The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly has received an Emerald Golden Page Award for making research on the hospitality industry both usable and accessible to practitioners.

The magazine, informally known as the Quarterly , was chosen to receive the prestigious annual award for "practical usability of research" by specialist reviewers for Emerald Management Reviews, a London-based publisher of articles and books on management issues. It was among a handful of winners chosen from Emerald's "top 400 " list of management magazines.

The Quarterly has been produced by Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration since the magazine's inception, in 1960. It presents practical research findings, in a style that is both intelligent and accessible, on topics relevant to its readers. A typical reader looks a lot like the Hotel School's typical graduate – an executive or manager in the travel, tourism, gaming, hotel or restaurant management business.

"I am delighted, but not surprised, that the Quarterly was named the winner of this major accolade," said David Butler, dean of the Hotel School. "The journal continues to uphold the highest standards, underscoring the school's commitment both to academic rigor and relevance to the industry we serve."

The Quarterly 's publisher is Hotel School Professor Cathy Enz, executive director of the school's Center for Hospitality Research. The magazine's current editor is Professor Michael Lynn. The Quarterly 's executive editor, Glenn Withiam, has been with the magazine for 19 years and its managing editor, Fred Conner, for 12 years.

"In 1960 the industry was dominated by independent operators," said Withiam, "while today large hotel and restaurant chains are the major force." As the industry has become more professionally oriented, so has the magazine, which was redesigned and refocused in 2001. The Quarterly' s overall mission remains the same – helping hotel, restaurant and hospitality managers do their jobs better by sharing knowledge and applied research and providing an overall perspective.

An article, "What Keeps You Up at Night: Key Issues of Concern for Lodging Managers" (by Enz in the April 2001 issue), sets the tone for the current focus. Issues typically contain more than 100 pages of useful information for hospitality executives and managers. While much of the content is based on scholarly research, at the Hotel School and elsewhere, in such areas as marketing, finance, human resources, international development and travel and tourism, the material is presented in a style and format that are anything but academic. Articles discuss such subjects as the effects of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on hotel valuation, how lodging chains can improve organizational performance, whether ecotourism and mass tourism are compatible, and the ins and outs of laws affecting the industry, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The Golden Page Awards are presented annually to a select group of management periodicals that are determined by industry and academic experts to have consistently delivered excellent articles throughout a calendar year.