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	Welcome To Hotel Technology Next Generation
Hotel Technology Next Generation is a trade association that facilitates the development of next-generation, customer-centric technologies to better meet the needs of the global hotel community. View our full mission statement here.

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HTNG 2008 Members' Meeting & Conference

Nearly 360 senior industry technology executives gathered for the fourth annual HTNG Members' Meeting and Conference, from February 25-27, 2008 at the Westin Hotel in Seattle, Washington  View the Agenda and summary press release here.

Most presentations are available to members here.  A login to our collaboration site is required; see the sidebar "Collaboration Site" at right if you need one.

HTNG Certification

HTNG's Certification Program is here, and the latest (2008A) version has now been released.  HTNG certification represents a commitment that products meet industry standards of interoperability.  It gives hoteliers the ability to determine in advance whether two products will work together - and if so, which business functions will be supported.

• Two workgroups have now approved final specifications for key portions of their work.  These specifications have been released to the public domain, and vendors can apply for certification.
• You can view the public register of certified products here. 

For full details or to apply for product certification, view the HTNG Certification Website.

Latest HTNG News & Activities

• The 2008A specifications for Property Web Services and Property/Distribution Solutions have now been released, and will be available for certification in late May.  Specifications are available here.

• Two white papers produced in 2007 have now been released to the general public.  Click here for access to all white papers.

• Nearly 360 senior industry technology executives gathered for the fourth annual HTNG Members' Meeting and Conference, from February 25-27, 2008 at the Westin Hotel in Seattle, Washington  View the Agenda and summary press release here.

• 165 HTNG members from 23 countries gathered in Lausanne, Switzerland on October 8-10 for the second annual HTNG European Members' Meeting and Conference.  The conference included two full days of presentations from leading industry experts in fields such as software security, data protection, technology behavior of Generation Y, and RFID and near-field communications.  It also featured hotelier-driven sessions on the challenges of deploying converged network and of achieving vendor cooperation, and updates from all of HTNG's workgroups.  HTNG members can access most presentations here.

• Barry Shuler, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Marriott International, became HTNG's third President on April 1, 2007, succeeding Mandarin Oriental's Nick Price, who remains active with HTNG.  Bob Bansfield, Vice President of Information Technology for Global Hyatt Corp., assumed the Vice President's position previously held by Shuler. 

HTNG Meetings, Interviews, Showcases, and Presentations

For the upcoming HTNG Workgroup Meeting Schedule, please click here.  Events of general interest to all members are listed below.

     Upcoming

• HTNG's First Annual Asian Members' Meeting & Conference, 22-23 September, 2008 at the Venetian Macau Resort Hotel.

• HTNG's Third Annual European Members' Meeting & Conference, 05-07 November, 2008, at the Grand Hotel Vienna.

• HTNG's Fifth Annual Members' Meeting & Conference, 02-04 March 2009, at the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Dallas, Texas

     Past

• HITEC 2008, June 16-19, 2008, Austin, Texas

• HTNG Fourth Annual Members' Meeting & Conference, 25-27 February 2008, Westin Seattle.  Presentations are available to members here (login required).

• HTNG's Second Annual European Members' Meeting & Conference, 08-10 October, 2007, in Lausanne, Switzerland.  Presentations are available to members here (login required).

• HITEC 2007, June 25-28, 2007, Orlando, Florida.  View the presentation by HTNG CEO Doug Rice, along with Valyn Perini of OpenTravel Alliance, Paul Ehrlich of Building Intelligence Group, and Joe Lee of HDMI.

• HTNG Third Annual Members' Meeting & Conference, 5-7 March 2007, Sheraton Atlanta.  Presentations are available to members here (login required).

Become A Member

HTNG membership provides the opportunity to define, develop, implement, and promote the next generation of hotel technology.  Membership in HTNG is open to any person or organization with an interest in advancing information technology in hospitality.  The HTNG by-laws establish three classes of membership, and one subclass, as follows:

• Regular Members:  Organizations that actively provide hospitality services to end consumers as a primary business, or individuals currently employed by such organizations.  Only Regular Members are eligible to run for officer and director positions in HTNG.  Membership is per individual ($300 per year) or per company (rates for 2008 are $2,750 per year for the entire company or $1,375 per year for five individuals).

• Corporate Industry Partner Members:  Organizations who provide technology and/or distribution-related products and/or services to the hospitality industry.  Membership applies to the entire organization. ($2,750 per year standard membership, $5,500 for Platinum membership with enhanced benefits).

• Industry Partner Members (Reduced Rate):  Service consultants who work in companies (including affiliates) with fewer than five employees are eligible for a reduced-rate individual membership for $300 per year.  This membership is not available to employees of companies who offer technology products or technology-based services.

• Allied Members:  Individuals whose interest in the industry is fundamentally informational rather than economic, including specifically but not limited to students, academics, media representatives, and representatives of trade organizations; but specifically excluding individuals who qualify for other membership categories.  Membership is $50 per year, and applications subject to approval of HTNG.  Media memberships are complimentary to approved media representatives, and a special student rate of $15 per year applies to full-time students enrolled in accredited hospitality or technology programs.

Membership benefits include:

• Access to all meeting notes, working papers, and specifications developed by HTNG workgroups, and rights to use all specifications published by HTNG on the same basis as all other HTNG members.

• For Regular members, Corporate Industry Partner members, and Individual Industry Partner members who joined or last renewed after 15 October 2006, the right to propose, apply for and, participate in workgroups for which you qualify (limited rights may be available for other members).  This right is based on HTNG's workgroup policies, and are not generally available to Allied members, or to Individual Industry Partner members who work for companies with more than five employees.

• The right to provide feedback to active workgroups in which you are not participating, at defined points in time.

• For Industry Partners who implement HTNG specifications, equal access with all other Industry Partner members members to promotional opportunities provided by HTNG, such as joint demonstrations at trade-shows.  This benefit is not available to Individual Industry Partner members who work for companies with more than five employees.

For a detailed list of member benefits, click here.

Membership applications can be submitted online.