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HFTP Announces HITEC 2021 for September 27-30 in Dallas, Texas USA
HFTP | November 18, 2020
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) is pleased to announce that HITEC North America 2021 will be held in-person on September 27-30 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas USA. Traditionally held in June, the Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®) has been pushed back to give the hard-hit hospitality industry an opportunity to build positive momentum as it recovers from the pandemic-related slow-down. In addition, HFTP will co-locate its Annual Convention with HITEC Dallas, presenting an information-packed event to benefit multiple hospitality industry segments and sta...
Nominations Open for HSMAI 2020 Top 25 and Lifetime Achievement Honors
HSMAI | October 21, 2020
The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association (HSMAI) Americas is now accepting nominations for its Lifetime Achievement and Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in Sales, Marketing, and Revenue Optimization honors. HSMAI will recognize honorees during the HSMAI Adrian Awards Dinner in conjunction with the HSMAI Marketing Strategy Conference and other HSMAI Marketing Week events in 2021. Nominations are open until December 1, 2020. HSMAI Lifetime Achievement Awards HSMAI’s Albert E. Koehl Award for Lifetime Achievement in Hospitality Marketing and Winthrop W. Grice Award for Lifetime Achievement in Hospitality Public Relations recognize hos...
She Has a Deal Announces Signature Hotel Pitch Competition for Aspiring Women Hotel Owners
She Has a Deal | October 20, 2020
MCLEAN, Va. - She Has a Deal, an education and investment platform for aspiring women hotel investors and developers, announced today its first annual hotel pitch competition taking place on October 24 at the Hilton McLean in Virginia. During the competition, the five finalist teams consisting of 12 women will pitch their strategic hotel projects to industry experts and investors as they vie for $50,000 in deal equity. In a male-dominated industry, She Has a Deal was founded to create hotel ownership pathways for women through education, networking, and mentorship. In its first year, the much-anticipated competition will be produced as a ...
HSMAI Is Accepting 2020 Adrian Award Entries
HSMAI | October 7, 2020
(McLean, VA, October 6, 2020) The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) is now accepting entries for the 2020 Adrian Awards. The 64th Annual Adrian Awards focuses on the best practices, innovation, and community shown in hospitality campaigns and coronavirus crisis responses. This year, HSMAI has redesigned the Adrian Awards to reflect the current travel landscape and streamlined entry, lowered costs, as well as set a later submission deadline to allow recognition of more great work. “The Adrian Awards take on a new and vital meaning in 2020,” said Robert A. Gilbert, CHME, CHBA, president and CEO of HSMAI....
U.S. Travel Announces New Dates for IPW 2021 in Las Vegas
The U.S. Travel Association | October 1, 2020
WASHINGTON (October 1, 2020)—The U.S. Travel Association today announced that IPW, its annual international inbound travel trade show, will be a live, in-person event held in Las Vegas from September 18-22, 2021. The September dates are revised from previously released 2021 event dates. U.S. Travel, together with premier sponsor Brand USA and our hosts, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and Travel Nevada, secured later dates to provide additional time for international long-haul travel to the United States to broadly resume. “Next year’s IPW will reunite the global travel community and be the keystone for safely rebu...
Behind the Scenes of Cyber HITEC: Meet the HITEC Advisory Council (Part I)
HFTP | August 12, 2020
Behind the scenes of every great HITEC is a group of highly knowledgeable industry veterans lending their expertise to the planning and coordination of the conference’s education program. These individuals share a deep understanding of the complexities of the hospitality industry, as well as its strengths, challenges and continuous evolution. They take the challenges that often face hospitality professionals and collectively seek the voices that can share sustainable solutions to these challenges. In this blog post, meet a few of the great minds at work behind the world’s first-ever Cyber HITEC. This is part one of a three-part series ...
Knowland Announces 3-Part Webinar Series Entitled Gearing Up for the Road Ahead
Knowland | August 11, 2020
Aug. 11, 2020 - Knowland’s vice president of product, Kristi White will speak with special guests about strategies to help hotels plan for the future and grow group business during these difficult times. With guests from management companies and training executives to technology partners and meeting planners, Kristi will dive into real conversations dealing with the re-calibration of the industry and brainstorm on potential new strategies for hoteliers as we move through the one of the greatest business disruptions in history. Seats are limited and filling up fast for this important series and attendance is complimentary. The first ...
Marriott International Introduces New Content On Digital Platform For Meetings & Events
Marriott International, Inc. | August 11, 2020
Following the announcement of Marriott International’s Commitment to Clean and Global Cleanliness Council, Marriott has introduced digital content about redefined processes and reimagined spaces guided by cleanliness experts and best practices to help hosts, organizers and attendees plan and execute meetings and connect with confidence. Recognized as an industry leader for quality and exacting standards for over 93 years, Marriott is introducing changes which include enhanced sanitation guidelines, new operational training for associates, and increased use of conference technologies to ensure that customers are able to come together when...
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