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Jeremy Ward has been named President at Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG) - AHLA

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Washington, DC, United States
Jeremy Ward
Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG), the membership association that unites the world’s hospitality companies and technology innovators to solve industry challenges, today announced several changes to its Board of Governors. Jeremy Ward, Senior VP of Information Technology, Kempinski Hotels has been named President. Jeremy moves to HTNG’s top leadership role after having served as its Vice President for two years. HTNG’s Board drives the organization to address the most pressing technology problems facing hotels, and the presence of senior technology executives from almost all major hotel companies ensures the industry relevance of our activities for all hotel managers, owners and franchisors. "As an information technology and hospitality industry executive, I'm keenly aware of the challenges and opportunities that are presented to our industry by the ever-evolving technology landscape," said Jeremy Ward, Senior VP of Information Technology at Kempinski Hotels and new President of HTNG. "HTNG has been instrumental in facilitating the collaboration that enables our industry to use technology to solve problems, improve guest satisfaction and operate more effectively through more efficient technology planning and deployment." Other HTNG board appointments included: Vice President: Monika Nerger, CIO, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. Monika has been a very active member of the association since its founding in 2002, continuing her company’s leadership legacy. Secretary: Mark Rupert Read, Group IT Manager, Firmdale Hotels. Mark joined the Board in 2012 to get more involved with HTNG after presenting some of his ground-breaking IT implementations at the association’s European conference in 2010. Treasurer: Mike Blake, CIO, Commune Hotels & Resorts. Mike has been a member of the board for several years, and continues in this role after having moved from Hyatt to his new employer, Commune.
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Hospitality Technology Next Generation is the premier technology solutions association in the hospitality industry. HTNG is a nonprofit organization with members from hospitality companies, technology vendors to hospitality, consultants, media and academic experts. HTNG's members participate in focused workgroups to bring to market open solution sets addressing specific business problems.