Elise Majetich NCLP Trainee, Encore
Robert Mandelbaum Director of Research Information Services, CBRE Hotels Research
A first generation college student from Chattanooga, Tenn., Elise Majetich graduated in Spring 2022 from Kennesaw State with a BBA in Hospitality Management, becoming the program’s first graduate. She also graduated with a minor in marketing. At Kennesaw State, Majetich was the founding president of the Hospitality Leadership Club. She recently joined Encore, a global event management firm, as part of its National College Leadership Program. Upon completion of the rotational training program, Majetich will be placed in an operations leadership role at a luxury hotel property.
Robert Mandelbaum is the director of research information services for CBRE Hotels Research in Atlanta. He oversees research information service, which produces the annual Trends in the Hotel Industry statistical report, and customized financial and operational analyses for client projects. On a quarterly basis, CBRE Hotels produces five- year performance forecasts for six national chain-scales, six national location categories, and 65 major U.S cities using its proprietary Hotel Horizons econometric forecasting model. Mandelbaum began his hospitality industry career with Holiday Inn, Inc. in Memphis, Tenn. In 1983, he began working for Pannell Kerr Forster, where he conducted market and financial feasibility studies and operational analyses for hotel, restaurant, club, and conference center clients. Mandelbaum holds a Bachelor of Science in Hotel Administration from Cornell University. He serves on the Global Finance Committee, which is a joint American Hotel and Lodging Association and Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals committee responsible for preparing the Uniform System of Accounts for the lodging industry. Mandelbaum was a global president of the Cornell Hotel Society. He frequently writes articles for industry trade publications, hosts guest lecturers at college and university hotel school programs and speaks at industry forums.
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