The Most Innovative Hospitality Technology Award - Honoring the innovations which most impact the hospitality industry

Congratulations to our winners for 2011!!

Winner - Media Suite Hotel TV from Philips/TP Vision

1st Runner-Up - Residential Experience for Hotels, DIRECTV

2nd Runner-Up - Fingi, Fingi, Inc.

See more about all winners, and all other entrants on our 2011 Winners page.

HTNG manages the Most Innovative Hospitality Technology Award, an annual competition whereby HTNG's hotelier and consultant members vote on the most innovative hospitality technology of each year.  The award ceremony is part of the North American Members' Meeting in the spring of each year.  Vendor technologies are evaluated by the hoteliers and consultants online, or in an onsite judging room at the event.  View information about the winners for 2010 on our Current Winners page, or view information about the winners from the 2009 inaugural award year on our 2009 Winners page.

Contest Basics

• Products can be any technology that is available for use at individual hotel properties or hotel groups: guest-facing, front-of-house, back-of-house, distribution-related, or others.

• Winners will be awarded on the second day of the North American Members’ Meeting in the General Session.

• Member companies can submit up to 3 entries.

• Entries must have been developed, assembled, or integrated by the applicant company.

• Technologies co-developed by multiple companies can be submitted as a single entry.

• Prizes will be awarded to the three entries with the highest total votes. One Winner and two Runners-Up,

Why Enter?

• Winners can use the “Most Innovative Hospitality Technology of 20XX” logo and the accompanying title for the duration of the product’s life.

• Each entry will be viewed by all voting hoteliers, giving your product excellent promotional exposure with HTNG hotelier members.

• Winners and top two finalists will be announced and written up in a press release. All entries will be listed in the winners' press release.

• All entrants will receive additional product promotion at our Members' Meeting, in media coverage, and on this contest web site, with winner and runners-up receiving separate paragraphs in the press release.

• The cost is nominal for the exposure your product/technology receives - just US $500 per entry.

Questions? Contact HTNG's Innovation Award Team.