Interviews

HITEC 2001 Interviews - Pegasus Solutions, Inc - Mr. John F. Davis III - CEO & Chairman, Pegasus Solutions

Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) is proud to announce that chairman and chief executive officer for Pegasus Solutions, John F. Davis, III, has been selected as the 2001 HFTP International Technology Hall of Fame inductee. Davis was selected for his years of influence in the hospitality technology industry, during which he pioneered the development of connecting hotel companies' central reservation systems with the major airline global distribution systems (GDS) that travel agents use. Davis will be inducted into the HFTP International Technology Hall of Fame at this year's HITEC (Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference) — the world's largest hospitality technology conference. HITEC 2001 will be held June 26-28 at the Orange County Convention Center, in Orlando, Fla. He will be honored at the HITEC Award Ceremony at 9:15 a.m. on Tuesday, June 26.

HITEC 2001 Interviews - Mr. Larry Gomez - President Senercomm™ Inc

Senercomm, Inc., is the premier energy conservation company servicing the hospitality and other industries. The company has installations in more than 100,000 guestrooms worldwide and counts as its satisfied clients Hilton Hotels, Tharaldson Development Company, Walt Disney World Hotels, Renaissance Hotels, Four Seasons, Loew's Universal Rank Hotel Partners, The Resort at Summerlin (A Regent's Hotel), Holiday Inn, Novotel, Sonesta Hotels, Chalet Susse International, Candlewood Hotels and Suites, Extended Stay America, and La Quinta Hotels and Suites.

HITEC 2001 Interviews - Conference Speaker - Scott Heintzeman - CIO Carlson Hotels Worldwide

Based in Minneapolis, Minn., Carlson Hotels Worldwide, an affiliate of Carlson Hospitality Worldwide, has over 720 hotel locations in over 64 countries. Other operations of Carlson Hospitality Worldwide include Radisson Seven Seas Cruises; Carlson Lifestyle Living; Carlson Vacation Ownership; Carlson Restaurants Worldwide, which includes T.G.I. Friday's and other restaurant brands; and Provisions, a worldwide procurement company.

HITEC 2001 Interviews - Microsoft Corporation - Mr. Gary Cooke - Industry Manager for Hospitality & Food Service

Hospitality & Food Service is a large, diverse, global market comprising well over 600,000 individual hotel and restaurant sites in North America alone; inclusion of international sites could double this number. Each site deploys different kinds and mixes of technology to serve customers and perform its business operations, making this industry a complex technology environment. As hotels and, to some degree, restaurants come to be booked as part of a larger "travel experience," the ability of everybody's systems to interoperate becomes more important, and the need for security intensifies.