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HITEC, Celebrating Its 50th Anniversary, Announces Forward-Thinking Headliner Sessions Line-Up
HFTP | May 5, 2022
Each day at the world’s largest hospitality technology exposition and conference features transformative presentations, including from speakers Simon T. Bailey and Cheryl Cran, plus the E20X start-up pitch competition and a hospitality CIO panel. After five momentous decades, the Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®) is stepping into its next era with four eventful Headliner Sessions, one each day of the event. The presentations each will provide a transformative perspective on how we do business. Produced by Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), HITEC Orlando will take place from ...
HFTP Board of Directors Rejects AHLA Unsolicited Merger Offer
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals | May 2, 2022
May 2, 2022 (Austin, Texas USA) - Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) announced today that it rejected a recent unsolicited offer by the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) for it to merge with them. The HFTP Global Board of Directors determined that a global association with members from the entire hospitality spectrum would not be serving their membership by merging with a North American association with an advocacy focus whose constituents are primarily hotels. A counteroffer was made by HFTP to AHLA to work via MOUs like HFTP’s work with other hospitality industry associations. Currently, HFTP w...
HFTP Announces PROVision Partners as Exclusive Sponsor of Entrepreneur 20X Orlando
PROVision Partners | April 21, 2022
The hospitality technology start-up pitch competition will present innovative solutions to a panel of judges and audience at HITEC Orlando on June 29, supported by PROVision Partners as this year’s sponsor. Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), producers of the Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®), is pleased to announce PROVision Partners as the exclusive sponsor of Entrepreneur 20X (E20X) Orlando. The successful E20X pitch competition, featuring pitches from hospitality technology start-ups, will take place as a HITEC Headliner presentation at HITEC Orlando on Wednesday, June 29 b...
HFTP Issues Urgent Message from the Ukrainian Hotel and Resort Association
HFTP | March 3, 2022
Today Frank Wolfe, CEO for Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) had the honor of speaking with Irina Sidletska, president of the Ukrainian Hotel and Resort Association (UHRA), while she was keeping safe inside a bomb shelter in Ukraine. She reached out to Wolfe, requesting that the following unedited information was relayed to the tourism industry. The message is as follows: Ukrainian Hotel and Resort Association (UHRA) urges US-based tourist and hospitality associations, as well as whole tourism community — travel-related authorities and bodies, professional associations, and businesses — to push for impo...
HFTP Warns of Housing Pirates Posing as Official Representatives for HITEC Orlando Hotel Reservations
HFTP | February 28, 2022
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) is educating HITEC Orlando attendees about housing pirates in its efforts to prevent them from experiencing fraudulent actions. The Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®) will be held at the Orange County Convention Center on June 27-30, 2022 in Orlando, Florida USA. To assist with accommodations HFTP enlists the services of Orchid Events to help manage the thousands of hotel room nights necessary for the event. A housing pirate is an unauthorized housing provider that may approach exhibitors and attendees with fraudulent offerings of hotel rooms, r...
HITEC Orlando Opening Party Presented by VENZA and CyberTek Announced: An Evening at SeaWorld Orlando
HFTP | February 23, 2022
Austin, TX— February 23, 2022 — The Opening Party for the 2022 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®) will be an Orlando-style event that makes a splash. Presented by VENZA and CyberTek, the party will be at SeaWorld Orlando on June 27, 2022 from 6:00 — 11:00 p.m. with ticket proceeds directed towards hospitality scholarships. Attendees will get to enjoy the numerous park attractions, private Dolphin Adventures Show, the Electric Ocean: Ignite fireworks and light show, and one-hour exclusive ride time at the end of the evening. Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), the producers...
HFTP and HSMAI Renew Strategic Alliance
HFTP | January 20, 2022
Austin, TX— January 20, 2022 — Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) and the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) have renewed their commitment to collaborate on industry advancing initiatives. The two leading-associations have long worked together via co-located events, knowledge-sharing, research and recognition of industry leaders. This recent partner agreement continues this tie through 2024. “The technology, finance and marketing fields considerably overlap — the foundational focus of HFTP’s and HSMAI’s stakeholders,” said HFTP CEO Frank Wolfe, CAE, FIH. “Throu...
HFTP and NCA Publish Resource: “Comprehensive Practices in Club Cybersecurity”
NCA | December 14, 2021
AUSTIN, TX — December 13, 2021 — Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) and the National Club Association (NCA) have partnered to develop a resource designed to provide members with a detailed guide on data and network security. “Comprehensive Practices in Club Cybersecurity” is a full-range report that helps club leadership identify cybersecurity risks, data regulation review, the tools to protect against cyberthreats, IT governance best practices, and response guidance in case of a breach. “As the number of cyberattacks continue to rise and threaten businesses and institutions nationwide, the imp...
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