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William F. Harrah College of Hospitality News

The William F. Harrah College of Hospitality is among the highest ranked hospitality management programs in the world. By blending classroom and real-world experience, our students receive a well-rounded and affordable pathway towards a successful career.

Current Hospitality News

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Students learn to match the right notes to create perfect atmosphere for guests.

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Across generations, Rebels share how UNLV served as the setting for their love stories.

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A look at some of the most eye-grabbing headlines featuring UNLV faculty, staff, and students.

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UNLV community outreach programs offer practical learning opportunities for students while leveraging our resources to address societal needs.

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A one-of-a-kind seminar brings UNLV students inside Las Vegas’ most iconic resort properties, giving them access to MGM executives and an inside look at an industry that shapes the region.

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A collection of the top news headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

Hospitality In The News

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The casino industry, especially in Las Vegas, has become a hotspot for cyber crime. According to a UNLV study last year, there were more than 50 confirmed cyber incidents involving Nevada gaming companies from 2007-2023, with most coming in the last decade.

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Should we bring gambling to Hawaii? It’s a question that raises many more questions. And the working group looking into it is getting some answers from some of the best experts in the world. The Tourism and Gaming Working Group is meeting with two leaders on the gaming industry from the mecca of gambling – Las Vegas – about the good and bad gambling brings, and whether it should be legal in Hawaii.

KHON News 2

Should we bring gambling to Hawaii? It’s a question that raises many more questions. And the working group looking into it is getting some answers from some of the best experts in the world. The Tourism and Gaming Working Group is meeting with two leaders on the gaming industry from the mecca of gambling – Las Vegas – about the good and bad gambling brings, and whether it should be legal in Hawaii.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Las Vegas Strip and downtown casinos closed out 2025 with a slight uptick in gambling revenue despite a significant drop in visitors and signs of pricing fatigue among customers, according to public data and industry analysts.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Las Vegas Strip and downtown casinos closed out 2025 with a slight uptick in gambling revenue despite a significant drop in visitors and signs of pricing fatigue among customers, according to public data and industry analysts.

CDC Gaming

The fund will support the children of qualifying employees at Wynn Resorts’s entities in North America who are pursuing undergraduate degrees at UNLV’s Lee Business School, Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering, or William F. Harrah College of Hospitality.

Hospitality Experts

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Recent Hospitality Accomplishments

Jungsun (Sunny) Kim (Hospitality) and her doctoral student, Boran Kim, recently published an article titled “Can ESG Practices Improve Perceived External Prestige and Organizational Citizenship Behavior? A Comparative Study of U.S. and Korean Employees” in the International Journal of Tourism Research. This cross-cultural study investigates the…
Hospitality Ph.D. alumnus Dongwon Yun '25 was awarded the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management (JHTM) Best Paper Award for his paper with UNLV Hospitality College faculty coauthors, Renata Guzzo and Cass Shum. Their paper on hiring managers’ evaluations of gender-nonconforming applicants found that gender-nonconforming…
Barbara Lewis, Chris Cochran, Neeraj Bhandari, Soumya Upadhyay, Erika Marquez (all Public Health) and Stowe Shoemaker's (Hospitality) article titled, "Hospital Patient and Family Advisory Councils: A Quantitative Study on How Councils are Used and Predictors of Effective Councils," was published in the Journal of Patient Experience. 
Cass Shum (Hospitality) recently co-published a paper, "Why leader empathy backfires: relative LMX and leader work meaningfulness in predicting unethical pro-organizational behaviors," in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. Drawing on social exchange theory, this research examines how leadership empathy can…
This article, "Impacts of Increased Free-play on Casino Revenue and Visitation," by Anthony F. Lucas (Hospitality), seeks to measure the effect of increased promotional incentives on casino revenue and visitation frequency. Published in the Journal of Gaming Business and Economics, the research represents the first longitudinal study to…
Mehmet Erdem (Hospitality) was promoted to the role of senior associate dditor for the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology. Previously, Erdem held the roles of assistant and associate editor, respectively. Since publishing its first issue in 2010, JHTT is ranked 5th among all SSCI-indexed journals in the hospitality field, and…