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Carol Bliss, an adjunct professor at Boston University’s School of Hospitality Administration, received a 2023 Excellence in Club Management Award: the Mel Rex Award for her work at the Chilton Club. COURTESY OF ERIN MCGURGAN-GLOVER

SHA professor Carol Bliss breaks boundaries in club management, shares joys of hospitality

Akshun Gogia January 30, 2024
Carol Bliss, general manager of a distinguished Boston social club, highlights the unique field of club management and the opportunities it offers to her students the hospitality industry.
Barbara Lynch speaking

Chef Barbara Lynch speaks to School of Hospitality students as part of Dean’s Distinguished Speakers Series

Caterina Tomassini February 8, 2023
Barbara Lynch, a chef and restaurateur from Boston, spoke about her career at Boston University’s School of Hospitality Administration on Feb. 3 as part of the Dean’s Distinguished Speakers Series.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Sincerely, Ally: Authentic travel is a privilege

Alexia Nizhny February 4, 2022
In order for the tourism industry to be successful, it fundamentally relies on profiting off of the labor and exotification of locals. 
demonstrators gathered at Marriott Labor Day Rally

Union and non-union workers rally for rehire on Labor Day

Madison Mercado September 7, 2021
Labor Day rally hosted Monday in support of workers fired by Marriott Copley during the pandemic.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

A Room With a View: Ancient Greece and Italy share hospitality and xenophobia

Antonia Lehnert April 12, 2021
Before being hosted in someone’s home, one should feel welcomed in their country first.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: All Inclusive Boston will help create equitable tourism, but the city’s reputation cannot be restored without addressing its racism

Editors April 7, 2021
Boston remains unwelcoming to the vast majority of its residents, regardless of how we market it.
unite here local 26 food giveaway in downtown boston

Labor union distributes food to recently fired Nine Zero Hotel employees

Madison Mercado April 5, 2021
The hotel fired 52 employees — more than two-thirds of its staff — in March.
school of hospitality administration at boston university

SHA to introduce new restaurant concentration in the Fall

Jane Avery March 31, 2021
The Restaurant Management and Experiences concentration will be introduced Fall 2021.
Boston restaurants and bars are preparing for an increase in outdoor dining and takeout orders this weekend due to Super Bowl Sunday. COURTESY OF PIXABAY

Restaurants prepare for take-out heavy Super Bowl

Samuele Petruccelli February 5, 2021
Sports-centered restaurants and bars usually see increased business on Super Bowl Sunday. Now, businesses that normally seat sports fans at tables and bars are adapting for an unprecedented night of football.
Boston University hosted the second installment in this Fall’s “Remote and Hybrid Teaching and Learning Lightning Talks,” allowing professors to share their experiences under the University’s hybrid learning model. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Professors share experiences with LfA environment, voice positive outcomes

Madeline Humphrey December 10, 2020

While college campuses would normally be bustling during the fall, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything from the way students communicate to the way they learn. At Boston University, that’s no...

Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: The coronavirus pandemic afflicts workplace disparities

Editors October 8, 2020
While we are all struggling through the monotonous yet unpredictable lifestyle that comes with the pandemic, we must not forget that oppression still holds prominence in our society. And we would be foolish to believe that it has not gotten worse.
Douglass Williams, chef and owner of the Italian restaurant MIDA, spoke about his passion for cooking and eating healthily at WBUR CitySpace Monday. PERRY SOSI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Chef Douglass Williams brings expertise, wisdom to WBUR CitySpace

Irene Chung February 6, 2020
Douglass Williams indulged CitySpace attendees with delicious conversations about his bittersweet journey as a chef ,and even brought some ginger gelato,as part of WBUR’s Curated Cuisine series on Monday.
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