CHICAGO (January, 21 2014) – Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG), the
membership association that unites the world's hospitality companies and technology
innovators to solve industry challenges, is closing entries for its fifth annual competition
in one week. Hoteliers will then vote on the most innovative technology launched for
hospitality last year and HTNG will announce the winners at its North American Conference on
March 6, 2014. HTNG's annual competition is one of many ways that HTNG fosters hospitality technology
improvements for the greater good of the industry. "Since HTNG's inception, we have
focused on helping vendors innovate solutions that better meet hotels' needs. Indeed,
some past winners have noted how their involvement in HTNG helped them design new
and better products," said Douglas Rice, Executive Vice President & CEO of HTNG. He
added, "I look forward to seeing which innovations resonate with our hotelier members
each year and take pride in seeing those that were driven by HTNG's collaborative
process." The judges in the competition are technology-focused hoteliers, which include top
technologists from all of the world's top 10 hotel brands, as well as independent hotels.
They can review the entrants online, or at the conference, and then vote for their
choices. This year's winner will join past winning companies Quadriga, Philips/TP Vision, Intelity
and MTech. These winners have benefitted by being able to promote their product as
"Most Innovative Hospitality Technology" of their title year for the life of the product. All
participants benefit because HTNG shares entrant information with the more than 800
hoteliers and industry consultants who can vote for the winners. HTNG announces the
winners at its North American Conference, features winners in an HTNG press release
and promotes them on HTNG's website. The basic requirements to participate are.
For full rules and more information about the competition, visit the award website at http://www.htng.org/innovation-award or view the award overview and entry form at: http://htng.org/images/stories/innovation/2013/htng_2013_innovation _award_info-entry_book.pdf
Hotel technology professionals who are interested in attending the conference where the award ceremony takes place can learn more about the meeting week, including registration information, at HTNG's North American Conference web site at http://www.htng.org/america.
Part of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), HTNG the premier technology solutions association in the hospitality industry, HTNG serves members from hospitality companies, technology vendors to hospitality, consultants, media and academic experts. HTNG's members participate in focused workgroups to bring to market open solution sets addressing specific business problems. HTNG fosters the selection and adoption of existing open standards and also develops new open standards to meet the needs of the global hospitality industry.
Currently more than 400 corporate and individual members from across this spectrum, including world leading hospitality companies and technology vendors, are active HTNG participants. HTNG's Board of Governors, consisting of 22 top IT leaders from hospitality companies around the world, itself has technology responsible for over 3 million guest rooms and world-leading venues. HTNG publishes workgroup proceedings, drafts and specifications for all HTNG members as soon as they are created, encouraging rapid and broad adoption. HTNG releases specifications into the public domain as soon as they are ratified by the workgroups.
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Contact
Tami Craig
HTNG | Communications Manager
Phone: +1 847 303.5560 x204
Email: Tami.Craig@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
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