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HTNG Annual Conference
Highlights Major Progress in Systems Interoperability
29 February 2008 - Progress in systems integration and
interoperability was the dominant theme this week at the
fourth annual HTNG Members’ Meeting and Conference. More
than 350 senior technology executives from hotels,
vendors, and consulting groups travelled from 18
countries across four continents to gather at the Westin
Seattle Hotel for the two-day conference...
HTNG Announces Speakers
for Second Annual European Conference
01 October 2007 - Hotel Technology Next Generation
(HTNG) announced today that its second annual European
Member’s Meeting and Conference will feature
presentations from leading experts on software security,
data privacy, social media, RFID and near field
communications...
New HTNG Workgroup Will
Address Payment Systems and Data Security
15 August 2007
– Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG)
announced the formation of its newest workgroup, which
will focus on payment systems and data security for the
hospitality industry...
HTNG Announces
Appointment of Thomas
Peck and Todd Thompson to Board of Directors
03 July 2007 –
Hotel Technology Next
Generation (HTNG) announced the election of two new
board members. Thomas R. Peck Jr., Senior Vice
President and Chief Information Officer for MGM MIRAGE,
and Todd N. Thompson, Chief Information Officer for
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., were elected
at the June 29 board meeting...
HTNG Announces Open Data
eXchange Initiative
25 June 2007 –
Hotel Technology
Next Generation
(HTNG) today
announced that
it will develop
an open standard
through which
any two systems
used within the
hotel industry
can exchange any
mutually agreed
data. Based
primarily on
prior HTNG work,
initial versions
of the standard
should be
available by
late summer...
Hotel Industry
Technology Leaders to be Featured at HTNG Booth at
HITEC® 2007
21 June 2007 – Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG)
announced today that technology leaders from across the
spectrum of the industry will be available to meet with
attendees of the Hotel Industry Technology Exposition
and Conference (HITEC)...
HTNG to Celebrate Five
Years of Progress at HITEC® 2007
06 June 2007 - Hotel Technology Next
Generation (HTNG), which was founded at the HITEC
conference five years ago this month, today announced
its plans to showcase, at this year’s HITEC conference
in Orlando June 25-28, its progress across the entire
spectrum of technologies used by hotels...
HTNG's Third Annual Membership
Meeting Brings Nearly 300 Hotel Technology Industry
Leaders Together
12 March 2007 – Nearly 300 hotel technology and vendor
executives from around the world gathered in Atlanta
last week for the third annual Members’ Meeting and
Conference of Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG).
Highlights of the conference included updates from
HTNG’s five workgroups, the announcement of the first
HTNG-certified products, an in-depth look at Service
Oriented Architecture as it applies to hotel technology,
and recognition of key individuals who have contributed
to HTNG’s success...
HTNG's Certification Program
Launched with Five Certified Products
07 March 2007 – At its annual Members’ Meeting and
Conference this week, Hotel Technology Next Generation
(HTNG) announced the first HTNG-Certified products. The
“HTNG Certified” label and logo provide hoteliers with
assurance of technology products with industry-standard
interfaces...
HTNG 2007 Members' Conference
Program Announced
12 February 2007 – Hotel Technology Next Generation
(HTNG) today announced the preliminary agenda and
speakers for its acclaimed annual members’ meeting and
conference, to be held from March 5-7, 2007 at the
Sheraton Atlanta Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia...
HTNG Announces Appointment of
Jeffrey Edwards to Board of Directors
24 January 2008 -
Hotel Technology
Next Generation
(HTNG) announced
the appointment
of Jeffrey
Edwards, Chief
Information
Officer and
Senior Vice
President of
Global Revenue
Services for
Wyndham Hotel
Group, to its
Board of
Directors.
Edwards was
elected at a
board meeting
held in November
2006, filling a
vacancy created
by departures
from the
industry. His
appointment
restores the
board to its
maximum size of
ten senior hotel
technology
executives...
