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The College of Business and Economics, and the School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management (HFTM) regret to share that Thomas (Tom) F. Powers, former HFTM director, has passed away. Powers was the second director of the School from 1979 - 1987.

Tom's wife, Jo Marie was also a long standing faculty member in the School. Read full obituary

An increasing number of Canadians might be hitting the road for their summer vacations, according to School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management director Statia Elliot. In this report from Global News, Elliot speaks to the impact lower gas prices are expected to have on domestic tourism, noting that "three-quarters of what we call tourism is generated by our own Canadian travel ...".

University of Guelph commerce students are getting their hands dirty building sustainable business opportunities…with soap.

Choosing to attend the University of Guelph on an academic exchange from the University of Copenhagen helped transform Cathrine Osterberg's love of ice cream into a business opportunity. In 2012, Osterberg worked with food science professor and ice cream researcher Doug Goff, and also wrote a business plan for the Nicol Entrepreneurial Competition, giving her the tools to open her own ice cream shop - Osterberg Ice Cream - in Denmark.

During his research on dark tourism, Brent McKenzie has visited many different sites across Europe where death and suffering have occured and are defining parts of history. In this interview with Research Matters, McKenzie discusses the how these places and the events that took place are memorialized.

Marketing and Consumer Studies students Justin Manarang, Sophie Arkell and Ronnel Santos will travel to China in April 2015 to conduct research on the expansion of ESKA Water into China. The students recently won the Bridges to International Practice live case competition as part of assistant professor Lianne Foti’s International Marketing class. Students spent the semester working with ESKA Water president and CEO Jim Delsnyder on creating marketing strategies for the company’s expansion.

Julia Christensen Hughes, dean of the College of Business and Economics, was recently interviewed by CTV News Kitchener about cheating at Canadian universities. A leading researcher on the topic, Christensen Hughes spoke to the data from the 2012 Academic Integrity Survey that reported the percentage of students participating in academic misconduct.

According to the University of Guelph's 2012-2013 Academic Integrity Report, the majority of cases of academic misconduct taking place within the College of Business and Economics are related to group work. Julia Christensen Hughes, dean of Guelph's business school and leading researcher in academic misconduct, and Kerry Godfrey, associate dean, academic, were both interviewed by the Guelph Mercury about the findings.

Food price increases of 0.3 to 2.4 per cent are expected in the coming year, but meatlovers will have to deal with higher price jumps. Increases of three to five per cent are expected for meat, fish, seafood and vegetables.