HC3 Graduate Finalist 2020

Issued by Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals

The University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, in partnership with Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), challenged students in hospitality programs across the globe with the first-time Hilton College Hospitality Hackathon. The competition asked participants to tackle COVID-19 head-on and address the challenges it has posed to all sectors of the hospitality, travel and tourism industry, and to develop solutions to move it forward.

Type Learning
Level Intermediate
Time Weeks
Cost Free

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The competition drew 29 total entries, and participating students represented 32 undergraduate and graduate programs from hospitality schools across the globe. The submitted solutions were reviewed by an esteemed panel of 15 judges representing various sectors of hospitality. There were eight graduate finalists.
First Place Team: I'Università IULM; Faculty Advisor: Manuela De Carlo; Student Team Members: Yuri Vecchiato, Aurora De Pinto, Daniele Medici; Second Place Team: De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde; Faculty Advisor: Cora Reyes; Student Team Members: Alejandro Reyes, Eleanor Ng, Cris Ann Subebe; Third Place Team: Les Roches Global Hospitality Education; Faculty Advisor: Bilal Hassan; Student Team Members: Kotchamon Aram, Kshitij Gandhi, Megha Bhatia, Juan Miguel Kandler Rodriguez
The following programs were also in the final round competition: Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Florida International University; Varna University of Management; Woosong University; University of South Carolina; University of Houston Hilton College