HTNG Announces Agenda
and Speakers for First European Conference
19 September 2006 -
Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) today
unveiled the speakers and preliminary agenda for its
upcoming conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. This
event, which is being held on October 11-13, 2006 at The
Beau-Rivage Palace Hotel and Ecole Hôtelière de
Lausanne, will be the first-ever stand-alone hotel
technology conference in Europe. The agenda will
address the distinct issues and challenges of buying and
selling hotel technology in Europe and the Middle
East...
Four Leading
Associations Announce Speakers for Free Joint Seminar
18 September 2006 -
The Convention Industry Council, Hotel Electronic
Distribution Network Association (HEDNA), Hotel
Technology Next Generation (HTNG) and the OpenTravel™
Alliance (OTA) announced the speakers and program for
the joint industry seminar program ...
Industry
Associations to Present Joint Seminar
2
August 2006 -
Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) and Hotel
Electronic Distribution Network Association (HEDNA)
announced today that they will offer a joint seminar
program on October 5 in Chicago, featuring all major
industry trade associations involved in distribution
within the hotel industry. ...
HTNG to Unveil New
Initiatives at HITEC 2006
8 June 2006 -
Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) announced its
plan for showcasing, at HITEC® 2006 in Minneapolis, the
results of its past year of efforts to achieve systems
interoperability. ...
HTNG's Second
Annual Conference Draws Record Attendance of Industry
Leaders
16 March 2006 - 250 hotel technology leaders gathered in
Dallas last week for the second annual conference of
Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG)...
HTNG Workgroup to
Address the Challenge of Content Management in
Distribution
16 January 2006
—
Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) today announced
the charter members of a new workgroup that will focus
on content management for distribution channels...
HTNG and Accuvia
form HOSTEC Alliance to Promote Global Hospitality
Technology
10 January 2006 —
Accuvia and Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG)
today announced an alliance to promote hospitality
technology in Europe and the Asia-Pacific regions
through the highly successful HOSTEC events. The
alliance will be launched at HOSTEC-EURHOTEC 2006...
HTNG Appoints
InterContinental Hotels Group's Gustaaf Schrils to Board
of Directors
20 October 2005 - Hotel Technology Next Generation
(HTNG) today announced the appointment of Gustaaf
Schrils, Vice President of Hotel Technology and
Services, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the
Americas, to its Board of Directors...
HTNG Workgroup to
Develop Open Systems Architecture for the Hospitality
Industry
17 October 2005 - Hotel Technology Next Generation
(HTNG) today announced the charter members of a new
workgroup that will put forward the first open standards
based architecture guidelines for the hospitality
industry...
HTNG Celebrates
Third Anniversary with Major Milestones Reached at HITEC®
2005
21 June 2005 - Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG),
which was founded three years ago at HITEC 2002 in
Chicago, celebrated its third anniversary this week,
announcing significant progress towards its objectives
of improving systems interoperability in the hospitality
industry...
HTNG to Address
Gaming Systems Interoperability
25 May 2005 - Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG)
and a group of gaming industry Chief Information
Officers announced today a new "Special Interest Group"
that will operate within the HTNG organizational
structure, but that will focus on gaming systems...
HTNG
Draws 160+ Attendees to First Annual Conference; Luke
Mellors Elected as Director
4 May
2005 -
Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG)
announced today that more than 160 leading hotel
technology executives, technology vendors, consultants,
and other interested parties gathered in Las Vegas for
HTNG's first Annual Conference, held on April 20 and
21. Attendees included 20 CEOs and 23 CIOs/CTOs; senior
managers accounted for well over half the audience...
HTNG Announces Results
of Board Elections
7 March 2005 – Hotel Technology
Next Generation (HTNG) today announced its new Board of
Directors and Officers, who will take office on April 1,
2005. HTNG’s Board of Directors is elected from among
its hotel members. ...
HTNG In-Room Technology Group Sets Goals for First Phase
Deliverables
12 December 2004 -- Hotel Technology Next
Generation (HTNG) announced today that the 21 leading
hotel and technology vendors who are participating in
its In-Room Technology Workgroup have completed their
organizational phase, formed working teams, and
established objectives for initial deliverables...
21 Leading Companies
Will Participate in Guest Room Technology Workgroup
25
October 2004 -- Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG)
today announced that 21 companies have been selected to
participate in designing the future of hotel guest room
technology. The 21 companies were selected
following a month-long process in which 35 different
companies sought to participate, with 28 completing full
applications...
