CHICAGO, 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. The new officer and director slate is as follows:
Gebhard F. Rainer, outgoing President of HTNG, and Vice President of Hotel Finance and Technology for Hyatt International Corporation, said “I regret that my changing job responsibilities make it impossible for me to continue in my present role with HTNG. But I could not be leaving the organization in better hands than with Nick Price. Nick has been one of the key driving forces in the creation of HTNG and in moving our industry forward. Hyatt remains committed to the success of HTNG, and I am very pleased that my counterpart from Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Bob Bansfield, was elected to the board and will be able to continue to represent the strategic interests of Hyatt.”
Rainer, together with Mark Hedley, Executive Vice President and CIO at Wyndham International, and Shannon Knox, Vice President Technology at Destination Hotels & Resorts, will retire from the HTNG board as the result of changes in their responsibilities at their respective companies.
Commenting on the changes, Douglas Rice, Executive Director of HTNG, said “We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to our entire initial board of directors, and especially to our founding President and Vice President, Gebhard Rainer and Mark Hedley, for their role in establishing HTNG as a credible industry organization. The original founders knew that HTNG would not succeed unless it was adopted by and owned by the hotel community. The initial board members invested extensive time and energy in something that was at the time nothing more than a good idea, and by doing so they created today’s HTNG. Gebhard Rainer and Mark Hedley played absolutely critical roles in that process. I know the Board joins me in expressing our sincere appreciation for their effort and support over the past two years.”
Under HTNG’s by-laws, the Board consists of between eight and ten hotel company members. At this year’s election, the Board decided to elect nine directors, including the eight listed above. A ninth director, who was Chief Information Officer at a major hotel company, was also elected at the January 29 board meeting. However, that nominee subsequently left his employer to take a position with a technology provider, and consequently became ineligible to take office. HTNG hotel members who are interested in applying for the resulting board vacancy should contact the Executive Director of HTNG at exec.director@htng.org.
Contact
Katie Mazzuca
Senior Director of Marketing and Events
United States - Schaumburg, Phone: +1 312 690-5034
Fax: +1 703 814 8555
Email: katie.mazzuca@htng.org
Organization
Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG) - AHLA
www.ahla.com/htng
1250 Eye Street N.W., Suite 1100
USA
- Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 1 202 289 3100
Email: ewilson@ahla.com
Recent News
 HTNG teams with Japan Hospitality Technology Association on Interoperability Standards |
|
ShiftGenius by UniFocus Crowned 2021 HTNG TechOvation Award Winner |
|
TechOvation Voting Now Open! |
