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MTech's REX Room Expeditor Wins Most Innovative Hospitality Technology Award for 2009

8 March 2010 - Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) awarded the first ever Most Innovative Hospitality Award to MTech for their REX Room Expeditor product at its Members Meeting in Orlando on March 3. HTNG also announced two runner-up awards - one to Intelity for their ICE product and...

Leading Hotel Technology Event Announces Stellar List of Speakers for March Event

23 February 2010 - Hospitality technology leaders will soon receive the benefit of a very powerful collection of speakers at Hotel Technology Next Generation's (HTNG) 6th annual North American meeting. The final session and speaker list for..

HTNG'S Board or Directors Further Strengthened with Two More Major Hotel Chain CIOs

18 February 2010 - Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG), announced the election of two more major hotel company CIOs to its already distinguished board....

The Most Innovative Hospitality Technology Award to be Announced this March

6 January 2010 – What do hotel technology’s leaders think was the most innovative technology to be introduced to hotels this past year? Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG), the trade association renowned for advancing the application of hotel technology, is announcing a new award which will reveal the answer to this question.....

HTNG Releases New and Updated Interface Specifications

30 September 2009 – The working groups of Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) have again improved the connectivity, security, and interactivity of hospitality systems with the release of HTNG’s semiannual 2009B certification specifications. Three new technical specifications....

HTNG Announces Speakers for European Hotel Technology Conference

23 September 2009 - Participants attending the annual European conference of the nonprofit trade association Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) will learn from top industry names about changes in hospitality technology. HTNG conferences help members capitalize on such advances to improve their operations....

Hotel Technology Leaders to Address Major Changes in Hospitality Technology This July in Singapore

18 June 2009 – Some of the most recognizable names within hospitality technology have agreed to share their unique insights in how to manage major technology changes while at Hotel Technology Next Generation’s (HTNG) second annual Asia-Pacific Members’ Conference in Singapore the 13-15 of July, 2009...

HTNG Bestows Annual Leadership Awards

23 March 2009 - At the annual awards ceremony at its Members' Meeting and Conference in Dallas earlier this month, Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) recognized ten individuals for major contributions to advancing the state of hotel technology during 2008...

HTNG Announces Leadership Succession

12 February 2009 - Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) today announced a transition in its leadership, designed to ensure the organization's long-term success and to raise its industry visibility and effectiveness.
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HTNG's First Asia-Pacific Conference to Highlight Future Trends and Asian Issues

25 August 2008 - Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) today announced the program for its first Asia-Pacific Members’ Meeting and Conference, to be held on September 22 and 23, 2008, at the Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel...

HTNG Annual Conference Highlights Major Progress in Systems Interoperability

29 February 2008 - Progress in systems integration and interoperability was the dominant theme this week at the fourth annual HTNG Members’ Meeting and Conference. More than 350 senior technology executives from hotels, vendors, and consulting groups travelled from 18 countries across four continents to gather at the Westin Seattle Hotel for the two-day conference...

HTNG Announces Speakers for Second Annual European Conference

01 October 2007 - Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) announced today that its second annual European Member’s Meeting and Conference will feature presentations from leading experts on software security, data privacy, social media, RFID and near field communications...

New HTNG Workgroup Will Address Payment Systems and Data Security

15 August 2007Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) announced the formation of its newest workgroup, which will focus on payment systems and data security for the hospitality industry...

HTNG Announces Appointment of Thomas Peck and Todd Thompson to Board of Directors

03 July 2007 – Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) announced the election of two new board members.  Thomas R. Peck Jr., Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for MGM MIRAGE, and Todd N. Thompson, Chief Information Officer for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., were elected at the June 29 board meeting...

HTNG Announces Open Data eXchange Initiative

25 June 2007 – Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) today announced that it will develop an open standard through which any two systems used within the hotel industry can exchange any mutually agreed data.  Based primarily on prior HTNG work, initial versions of the standard should be available by late summer...

Hotel Industry Technology Leaders to be Featured at HTNG Booth at HITEC® 2007

21 June 2007 – Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) announced today that technology leaders from across the spectrum of the industry will be available to meet with attendees of the Hotel Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC)...

HTNG to Celebrate Five Years of Progress at HITEC® 2007

06 June 2007 - Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG), which was founded at the HITEC conference five years ago this month, today announced its plans to showcase, at this year’s HITEC conference in Orlando June 25-28, its progress across the entire spectrum of technologies used by hotels...

