Former Google CIO, Douglas Merrill will address the 2014 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®) attendees during the opening session on the relevant topics of organizational security and data protection. Merrill will speak to on Monday, June 23 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, Calif. In addition, HITEC has secured two other experts to give keynote presentations later in the week.
The 11th annual HOTEC Operations & Technology event, produced by Questex Hospitality + Travel, came to a successful close after hosting more than 675 one-to-one meetings among 100 leading buyers and suppliers of operations and technology products from key sectors of the hospitality industry.
For more than two decades Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) has honored innovative individuals behind technology-driven developments in the hospitality industry with the International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame. The association continues this tradition by accepting nominations for the 2014 honoree. The newest inductee will be recognized at a Keynote session of HITEC 2014 (Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference®) in Los Angeles, Calif.
Today leading trade associations representing the merchant and financial services industries announced a new cybersecurity partnership. The partnership will focus on exploring paths to increased information sharing, better card security technology, and maintaining the trust of customers. Discussion regarding the partnership was initiated by the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) and the Financial Services Roundtable (FSR), joined by the American Bankers Association (ABA), the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), The Clearing House (TCH), the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA), the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), the National Associations of Convenience Stores (NACS), the National Grocers Association (NGA), the National Restaurant Association (NRA), and the National Retail Federation (NRF).
Newly launched Cruise Inn RV Parks℠ was recently recognized as one of the most innovative and new concepts in the hospitality industry during the American Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS), held from January 27-29 in Los Angeles. With over 2,500 attendees, ALIS is the leading and largest hotel investment conference in the world.
Officials of White Lodging Services Corporation, an independent hotel management company, announce the suspected breach of point of sales systems from the periodMarch 20 - December 16, 2013 at food and beverage outlets, such as restaurants and lounges, at 14 properties. In addition, there was one property where the point of sale system and property management system used at the front desk were also suspected as affected.
Attendee registrationand theHousing Bureaufor the 2014 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®) are now available online atHITEC.org. HITEC 2014, a service of Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), is the world's largest hospitality technology exposition and conference. The conference is June 23-26 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, Calif., USA.
Hard Rock International – with hotel locations from Bali to Cancun, San Diego to Singapore and Chicago to Macau – announces the brand-wide debut of mix., an in-room DJ experience and the latest component of Hard Rock's global all-encompassing music amenity program, The Sound of Your Stay®, available now at all 17 Hotels & Casinos around the globe. Boldly recognized for its ability to provide inimitable and unforgettable encounters, Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos now offers guests the chance to be a part of the EDM movement and turn a hotel room into a mega club. While matching beats like a pro, Hard Rock fans enjoy multi-effects that skip and bend even the most familiar songs into new shapes with complementary high quality, professional equipment delivered in-room.
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) announces an extension to the GUESTROOM 20X project schedule. A new version of the special exhibit was set to debut at the 2014 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®), which displays the hospitality industry's most innovative technologies for the guestroom. Instead it will be moved to a future date to allow time for the development of a wider range of game changing guest technologies. The most recent version was shown at HITEC 2012 in Baltimore, Md.
Stay the night suspended more than 22 feet in the air in "the hotel rehearsal," an inflatable hotel room that features a bed, a couch and a small bathroom with a shower, sink and toilet. The "hotel rehearsal," is an architectural art installation by artist Alex Schweder that was created as part of the Biennial of Americas. It will be moving around downtown Denver now through Aug. 23.
According to a nationwide survey, 81 percent of travelers desire access to mobile video content at hotels, and 55 percent indicate the availability of mobile content influences their hotel or resort selection process. Additionally, over half of consumers bring tablets with them while traveling, up 18 percent from the same survey conducted last year. The new survey results underscore the need for the hospitality industry to advance guest engagement via consumers' own mobile devices, and increase revenue by offering them on-demand entertainment access.
Marriott Hotels, the flagship brand of Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR), today announced the opening of a new 10,000 square foot Innovation Lab located beneath the company's headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. The Innovation Lab offers rapid prototyping with instant feedback capabilities, bird's eye views from Internet-enabled cameras, and multiple avenues for customer participation.
H.I.G. Capital, LLC, a leading global private equity investment firm, is pleased to announce that its affiliate has completed the acquisition of Pegasus Financial Services (“PFS” or the “Company”), the world’s largest processor of commissions paid by hotels to travel agencies, from Pegasus Solutions, Inc.
Do you know what NFC is? It is not National Football Conference if that's what you were thinking. NFC stands for Near-Field Communications, an application used through mobile devices to transmit data at close proximity. Check out the picture below for a visual on how an NFC works. Although this technology is still new, leaving a large portion of the market untapped; NFC has proven thus far its abilities to enhance ways in which consumers make transactions, exchange content, connect to other devices and much more.
Choice Hotels International Inc. (NYSE: CHH), one of the world's largest hotel companies, today announced the launch of SkyTouch Technology, a new division that develops and markets cloud-based technology products to help hoteliers industry-wide improve their efficiency and profitability. SkyTouch Technology launches with the market introduction of SkyTouch Hotel OS, a new property and rate management solution that draws on Choice's award-winning choiceADVANTAGE property management system for handling reservations, guest stays and rates on any device with an Internet connection.
The first woman to ever hold the position of White House Chief Information Officer, Theresa Payton will lend advice to CIOs and CSOs on protecting digital assets at the opening session of the 2013 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®). Payton will speak to HITEC 2013 attendees on Monday, June 24 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minn. In addition, HITEC has scheduled two other keynote sessions featuring experts highlighting current business trends and practices.
For two decades Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) has honored innovative individuals behind technology-driven developments in the hospitality industry with theInternational Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame. The association continues this tradition by accepting nominations for the 2013 honoree. The newest inductee will be recognized at a Keynote session of HITEC 2013 (Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference®) in Minneapolis, Minn.
Attendee registration and the Housing Bureau for the 2013 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®) are now available online at HITEC.org. HITEC 2013, a service of Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), is the world's largest hospitality technology exposition and conference. The conference is June 24-27 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minn. USA.
Now Marriott offers a choice of flexible work and meeting space easy to find and simple to reserve, just like a hotel room. Workspace on Demand (workspaceondemand.marriott.com) is a new service being tested among hotels primarily in the Washington, DC and San Francisco areas. People can book small meeting space, as well as lobby seating areas and communal tables to work, meet, connect and collaborate.
Golf Channel anchorman and reporter Steve Sands will help celebrate the debut next month of GOLF 20X, an exhibit featuring the latest and near-future technologies for modern golf. The brand new exhibit will open at 6:30 p.m. on October 17, 2012 as part of Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals' (HFTP) Annual Convention & Tradeshow. The exhibit will run October 17-18 at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Fla. Sands will be in attendance that evening and be available to meet with Tradeshow attendees.