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Spirit’s bankruptcy is bad news for consumers

November 18, 2024

Christopher Anderson is a professor of operations, technology and information management,  and an expert in the hospitality and airline industries. Despite its unpleasant reputation, he says Spirit’s bankruptcy is bad news for consumers.

Economics and Business
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Don’t look back in anger at Ticketmaster’s “dynamic pricing”

September 3, 2024

Christopher Anderson is a professor of operations, technology and information management, and an expert in area of revenue and pricing management. Despite the backlash, he says both consumers and artists reap benefits from dynamic pricing.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Holiday travelers should expect high costs, trying transit

November 1, 2022

Inflation has prices on the rise for holiday travel this year. Travel and hospitality experts, Christopher Anderson and Chekitan Dev are available for interviews on what to expect.

Economics and Business
School of Hotel Administration
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Mask mandate inconsistencies create headaches for airlines

April 18, 2022

On Monday, a federal judge in Florida struck down the mask mandate requirement on airplanes and other forms of public transportation.Christopher Anderson says mandate inconsistencies can cause headaches for airlines and their employees.

School of Hotel Administration
Health, Nutrition & Medicine

JetBlue-Spirit acquisition not likely to benefit travelers

April 7, 2022

JetBlue has offered to buy Sprint Airlines challenging Spirit’s plan to merge with Frontier. Christopher Anderson says the Frontier-Spirit deal would be positive for both consumers and shareholders while the JetBlue-Spirit acquisition doesn’t offer the same operational synergies.

School of Hotel Administration
Economics and Business

Mega merger: Frontier, Spirit deal ‘positive’ for customers

February 7, 2022

Frontier is offering to buy Spirit Airlines in a deal that will create the nation’s fifth largest carrier. The companies said the transaction will provide more low-cost fares for more travelers.

Economics and Business
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Premium on innovation as hospitality enters holiday uptick

November 16, 2020

The hospitality and travel industries are dealing with dramatic losses in business volume, given travel restrictions and fear of coronavirus exposure continuing to depress passengers’ demand. Now, as the holiday season approaches, they are facing another unprecedented test. Cornell University hospitality experts, Christopher Anderson and Chekitan Dev, are available for interviews about how the industry is preparing for a possible holiday bump, and what can be achieved in the midst of uncertainty.     

Economics and Business
School of Hotel Administration

Air, cruise and lodging: COVID-19 disrupts the tourism industry

March 18, 2020

The coronavirus outbreak is putting many industries at risk. Among them, the tourism industry seems to be one of the worst affected in the short term. Christopher Anderson, professor of business at Cornell University’s Hotel School, breaks down the likely repercussions to air, cruise and lodging industries.  

Economics and Business

Hospitality sector well prepared for slowdown, services index shows

October 3, 2019

The service sector slowed the pace of its expansion in September, according to the Non-Manufacturing Index (NMI) released on Thursday by the Institute of Supply Management (ISM). The reading comes days after the institute published unfavorable data on last month’s manufacturing sector, fueling concerns of an overall economic slowdown.  Christopher Anderson, professor at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and the director of the Center for Hospitality Research, says that the service sector remains robust, despite signs of an upcoming slowdown in hospitality. 

School of Hotel Administration
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

New CDC guidelines don’t cut need for masks, distancing

March 9, 2021

Isaac Weisfuse, medical epidemiologist at Cornell University, says coronavirus variants may threaten the efficacy of current vaccines and travelers should not assume it is 100 percent safe, even if vaccinated.

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

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