Industry Leaders Will Work Together on Next
Generation Guestroom Technology
23 September
2004--Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) today made public the charter and
sponsoring members of a new workgroup aimed squarely at the Guest Room of the
Future. The In-Room Technology Workgroup sponsored by Cisco Systems, Guest-Tek,
LodgeNet Entertainment, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Microsoft Corp.,
Paradyne, and Quadriga Worldwide, was announced...
17 Leading Companies to Participate in HTNG
Property/Distribution Solution Workgroup
15
September 2004--Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) today announced the
formation of the HTNG Property/Distribution Solution Workgroup. Sixteen
leading hotel companies, vendors, and consultants, together with the OpenTravel™
Alliance (OTA), will work together to define and deliver technology solutions
that will improve the interoperability of the key systems that manage
distribution for hotels...
Hotel
Technology-Next Generation Names Permanent Executive Director
1
September 2004--Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) announces the
appointment of Douglas C. Rice as Executive Director, succeeding Dr. Matthew
Dunn, who served as Acting Executive Director since early this year. This
planned transition marks the continued growth and impact of HTNG on the
hospitality technology sector. Dr. Dunn remains integrally involved in HTNG and
will assume a formal advisory role...
Industry Luminaries Join HTNG Advisory Group
17
August 2004-–Hotel Technology-Next Generation (HTNG), the two-year old
industry association dedicated to creating new technology solution sets that
interoperate seamlessly across multiple vendors, announced today that two
high-profile hospitality technology experts have joined the organization in
advisory roles...
Bryan Steele Elected to HTNG Board of Directors
25 June 2004 - The Board of Directors of Hotel Technology-Next
Generation (HTNG) announced today that it had elected Bryan Steele, CIO at
Thistle Hotels, as the first Europe-based member of its eight-person board of
directors...
OTA Joins Property/Distribution Solution Workgroup
26 July 2004--The OpenTravel™ Alliance
(OTA) and Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) today
announced OTA's participation with industry partners in
an HTNG workgroup. The Property/Distribution Solution
workgroup will be charged with bringing solution sets
that bridge processes and systems across properties,
central reservations systems, and distribution channels...
HTNG Vision in Action at Mandarin Oriental Group
Hotels
6
July 2004--the Mandarin Oriental New York City and Washington DC properties
have implemented three vendor technology solutions that seamlessly
inter-operate, providing a quantum leap in guest services through technology...
Next-Generation Solutions at HITEC
2004
4
June 2004---The Hotel Technology–Next Generation group (HTNG)
announces that coincident with the HITEC conference starting June 21st, vendors
working under its auspices are demonstrating and releasing new interoperating
solutions featuring the seamless movement and use of guest-related and
operational data...
HTNG Revisited
8 August 2003 -
Part 1 - Hospitality Tech Advisor
29 August 2003 -
Part 2 - Hospitality Tech Advisor
HTNG Gathers
Momentum
9-22 July 2003 - Technology Newsstand
What is Next Generation? How Will We Know When it has Arrived?
3 July 2003 - HVS Technology Strategies
republished by Hotel News Resource
Let's Get Talking
June 2003 - Hospitality Technology
Interview with Prof. Dan Connolly
14 May 2003 - Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne Institute of Technology
& Entrepreneurship (EHLITE)
republished by wiredhotelier.com
Q&A: HTA talks with four founders of the hotel technology
initiative, HTNG
2 October 2002 -
Part 1 - Hospitality Tech Advisor
9 October 2002 -
Part 2 - Hospitality Tech Advisor
More Joy
of Tech
26 September - 2 October 2002 - Caterer & Hotelkeeper
republished by HotelBenchmark.com
The
Creation of Hotel Technology-Next Generation (HTNG) Has the Industry Talking
September 2002 - Hotel Online Special Report
Interview with Dan Connolly (streaming audio)
12 July 2002 - courtesy of hsyndicate.com
Prominent Hotel Technology Leaders
Launch New Industry Initiative
27 June, 2002 - Press Release
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