Bill Hornbuckle remembers being a community college student in Connecticut when he saw a commercial advertising UNLV’s hospitality college during a broadcast of a UNLV basketball game. Only two months later, he moved to Las Vegas with friends and $22 in his pocket, soon walking onto UNLV’s campus as a business major and working on the Strip at night.

Being University of Nevada at Las Vegas grads, CraftHaus co-owners Dave and Wyndee Forrest really wanted to give back to their school in some way. By working with the school, the Henderson, Nevada brewery is reaping the benefits of releasing a brand for the school.

Some 11 individuals and organisations will receive ICE Landmark Awards. The awards, which are based on nominations from the industry, recognise those who have made a milestone achievement since the last edition of ICE.

All eyes are on the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas — but sometimes it seems for the strangest things.

The UNLV William F. Harrah College of Hospitality has been the foundation for many casino executives in Nevada and around the world. When Stowe Shoemaker became dean of the college its reputation had slid a bit and Shoemaker wanted to turn it around. A graduate of the hospitality college at Cornell University, another one of the top schools in the country for that discipline, Shoemaker knew what worked and what didn’t. He charted a course for the UNLV college that was different and unique. That included a new building that would reflect the excellent education that UNLV offers its gaming and hospitality students. Now an executive with the UNLV Foundation, Shoemaker met with GGB Publisher Roger Gros at his offices in Las Vegas in January.

People tend to have better experiences in hospitality than they do in healthcare. In this episode, Saul Marquez welcomes healthcare leaders and authors Dr. Peter Yesawich and Dr. Stowe Shoemaker to discuss their new book, "Hospitable Healthcare," which emphasizes the need for healthcare to learn from the hospitality industry to improve patient care.

A senior-level class at UNLV still sticks out in Colleen Birch’s mind.

Using Hospitality Principles to Reduce Healthcare Visit Anxiety