HITEC 2004 | Interview with HSIA Provider InformaTouch LLC

Interview with Richard A. Diamond, InformaTouch’s President and CTO Chris Sennings

InformaTouch's cutting-edge products and services are aimed at the hospitality industry by enhancing the traveler's experience with high speed Internet access, video on demand movies and other hotel-specific guest services. InformaTouch's suite of services is provided to such companies as Regency Hotel Management and other well known brands including Radisson, Sheraton, Marriott, Best Western, Comfort Suites and the Clubhouse Inns & Suites.

InformaTouch LLC (ITC), a privately held company based in Zephyr Cove, Nevada, was founded in 2001. InformaTouch's cutting-edge products and services are aimed at the hospitality industry by enhancing the traveler's experience with high speed Internet access, video on demand movies, and other guest service possibilities. InformaTouch’s family of products starts with InFormaNet (IFN), a secure wireless or wired guest accessible Internet solution. InFormaNet (IFN) allows a hotel guest to simply gain Internet access utilizing their own laptop or other Internet enabled device. Informatouch's second product offering which shares the same company name InFormaTouch (IFT), is a secure wireless or wired network of in-room, guest accessible, touchscreen computer terminals. These touchscreen computer terminals integrate high speed Internet Access, video on demand movies, local advertising, directory services and many other features in to a simple to use and administer interface. Click here to learn more....

For those who were not able to attend HITEC 2004, visit www.hitec.org to review information on HITEC 2004 exhibitors. Also on the web site are interviews that were conducted directly in the exhibit hall. Kevin Heilbronner, host of the interviews, spoke with industry experts, HITEC speakers, various exhibitors and HFTP Board members. If you didn't make it this year, start making plans to attend next year's HITEC in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 20- 23, 2005. Click here to visit the HITEC web site.

Based in Austin, Texas, HFTP is the professional association for financial and technology personnel working in hotels, resorts, clubs, casinos, restaurants and other hospitality-related businesses. The association provides continuing education and networking opportunities to more than 4,000 members around the world, and produces the premiere hospitality technology shows HITEC and ONHTEC. HFTP also administers the examination and awards the certification for the Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE) and the Certified Hospitality Technology Professional (CHTP) designations. HFTP was founded in 1952 as the National Association of Hotel Accountants.

HFTP®, HITEC® and ONHTEC® are registered service marks of Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals. Click here to visit the HFTP web site.

About the ONHTEC Exhibition - ONHTEC®, a co-production by Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals® and Hsyndicate, aims to become the most comprehensive and trendsetting online conference & showcase of hospitality IT & distribution technology available on the web. Starting from October 2002, ONHTEC ® will provide quarterly scheduled online conferences geared around pertinent trends in hospitality technology. ONHTEC ® aims to provide knowledge & know-how to industry professionals at all levels of expertise. For more information about the conference, please go to the ONHTEC web site at . For more information about the exposition, please contact Lance Peterson at [email protected] or (512) 249-5333 x20.

Kevin Heilbronner is the US Editor for wiredhotelier.com and hospitalitynet.org, providing streaming multimedia-content for these websites. Based outside of Washington DC, Heilbronner has worked with Hsyndicate to conduct interviews at several hospitality trade shows in the US and Europe over the last couple of years. His column and content are featured in the Hospitality Net weekly newsletter. A familiar voice in Washington, DC, Heilbronner is the stadium announcer for the NBA's Washington Wizards, WNBA's Washington Mystics and WUSA's Washington Freedom. He resides in Centreville, VA and can be reached via email: [email protected].

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InformaTouch LLC offers products aimed at the hospitality industry. InformaTouch is a secure network of in-room, guest accessible, touchscreen terminals. These touchscreen terminals integrate advertising, directory services, internet access, video on demand movies, and entertainment features in to a simple to use interface. InformaTouch also offers InformaNet, a secure wireless or wired guest accessible internet solution.