, Jinsoo Han and Kyungsuk Hyun Title of Article: "Multi-stage Synthetic Hotel Pricing,” published in Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, Volume 28, Issue 2, 2004.   JHTE Article of the Year Award Description: The editorial board of the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education votes for articles deserving of recognition. Congratulations to this year's author: Juline E. Mills and Alecia Douglas Title of Article: "Ten Information Technology Trends Driving the Course of Hospitality and Tourism Higher Education,” published in Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education, Volume 16, Issue 4, 2004.   HOSTEUR™ Article of the Year Award Description: The editorial board of HOSTEUR™ votes for articles deserving of recognition. Congratulations to this year's authors: Leigh Hanna and Francis Kwansa Title of the Article: The Smoking BAn and the Delaware Casinos, Volume 13, Number 1/2, Spring/Fall 2004. Best Paper Awards sponsored by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University    Description: The members of I-CHRIE's Conference Refereed Paper Review Committee vote for conference submissions deserving of recognition. Area Paper Title Authors’ Name and Affiliation Lodging Does Wall Street Truly Understand the Lodging Valuation? Seoki Lee and Arun Upneja, Pennsylvania State University Marketing Selling the Destination Resort: Permission Marketing and the Internet Eric Brey, Siu-lan (Amy) So, Dae-Young Kim, and Alastair M. Morrison, Purdue University HR The Big Five Personality Dimensions and Employee Job Burnout Hyun Jeong Kim and Terry Umbreit, Washington State University Marketing Customer Participation: An Integrated Typology of Customer Roles Bonnie Canziani, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro F&B Food-away-from-home (FAFH) Expenditure of Senior Households in the U.S.: A Heckma's Two-step Approach Soo Cheong (Shawn) Jang, Kansas State University; Sunny Ham, University of Kentucky; and Gong-Soog Hong, The Ohio State University Industry Recognition Award Description: The Industry Recognition Award acknowledges a hospitality and tourism industry professional and/or organization for demonstrated commitments to advance hospitality and tourism education as a discipline. Congratulations to this year's recipient: John Lee Sodexho USA   McCool Breakthrough Award Description: This is a new award to honor the spirit of Willie McCool. This award is given to an individual, group, program, school, college, association, or corporation that has made a significant break through or introduced a unique approach in the spirit of I-CHRIE’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: Norman Faiola Syracuse University  Champion of Education Award Description: This unique award is given by International CHRIE's board of directors upon special occasion to honor a corporation or individual who has made a long-standing commitment to or shown a pattern of support for special initiatives that advance the mission of International CHRIE. Congratulations to this year's recipient: Tony Marshall University of Central Florida