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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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Some of the hottest headlines featuring UNLV faculty, staff, and students.

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Mural and leadership course pay homage to women who have elevated the hospitality industry while acknowledging the challenges that remain.

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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.

Hospitality In The News

Good Housekeeping

If your rice routinely turns out sticky, gluey, or oddly clumped, the problem may not be your pot, your ratio, or your stove—it may be what you didn’t do before cooking. Rinsing rice is one of the most debated steps in the kitchen (and hotly debated on social media), but experts say this simple rinse can make a noticeable difference in texture and, in some cases, nutrition and food safety. So what actually happens when rice meets water?

iGaming Business

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.

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.

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.

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Recent Hospitality Accomplishments

An article by assistant professor Renata Guzzo (Hospitality) and co-authors, published in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, explores the factors influencing employee participation in the circular economy (CE). In "Unlocking hotel circularity: The role of employees' primary appraisals, job crafting, participation and…
Tiange Xu (International Gaming Institute), Mehmet Erdem (Hospitality), Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute; Hospitality), and Shane Kraus (Psychology) recently published a paper, "A Methodological Scoping Review for Video Analysis in Hospitality Research," in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights. This study reviewed 37…
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…