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	Welcome To Hotel Technology Next Generation
Hotel Technology Next Generation is a trade association that facilitates the development of next-generation, customer-centric technologies to better meet the needs of the global hotel community. View our full mission statement here.

Welcome to our Newest Platinum Member

Register Now for 2009 North American Members' Meeting & Conference

The 2009 North American Members' Meeting and Conference will be held at the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Irving (Dallas), Texas, March 2-4, 2009.  Get more information here.

Expand Your Network!  Join the HTNG Group on LinkedIn

If you're a regular user of the LinkedIn Networking tool (www.linkedin.com), you can join the new HTNG group.  Just log into your account, browse to the group home page, and request to join.  It's a great way to stay in touch with old friends, meet new ones, discuss upcoming events, and share ideas about technology in the hotel industry!

HTNG's Third Annual European Conference Recap

The shift to Digital TV on the horizon, next generation wireless connectivity and the impact of Web 2.0 in the workplace were just a few of the hot topics that were presented in Vienna for HTNG’s 2008 European Members’ Meeting & Conference on November 5-7. Held at the Grand Hotel Vienna, attendees were able to learn about key technologies that affect the hospitality market in Europe now and technologies that will be more prevalent over the next few years. HTNG Members can view most of the presentations here (login required).

HTNG's First Asia-Pacific Conference

Even the arrival of Typhoon Hagupit could not dampen the spirits of the 163 HTNG members who attended our twice-expanded and sold-out First Asia-Pacific Members' Meeting and Conference on September 21 and 22.   Held at new The Venetian Resort in Macau, members heard leading-edge speakers on subjects ranging from network convergence to Asian payment systems issues to how to deliver software to meet the needs of Asian markets, among many other topics.  Members can view most of the presentations here (login required).

Four New HTNG Board Members Elected

HTNG elected four new members to its recently expanded Board of Directors in August and September, 2008.  Please join us in welcome the following industry leaders to our governing board:

• Ralf Balzer, Group IT Director, Maybourne Hotel Group (London)
• Floor Bleeker, Group Director of Business Solutions, Jumeirah (Dubai)
• Vineet Gupta, Senior Vice President Technology, Fairmont Raffles Hotels International (Toronto)
• Paula Winkler, Vice President & CIO, Carlson Hotels Worldwide (Minneapolis)

A full list of officers and directors can be found here.

HTNG Certification

HTNG's Certification Program is here, and the latest (2008A) version has now been released.  HTNG certification represents a commitment that products meet industry standards of interoperability.  It gives hoteliers the ability to determine in advance whether two products will work together - and if so, which business functions will be supported.

• Two workgroups have now approved final specifications for key portions of their work.  These specifications have been released to the public domain, and vendors can apply for certification.
• You can view the public register of certified products here. 

For full details or to apply for product certification, view the HTNG Certification Website.

Latest HTNG News & Activities

• Members' meetings and conferences in September 2008 in Macau and in November 2008 in Vienna attracted more than 160 members each.

• The 2008A specifications for Property Web Services and Property/Distribution Solutions have now been released and are available for certification.  Specifications are available here.

• Two white papers produced in 2007 have now been released to the general public.  Click here for access to all white papers.

• Nearly 360 senior industry technology executives gathered for the fourth annual HTNG Members' Meeting and Conference, from February 25-27, 2008 at the Westin Hotel in Seattle, Washington  View the Agenda and summary press release here.

HTNG Meetings, Interviews, Showcases, and Presentations

For the upcoming HTNG Workgroup Meeting Schedule, please click here.  Events of general interest to all members are listed below.

     Upcoming

• HTNG's Fifth Annual Members' Meeting & Conference, 02-04 March 2009, at the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Dallas, Texas

• HTNG's Fourth Annual Members' Meeting & Conference, 19-21 October 2009, at the Marriott Lisbon Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal

     Past

• HTNG's Third Annual European Members' Meeting & Conference, 05-07 November, Grand Hotel Vienna, Austria

• HTNG First Asia-Pacific Members' Meeting & Conference, 21-22 September 2008, Venetian Resort Hotel, Macau.  Presentations will be available shortly.

• HITEC 2008, June 16-19, 2008, Austin, Texas

• HTNG Fourth Annual Members' Meeting & Conference, 25-27 February 2008, Westin Seattle.  Presentations are available to members here (login required).

• HTNG's Second Annual European Members' Meeting & Conference, 08-10 October, 2007, in Lausanne, Switzerland.  Presentations are available to members here (login required).

Become A Member

HTNG membership provides the opportunity to define, develop, implement, and promote the next generation of hotel technology.  Membership in HTNG is open to any person or organization with an interest in advancing information technology in hospitality.  The HTNG by-laws establish three classes of membership, and one subclass, as follows:

• Hospitality Members:  Organizations that actively provide hospitality services to end consumers as a primary business, or individuals currently employed by such organizations.  Only Regular Members are eligible to run for officer and director positions in HTNG.  Membership is per individual ($300 per year) or per company ($3,000 per year for the entire company or $1,500 per year for five individuals).

• Corporate Industry Partner Members:  Organizations who provide technology and/or distribution-related products and/or services to the hospitality industry.  Membership applies to the entire organization. For 2009, the rates are $3,000 for regular membership, $6,000 for Platinum membership for companies with under $100 million in annual revenue, $7,500 for Platinum membership for companies with $100 million or more in annual revenue.

• Industry Partner Members (Reduced Rate):  Service consultants who work in companies (including affiliates) with fewer than five employees are eligible for a reduced-rate individual membership for $300 per year.  This membership is not available to employees of companies who offer technology products or technology-based services.

• Allied Members:  Individuals whose interest in the industry is fundamentally informational rather than economic, including specifically but not limited to students, academics, media representatives, and representatives of trade organizations; but specifically excluding individuals who qualify for other membership categories.  Membership is $50 per year, and applications subject to approval of HTNG.  Media memberships are complimentary to approved media representatives, and a special student rate of $15 per year applies to full-time students enrolled in accredited hospitality or technology programs.  Professional and trade associations can qualify for a free membership based on reciprocal interest.

Membership benefits include:

• Access to all meeting notes, working papers, and specifications developed by HTNG workgroups, and rights to use all specifications published by HTNG on the same basis as all other HTNG members.

• For Regular members, Corporate Industry Partner members, and Individual Industry Partner members, the right to propose, apply for and, participate in workgroups for which you qualify (limited rights may be available for other members).  This right is based on HTNG's workgroup policies, and are not generally available to Allied members, or to Individual Industry Partner members who work for companies with more than five employees.

• The right to provide feedback to active workgroups in which you are not participating, at defined points in time.

• For Industry Partners who implement HTNG specifications, equal access with all other Industry Partner members members to promotional opportunities provided by HTNG, such as joint demonstrations at trade-shows.  This benefit is not available to Individual Industry Partner members.

For a detailed list of member benefits, click here.

Membership applications can be submitted online.