http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T04:15:49Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Icon%20of%20the%20Industry http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/3/163335/0016 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/marriottcornell1.jpg" class="top"><p>Last night the Cornell School of Hotel Administration awarded <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/bill%20marriott"><b>Bill Marriott</b></a> with its first ever <b>Icon of the Industry</b> award at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/New+York+Marriott+Marquis+Times+Square/ian/115902">Marriott Marquis Hotel</a> in Times Square. And guess what? HotelChatter was there to watch! And we were like, legally allowed guests. No party crashing here!<p>If you were watching our <a href="http://www.twitter.com/hotelchatter">Twitter</a> feed, then you already know a bit of how the event went down. But while Bill managed to sneak away before we could meet him (or even just brush up against his arm real quick), he made a sweet impression on us and the rest of the hotel industry folk who attended. <p>His speech was pitch-perfect with the right amount of self-deprecation, a juliana 2009-06-03T17:02:16-05:00 40.7582130 -73.985624 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/