Congratulations to the Winners of the 2012 Most Innovative Hospitality Technology Award.

Click on the image of each winning entry to view a full size PDF of each.  You can see all entries on our 2012 Innovation Award Entries page. A press release is available on our Press Release page.

	Winner Personal Media Network™ Quadriga Worldwide Quadriga’s Personal Media Network™ app helps hotels optimize their HSIA/WiFi network infrastructure and enable guests to more efficiently stream content to the in-room TV. This provides hotels with a means of reducing the costs mobile devices and streaming place on the hotel’s network infrastructure in order to meet guest content streaming demands. PMN pairs the TV, phone, pad and laptop, and makes content stored on the guest device or VOD system portable throughout the hotel WiFi area. This enables movies, videos, photos, music, and TV programming to be viewed across all visual appliances from anywhere within the hotel WiFi area.
	First Runner-Up HD4000 Cable Solution Enseo The HD4000®, Enseo’s CableCARD™ product, enables hotels to eliminate expensive head-end equipment and offer a full channel lineup. Similar to a residential cable box, the HD4000 allows a direct encrypted cable feed to the hotel room. Whether a property has 50 rooms or 1,000+, HD content is delivered to the guest room without the cost of transcryption equipment typically required in hotels. There is no longer a cost per channel. Better than a residential cable box, the HD4000 provides Enseo’s hospitality features and compatibility that hoteliers expect, like TV control, one remote, and a hotel-branded IPG and Welcome Page. Smart. Scalable. Practical.
	Second Runner-Up Mobile Key Trio OpenWays OpenWays MOBILE KEY TRIO with Triple Play Reader combines CAC™ (Crypto Acoustic Credential), Pure NFC™ and RFID card reading capabilities enabling hoteliers to upgrade their existing locking systems with a triple play reader gaining the benefit of the unparalleled, line-busting front desk bypass solution – Mobile Key – for guests and Mobile Master Key for staff. When hotels choose to refresh their existing locks with the MOBILE KEY TRIO with Triple Play Reader they are investing in a truly deployable, secure, mobile-based room key solution that is 100% compatible with all mobile phones, 100% future proof, and 0% mobile carrier dependent.

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 past winners on the corresponding pages: 2011 Winners, 2010 Winners, or from the inaugural year, 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,

Questions? Contact HTNG's Innovation Award Team.