After 15 years, Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) announced that the Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®) will return to Baltimore, Md. in 2012. The conference will be June 25 – 28, 2012 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Md. HITEC, produced by HFTP, is the world's largest hospitality technology exposition and conference.
The National Business Travel Association (NBTA), the voice of the business travel industry, today commented on American Airlines and Sabre's announcement to suspend current litigation regarding the terms of their airfare distribution agreement, set to expire in September 2011, while work is done to reach a new agreement. American Airlines and Sabre have agreed to operate as they had been prior to when the conflict began.
As a new value-added service, 2011 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®) exhibitors will receive a complimentary observation and written evaluation of their exhibit in action during the show. The program, called E³ - Exhibiting Effectiveness Evaluation, aims to foster and support excellence and continual improvement in the exhibit hall, resulting in an improved experience for attendees.
After recently launching HFTP University (HFTP-U), the program is kicking off its educational opportunities with Technology Knowledge Share seminars focusing on Microsoft SharePoint. Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP), along with Datanamics, are offering the Microsoft SharePoint seminars for free to members and for a nominal fee for nonmembers.
Attendee registration and the Housing Bureau for the 2011 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®) are now available online at HITEC.org. HITEC 2011, a service of Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), is the world's largest hospitality technology exposition and conference. The conference is June 20-23 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas USA.
A new resource from the American Hotel & Lodging Association, Creating an Accessible Web Presence for the Lodging Industry, teaches hoteliers how to create an online accessibility strategy, while increasing business, boosting customer loyalty, and complying with the law.
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals' (HFTP®) Vice President Tom Smith, CFO of the Westmoor Country Club, announced today the formation of a HITEC Executive Vendor Advisory Council. The council consists of members who were chosen through a lottery of executive vendors whose companies participated in HITEC 2010. The purpose of the HITEC Executive Vendor Advisory Council is to provide input and advice into education, trends and topics for industry wide White Papers. In addition, the council will act as a strategic “brain trust” for not only assisting HFTP with marketing HITEC, but also with the HITEC Advisory Council to develop educational topics for HITEC 2011.
Morgans Hotel Group Co. (Nasdaq: MHGC) ("MHG"), the original boutique hotel company, announces its plans to provide guests at its Royalton hotel with custom Apple iPads as an unprecedented supplement to its concierge program. This new initiative launches during New York Fashion Week and will continue indefinitely, with plans to embellish the unique features and content in the months to come.
Milestone’s President, Benu Aggarwal, will speak at the upcoming Search Engine Strategies Conference in San Francisco and will discuss search engine and social media marketing best practices.
A new iPhone® mobile application, or “app,” is now available for a free download in advance of the 2010 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC). Featuring the conference schedule, exhibitor information, maps and more, the app offers customized conference content for attendees. There is also a mobile Internet version which can be used for Android®, Blackberry® and other Internet capable devices. HITEC starts next week, June 21 – 24 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.
When Nick Price, global CIO/CTO of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, joined the hospitality technology industry in 2000, he recognized the need for vendor partnerships to be developed in order to address industry needs for well-designed, interoperable, customer-centric systems. For his innovative approach to hotel technology and his influence in bringing hospitality technology vendors together, Nick Price will be inducted into Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals' (HFTP®) International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame. The induction will take place at the 2010 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC ®) General Session on Tuesday, June 22 at 8:30 a.m.
From the hottest hospitality technology products to finding solutions to technology issues, the 2010 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®) focuses on the latest in hospitality technology. The conference is June 21-24 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. Attendees that register by May 14 can save $100 on the full conference registration fee.
Adding even more value to its education program, the Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC) is including two new Microsoft training sessions to its Monday, June 21 schedule. Partnering with Datanamics, which specializes in IT training, HITEC will now offer “How to Save, Integrate and Grow with Technology” and “Understanding Technology Certifications.” The conference, produced by Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), is June 21–24, 2010 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.
For today’s business travelers, technology is at the forefront of everything they do and that is why Courtyard by Marriott is being honored for putting technology at the forefront of its new Refreshing Business lobby concept.
Hospitality Upgrade, the leading provider of technology content and supplier information for the hospitality industry, today announced the official launch of its redesigned Web site, www.hospitalityupgrade.com.
As more hospitality companies implement some form of IT-based self-service, many are seeking to reduce costs, increase customer satisfaction, and possibly reach new customer segments. A new hospitality study from Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) points out that when self-service functions correctly, it does enhance guest satisfaction and improves hotels' financial results. However, when a problem occurs with the self-service computer system, guests are far less willing to return, much less pay a premium rate.
According to the Google Blog, "We were excited by the number of people who chose to try it out {Social Search Experiment in October}, and today Social Search is available to everyone in beta on google.com." Social Search enables Google to deliver more relevant content on the front page created by people you know and trust. Google users will now see results directly from connections via Twitter, Facebook, RSS, Flickr & Picasa, and subscriptions using Google Reader.
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) announced today that Microsoft is the patron sponsor of GUESTROOM 20X, a futuristic guestroom featuring the hospitality industry's most innovative technologies. The exhibit debuts at the 2010 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®), the world's largest hospitality technology exposition and conference. HITEC 2010, produced by HFTP, is June 21–24 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. USA.
VFM Leonardo, the leader in online visual content distribution for hotels, has launched a new episode on VTV Channel: Overcoming eBusiness Challenges with Edward Perry, Senior Director of E-Commerce at WORLDHOTELS. Five to six years ago, hoteliers saw e-commerce as business on the side. Now, it touches every aspect of marketing, sales and the hotel business as a whole.
VFM Leonardo today announced its upcoming webinar, Selling Hotel Rooms to the Video Generation taking place on March 23rd at 2:00pm Eastern/11:00am Pacific. On the Web, on phones, on iPods—video is everywhere. There's a common misconception that twenty- and thirty-somethings are doing all of the online video watching—but they’re not the only ones!