Arising later this month is the 2023 Hospitality Trade Know-how Exposition and Convention (HITEC®) with a packed schedule of trade experience. Topping this system is the Tuesday morning Headliner, “Worldwide Views – Tech Future Proofing: Planning for The International Traveler.” The Headliner stage that day will characteristic six govt hoteliers who’ve seen all of it from localities that span the globe.
“HITEC is the one time of the 12 months the place you may hear immediately from the person specialists who’re within the midst of planning technique for essentially the most important lodge firms from internationally,” stated HFTP CEO Frank Wolfe, CAE who will average the session. “Our panel represents a cross-section of property varieties and areas; and can current a wonderful image of learn how to plan for immediately’s visitors.”
This interactive panel will characteristic a dynamic and dwell dialogue format to proactively sort out the questions and challenges of immediately’s complicated expertise panorama and learn how to put together for the worldwide traveler coming to your property. The viewers will get to know these seasoned executives and the way their skilled experiences have formed their means to facilitate enterprise and plan for “higher than ever” success.
Panelists embrace:
- Sanovnik Destang — Proprietor of Bay Gardens Resorts; First Vice President of the Caribbean Lodge and Tourism Affiliation; Chairman of the CHTA Know-how Job Pressure; and 2022 Caribbean Hotelier of the 12 months • Regional Expertise: the Caribbean
- Michael Levie, CHTP — Adviser to NEOM Hospitality Growth and Tourism; Founding Accomplice of citizenM; HFTP Worldwide Hospitality Know-how Corridor of Fame inductee • Regional Expertise: Europe and Saudi Arabia
- Bharat Patel — Proprietor, Gulf Coast Hospitality Options; 2023–2024 Chairman of the Asian American Lodge House owners Affiliation (AAHOA) • Regional Expertise: Americas
- Amandeep Singh Sarna — CIO for ITC Restricted, Motels Division Regional Expertise: India
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Tariq Valani —
International SVP Know-how for Accor Motels, Canada, Center East; International SVP of Know-how, Fairmont Motels & Resorts Regional Expertise: Canada and Center East - Todd Wooden — Vice President, International Functions and Transformation for Mandarin Oriental Lodge Group Regional Expertise: Americas, plus software growth for International use
- Moderator Sherry Marek — Principal/Proprietor of Aiken Road Consulting; Co-founder of Datavision Applied sciences; HFTP Worldwide Hospitality Know-how Corridor of Fame inductee
- Moderator Frank Wolfe, CAE — CEO of HFTP; HFTP Worldwide Hospitality Know-how Corridor of Fame inductee
The stage can even characteristic the Opening Headliner, “Technique in a World of Disruption” introduced by Shawn Kanungo on Monday, June 26 at 4:00 p.m., sponsored by Hospitality Community/Blueprint RF. Kanungo will discover how we will take surprising approaches to innovation to stay aggressive and related.
Then on Wednesday, June 28 from 8:15 to 10:00 a.m., is HFTP’s hospitality expertise start-up pitch competitors: Entrepreneur 20X (E20X), sponsored by PROVision Companions. E20X 2023 will characteristic seven formidable entrepreneurs presenting breakthrough enterprise ideas to a room filled with HITEC attendees and panel of knowledgeable judges. The beginning-ups are competing for the highest Judges’ Alternative award together with a $5,000 USD money prize, plus the honorary Individuals’s Alternative award chosen by the viewers.
Entry to the Headliner classes is open to all registered HITEC attendees.
Produced by Hospitality Monetary and Know-how Professionals (HFTP®), HITEC North America will happen on June 26–29 on the Metro Toronto Conference Centre in Toronto, Ont. Canada. HITEC is the world’s largest and longest-running hospitality expertise exposition and convention. It provides a novel mixture of top-notch hospitality expertise training, led by trade friends and specialists, and an unparalleled commerce present showcasing the most recent hospitality expertise services and products. The 2023 occasion is anticipating 6,000+ attendees and 320+ exhibiting firms. Registration for HITEC Toronto is now open.
About HFTP
Hospitality Monetary and Know-how Professionals (HFTP®), established in 1952, is a hospitality nonprofit affiliation headquartered in Austin, Texas USA with workplaces within the EU and Center East. HFTP is acknowledged because the spokes group for the finance and expertise segments of the hospitality trade with a world community of members and stakeholders. HFTP uniquely understands the trade’s urgent points, and assists its stakeholders to find options to their challenges extra effectively than any group. HFTP provides knowledgeable networks, academic assets, profession growth packages, analysis, management alternatives and conferences and occasions. HFTP produces worldwide occasions all year long, together with the world’s largest hospitality expertise tradeshow and convention model: HITEC. As well as, it oversees the hospitality-specific Pineapplesearch.com® and the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Trade (USALI). For extra details about HFTP, go to www.hftp.org. For the most recent information, go to the HFTP Information web page at information.hftp.org and the HFTP Join weblog at weblog.hftp.org.
