Icon Award
Boston University School of Hospitality Administration Bestows Annual Icon Award to the Founders of Airbnb
Boston University School of Hospitality Administration | March 16, 2022
Boston, MA – March 16, 2022 – Boston University School of Hospitality Administration (BU SHA) is proud to announce that the third annual ICON award will be presented to Airbnb co-founders: Brian Chesky, CEO, Nathan Blecharczyk, Chief Strategy Officer, and Joe Gebbia, Chairman of Airbnb.org. The ICON award recognizes innovators who create new and transformative paradigms in hospitality. Blecharczyk will accept the award on behalf of Airbnb virtually to conclude BU SHA’s 2022 Hospitality Leadership Summit. The ICON award ceremony and reception will conclude the School’s Hospitality Leadership Summit, Friday, April 1, 2022 at Hotel C...
Boston University School of Hospitality Administration Presents Its First Icon Award to Richard L. Friedman, President & CEO of Carpenter &
Boston University's School of Hospitality Administration | February 13, 2020
(February 13, 2020) Boston, MA – Boston University’s School of Hospitality Administration (BU SHA) is pleased to announce Richard L. Friedman as the first recipient of its Icon Award, to be presented Friday, March 20, 2020 at the School’s Hospitality Leadership Summit held at the Hotel Commonwealth in Kenmore Square, Boston. The Summit is a two-day event bringing together hospitality graduate and undergraduate students with leaders in the lodging, food and beverage, meetings, events and tourism industries. The Awards presentation will be held Friday, March 20, 5-5:30pm in the Ballroom of the Hotel Commonwealth. Friedman is the Presid...
