Remembering Dr. Mathwich: A Life of Service to Hospitality Education

The WFCHRIE community mourns the passing of Britt Mathwich, Associate Professor of Business and Hospitality Management at Colorado Mesa University (CMU).

Britt brought more than 40 years of hospitality industry experience to his teaching, with expertise in destination resort management and development. At CMU, he began teaching in 2011 and was known for connecting theory with real-world hospitality practice through industry examples, guest speakers, internships, and experiential learning. He also helped form and advise the CMU Hospitality Management Club and contributed to the development of the Hospitality Management Advisory Board. His work included research and presentations on hospitality internships, competitive benchmarking, ethics education, and the development and operation of Hotel Maverick, CMU’s on-campus teaching hotel.

Britt was also deeply involved in professional service. He served as Director of Education for WFCHRIE and was an active member of hospitality organizations including ICHRIE, AHLA, CHLA, and HSMAI.  In recognition of his outstanding service, he received the WFCHRIE Lifetime Service Award at the 2023 West CHRIE Federation Conference in Las Vegas.

Britt’s dedication to hospitality education, student success, and professional service left a meaningful impact on our field and our WFCHRIE community. He will be deeply missed by colleagues, students, and friends.

Rest in peace, Britt.

Call for Papers: Public Policy Research and Hospitality-Tourism: Challenges, Opportunities, and New

Over the past several decades, research in hospitality tourism often pursued maximizing corporate financial performance and shareholders' wealth as the desired research outcomes. Unfortunately, in this process, shareholders' welfare and community advancement were rarely considered despite their great relevance to the success of hospitality and tourism organizations. Thus, the proposed special issue is designed to address this research gap on public policy issues and their interdependent relationship with hospitality tourism. Nobel Laureate George Akerlof (2001) said," Our marginal products are not ours alone," indicating that business products and profits are the results of our collective efforts. Balancing shareholders' wealth maximization and stakeholders' (community) welfare is critical for advancing this field.

This special issue on Public Policy Research and Hospitality-Tourism encourages an open conversation and investigation regarding the often-ignored role of public policy and public resource utilization and financial success of hospitality firms. This special issue invites conceptual papers advancing theory development, original research manuscripts with qualitative or quantitative methods, econometric models, social media data analysis, experimental research, secondary data analysis, case research manuscripts, media citation analyses, GIS and organizational performance, and manuscripts based on valid academic research methods.

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Standing Together, Educating Together

Join us and support two of our very own fabulous WFCHRIE representatives (Dr’s Ann & Leung)!

Description: In staying true to our mission and values, International CHRIE will proudly present “Standing Together, Educating Together”, a panel session to educate our membership while supporting and empowering our Asian-American, Asian, and Pacific-Islander colleagues and students. This webinar will be hosted by Delaware County Community College.

Time: Apr 30, 2021 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Please click here to register: https://dccc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jcrCGz2gRN6N37L8PdGEFw