HFTP HITEC Europe and HITEC Asia to offer industry association partnerships
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals announced today during HOSPACE 2015 that they are going to offer several layers of partnerships in its new events planned for 2017 in Europe and Asia. Since the announcement in June of the planned expansion of the events, HFTP has conducted considerable research to determine the best approach that will benefit the industry the most.
"Since the industry approached HFTP to expand the HITEC brand worldwide, we want to fulfill our obligations in the best possible manner, said Frank I Wolfe, CAE, HFTP's CEO. Therefore, we are going to approach both industry associations and some of the conference producers that we have previously worked with to give them a chance to have minority ownerships in HITEC Europe and HITEC Asia."
Because of the sizes and scopes of industry associations, HFTP will offer multiple levels of opportunities from an outright minority partnership to a one-off supporter package. More details of these opportunities will be provided in the coming weeks.
"As a global association with members spanning six continents, we believe that the expansion of HITEC will be an opportunity to build the exchange of information within the hospitality technology community, which has gained great importance within the industry, said Arlene Ramirez, CHAE, CHE, CHIA, MBA, HFTP 2016 President and Principal ADR Consulting. By offering other groups a chance to participate and have minority ownership from the beginning, we believe that the industry will be better served by creating multi organization supported events rather than a series of one off events."
About Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP)
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), established in 1952, is a hospitality nonprofit association headquartered in Austin, Texas USA with offices in the EU and India. HFTP is recognized as a group supporting the finance and technology segments of the hospitality industry with an international network of members and stakeholders. HFTP offers expert networks, educational resources, career development programs, research, leadership opportunities and conferences and events. HFTP produces international events throughout the year, including the world's largest hospitality technology tradeshow and conference brand: HITEC. In addition, it oversees the publication of the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry (USALI®), Hotel Online® and Hospitality Upgrade Magazine. Through its combined websites, the association has more than 140,000 site visitors a month. For more information about HFTP, visit www.hftp.org.