Delta Hotels Announces Partnership with Cornell University
Toronto, ON, September 17, 2007 — Delta Hotels is pleased to announce that it is partnering with eCornell, the on-line education arm of Cornell University, the esteemed Ivy League institution, to offer quality on-line education to its leaders.
"Our culture at Delta Hotels is one of continuous learning, and we are committed to the ongoing career growth of our people," says Bill Pallett, the company's senior vice-president of people and quality. "Adding Cornell's comprehensive on-line courses to Delta's current mix of learning and development tools underscores our commitment to offering the best opportunities to our people."
Developed in collaboration with faculty from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, the Cornell School of Hotel Administration — the number one-ranked school of hospitality management in the world — and the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations, eCornell's courses and certificates focus on the areas of strategy, hospitality, leadership and management development, human resources, food services and financial management.
"eCornell is delighted to partner with Delta Hotels on this initiative. Our on-line, instructor-led courses provide exceptional opportunities for Delta Hotels' leaders to develop essential management and leadership capabilities in a highly effective and engaging course environment," says Chris Proulx, eCornell's president.
"Blending different approaches like self-paced online learning with classroom or face-to-face training is our preferred solution to optimizing learning here at Delta," says Jose Bansil, the company's director of learning and development. "Not only does this blended approach allow us to address the issues of time and geography; it also helps us ensure a return on investment."
Recognized as one of Canada's best employers, Delta Hotels offers numerous tailored courses and programs, some of which are the result of rich partnerships with institutions as varied as the Canadian Tourism Human Resources Council and Toronto's Ryerson University, which assisted in establishing FastTrackers, the brand's development program for senior management.
About Delta Hotels
With a diversified portfolio of more than 40 city centre and airport hotels and resorts, Delta Hotels is the leading first-class hotel management company in Canada. Widely regarded as Canada's brand of choice by guests and owners, Delta Hotels has also distinguished itself as an exemplary employer to its more than 7,100 employees. Delta Hotels is the only hotel company to be recognized by the prestigious National Quality Institute with two Canada Awards for Excellence, for quality (2000) and a healthy workplace (2004). It has also been voted one of "The 50 Best Employers in Canada" by The Globe and Mail's respected magazine, Report on Business (2001—2003, 2005—2007).
Delta is owned by Fairmont Raffles Hotels International, a leading global hotel company with over 120 hotels in 25 countries worldwide under the Raffles, Fairmont, Swissotel and Delta brands. The company also owns Fairmont Heritage Place and Fairmont Residences, which offer luxury vacation ownership and residential properties.
About eCornell
eCornell provides many of the world's leading organizations with on-line, asynchronous professional and executive development in the areas of strategy, leadership and management development, human resources, financial management and hospitality management. Its proven course development model and instructor-led course delivery provide for engaging, rigorous and interactive learning. For more information, please visit http://www.ecornell.com.
For more information, please contact:
Susana Petti
Director, Public Relations
(416) 874-2025
spetti@deltahotels.com
www.deltahotels.com/mediacentre
Ross Pearo
Vice President, Product Development and Marketing
(607) 330-3334
rpearo@ecornell.com
