Hotel & Tourism SMARTreport #35

EVENTS
HTNG EXPANDS INTO
HOSPITALITY VERTICALS
Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG)
changes its name to Hospitality Technology
Next Generation to expand within the
hospitality industry.
HTNG’s founding mission states: “To foster,
through collaboration and partnership, the
development of next-generation solutions
that will enable hoteliers and their
technology vendors to do business globally
in the 21 st century.” Now, the organisation
aims to broaden that initiative to include
other hospitality verticals as well.
Restaurants, leisure and entertainment
venues, active living facilities, gaming,
cruise lines and healthcare share similar
technologies and solution sets as hotels.
HTNG’s organisational framework has
already proven to be valuable in the hotel
industry. The association’s strategy of
collaboration and problem-solving has
great promise to help solve technology
problems and advance development in
these new verticals.
“The need for our solutions, standards
and best practices exists in these adjacent
verticals,” said Michael Blake, CEO of
HTNG. “We have the knowledge and
experience of how our association benefits
hotels and technology vendors; now we
can jump-start other verticals that are
facing similar challenges.”
Since HTNG already has active members
in these spaces, the next step focuses
on identifying and defining what these
shoulder industries need, and then
providing the necessary tools for success.
DON’T MISS THE HTNG
EUROPEAN CONFERENCE
The HTNG European Conference will take
place this year at the Prague Marriott - from
7-9 November.
This is a “must attend” event, bringing
together key industry decision makers in
the European region. Network with some
of the industry’s top experts, attend diverse
sessions focused on industry trends and
expand your business development
IFA - THE
WORLD’S
BIGGEST
CONSUMER
TECHNOLOGY
EVENT IN BERLIN
… a must when considering
in-room technologies of the
future
From 1-6 September in
Berlin, the world’s biggest
consumer electronics, home
appliance and telecom
manufacturers gather in
Berlin for IFA – the world’s
biggest show of its kind. This
is the ideal place to get a
glimpse of what consumers
will be buying and using in
coming years, and thus gain
a better understanding as
to what should be provided
in the hotel setting to make
people feel at home. In
addition, keynotes from the
likes of Huawei CEO Richard
Yu or Philips Personal
Health Business CEO
Pieter Nota give attendees
exceptional insights into the
roadmaps of the world’s top
manufacturers. The latter
will be explaining how
artificial intelligence, cloud
computing and the Internet
of Things will be key enablers
for personal health solutions
that serve people of all ages
at every stage of the health
continuum – from healthy
living and prevention,
through precision diagnosis
and personalised treatment,
and back to care in the home
where the cycle of healthy
living begins again