UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society Hospitality Executive of the Year event will be held on Tuesday, April 4, at the School of Hospitality Management on the University Park campus.

The event, a tradition of the society’s and the school’s since 1960, will include the presentation of the Hospitality Executive of the Year Award to Mit Shah, founder and CEO of Noble Investment Group. Founded in 1993, Noble is an industry-leading real estate investment group specializing in the travel and hospitality sector. Through its institutional real estate funds, Noble has invested nearly $6 billion in communities throughout the country, creating thousands of jobs.

Register for the Hospitality Executive of the Year event here.

Sponsors of the gala event include:

Old Main Sponsor

  • Shah Family Foundation

Nittany Lion Sponsors

  • Aimbridge Hospitality
  • Hilton
  • Marriott International Inc.

Blue Sponsors

  • Host Hotels & Resorts
  • McKibbon
  • Morris, Manning & Martin LLP
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers

White Sponsors

  • CBRE
  • Eastdil Secured
  • Bill Hodges & Dan Peek
  • Hunter Hotel Advisors
  • Park Hotels & Resorts
  • PepsiCo
  • RLJ Lodging Trust
  • Summit Hotel Properties

Patrons

  • American Hotel & Lodging Association
  • Arnold Hospitality
  • Ashford Hospitality Trust
  • Auro Hotels
  • Benjamin West
  • Ecolab
  • HREC
  • IHG
  • Niles Bolton
  • Noble Investment Group

Proceeds from sponsorship funds fuel the society’s philanthropy to the school, including scholarship support for both undergraduate and graduate students studying hospitality management, program support for student-industry and alumni engagement, and innovation in the Penn State School’s world-class teaching and research facilities.

About the Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society

The Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society (PSHRS) was founded to strengthen all hospitality professions and enhance the reputation of the Hospitality Management (HM) program. PSHRS is an Affiliate Program Group of the Penn State Alumni Association and the College of Health and Human Development Alumni Society. PSHRS provides a means for achieving closer fellowship among alumni, faculty and students. PSHRS serves those who are currently attending Penn State in HM or who are graduates of the program, as well as those who work within the HM industries and have attended Penn State or are friends of the program.

About Penn State School of Hospitality Management

Established in 1937 Penn State's School of Hospitality Management is one of the nation's oldest and most respected. Its top-ranked undergraduate and doctoral programs prepare global leaders with a rigorous, diverse curriculum focused, since its inception, on engaged scholarship, featuring partnerships with Penn State's Hospitality Services, Housing and Food Services, and top global hospitality brands. It's also home to the oldest Penn State alumni program group, The Penn State Hotel and Restaurant Society.

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