HTNG Introduces 2017 Middle East Conference Agenda

Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) announces agenda and highlights topics to be covered at the 2017 Middle East Conference on 24-26 January in Dubai, UAE.

HTNG conferences offer programs to keep attendees up-to-date on relevant technology issues inside the hospitality industry. This conference will provide knowledge, collaboration, networking, and business development opportunities with a wide range of industry professionals.

Keynote Speakers:

• Tariq Qureishy – CEO and Founder, MAD Talks
• Colin Abercrombie – Managing Director, Abercrombie Training & Management Consultancy

Conference Speakers Include:

• Samir Abi Frem – Corporate VP of IT, Rotana Hotel Management Corporation
• Zalikha Al Bastaki – Group Director, Innovation and Enterprise Solutions, Jumeirah Group
• René Beil – Managing Director, Beaufort Global Partners LLC
• Floor Bleeker – Chief Information Officer, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts
• Donald Bremner – Director, Stirling Capital Management
• Stuart Etherington – Director Hospitality Asset Management, Dubai Properties Group
• Ted Harrington – Executive Partner, Independent Security Evaluators
• Fraser Hickox – General Manager, The Conceptual Group
• Ted Horner – Managing Director, E. Horner & Associates Pty Ltd
• Harry Johnson – Chief Asset Management Officer, Omran
• Amro Khoudeir – Director of Digital Products, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts
• Bryan Steele – Managing Director, Jireh-Tek Limited
• Nancy Wolff – VP Information Technology – Hotel Systems, Jumeirah Group

Session Topics Include:

• Managing Change Before Change Manages You – The audience will be led through an interactive workshop to help better-understand the dynamics of change and how to manage it more effectively.
• Don't Get Angry, Get Approval! – A panel of asset managers will help the hotelier learn how to present their request in the right way and win approval from the owner.
• Exploiting the Connected Hotel – This session will analyze the myriad security issues commonly afflicting connected devices, including those used in hospitality.
• Update: Current and Future HTNG Workgroups – Receive updates on the activities of active workgroups as well as new workgroups in the incubation stage.

For a full agenda and up-to-date list of speakers, please visit the HTNG Middle East Conference page.

Conference registration is open to any full-time employee of a company who owns, manages or franchises a hotel. For all other industry participants, HTNG membership is required. Technology providers, consultants and others who are not HTNG members should check with HTNG's membership department to ensure eligibility.