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HFTP Member Spotlight: Sal Spano

This week's Member Spotlight centers on 1980-81 Global President and 1990 International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame inductee Sal Spano, CHA, CHAE of West Palm Beach, Florida.

Without the innovation of members who came before us, our newer members and association leaders could not continue to inspire industry change today. This week's Member Spotlight centers on 1980-81 Global President and 1990 International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame inductee Sal Spano, CHA, CHAE of West Palm Beach, Florida, who has been a member of HFTP since 1968.

How long have you worked in the hospitality industry?
As a young controller, I had the privilege of being associated with the original Diplomat organization in Hollywood, Florida for 12 years. Diplomat was founded by a visionary—Samuel Friedland was the man who invented the supermarket by combining the grocery store together with the butcher shop. This created the Food Fair group, and the rest was history.

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Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), established in 1952, is a hospitality nonprofit association headquartered in Austin, Texas USA with offices in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Dubai. HFTP is recognized as the spokes group for the finance and technology segments of the hospitality industry with an international network of members and stakeholders.