HTNG's Third Annual Membership Meeting Brings Nearly 300 Hotel Technology Industry Leaders Together

12 March 2007 – Nearly 300 hotel technology and vendor executives from around the world gathered in Atlanta last week for the third annual Members’ Meeting and Conference of Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG).  Highlights of the conference included updates from HTNG’s five workgroups, the announcement of the first HTNG-certified products, an in-depth look at Service Oriented Architecture as it applies to hotel technology, and recognition of key individuals who have contributed to HTNG’s success...

HTNG's Certification Program Launched with Five Certified Products

07 March 2007 – At its annual Members’ Meeting and Conference this week, Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) announced the first HTNG-Certified products.  The “HTNG Certified” label and logo provide hoteliers with assurance of technology products with industry-standard interfaces... 

HTNG 2007 Members' Conference Program Announced

12 February 2007 – Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) today announced the preliminary agenda and speakers for its acclaimed annual members’ meeting and conference, to be held from March 5-7, 2007 at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia...

HTNG Announces Appointment of Jeffrey Edwards to Board of Directors

24 January 2008 - Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) announced the appointment of Jeffrey Edwards, Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Global Revenue Services for Wyndham Hotel Group, to its Board of Directors.  Edwards was elected at a board meeting held in November 2006, filling a vacancy created by departures from the industry.  His appointment restores the board to its maximum size of ten senior hotel technology executives...

HTNG Announces Agenda and Speakers for First European Conference

19 September 2006 - Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) today unveiled the speakers and preliminary agenda for its upcoming conference in Lausanne, Switzerland.  This event, which is being held on October 11-13, 2006 at The Beau-Rivage Palace Hotel and Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, will be the first-ever stand-alone hotel technology conference in Europe.  The agenda will address the distinct issues and challenges of buying and selling hotel technology in Europe and the Middle East...

Four Leading Associations Announce Speakers for Free Joint Seminar

18 September 2006 - The Convention Industry Council, Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association (HEDNA), Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) and the OpenTravel™ Alliance (OTA) announced the speakers and program for the joint industry seminar program ...

Industry Associations to Present Joint Seminar

2 August 2006 - Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) and Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association (HEDNA) announced today that they will offer a joint seminar program on October 5 in Chicago, featuring all major industry trade associations involved in distribution within the hotel industry.  ...

HTNG to Unveil New Initiatives at HITEC 2006

8 June 2006 - Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) announced its plan for showcasing, at HITEC® 2006 in Minneapolis, the results of its past year of efforts to achieve systems interoperability.  ...

HTNG's Second Annual Conference Draws Record Attendance of Industry Leaders

16 March 2006 - 250 hotel technology leaders gathered in Dallas last week for the second annual conference of Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG)...

HTNG Workgroup to Address the Challenge of Content Management in Distribution

16 January 2006 Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) today announced the charter members of a new workgroup that will focus on content management for distribution channels...

HTNG Appoints InterContinental Hotels Group's Gustaaf Schrils to Board of Directors

20 October 2005 - Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) today announced the appointment of Gustaaf Schrils, Vice President of Hotel Technology and Services, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the Americas, to its Board of Directors...

HTNG Workgroup to Develop Open Systems Architecture for the Hospitality Industry

17 October 2005 - Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) today announced the charter members of a new workgroup that will put forward the first open standards based architecture guidelines for the hospitality industry...

HTNG Celebrates Third Anniversary with Major Milestones Reached at HITEC® 2005

21 June 2005 - Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG), which was founded three years ago at HITEC 2002 in Chicago, celebrated its third anniversary this week, announcing significant progress towards its objectives of improving systems interoperability in the hospitality industry...

HTNG Draws 160+ Attendees to First Annual Conference; Luke Mellors Elected as Director

4 May 2005 - Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) announced today that more than 160 leading hotel technology executives, technology vendors, consultants, and other interested parties gathered in Las Vegas for HTNG's first Annual Conference, held on April 20 and 21.  Attendees included 20 CEOs and 23 CIOs/CTOs; senior managers accounted for well over half the audience...

HTNG Announces Results of Board Elections

7 March 2005 – 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.... 

HTNG In-Room Technology Group Sets Goals for First Phase Deliverables

12 December 2004 -- Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) announced today that the 21 leading hotel and technology vendors who are participating in its In-Room Technology Workgroup have completed their organizational phase, formed working teams, and established objectives for initial deliverables... 

21 Leading Companies Will Participate in Guest Room Technology Workgroup

25 October 2004 -- Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) today announced that 21 companies have been selected to participate in designing the future of hotel guest room technology.  The 21 companies were selected following a month-long process in which 35 different companies sought to participate, with 28 completing full applications...

Industry Leaders Will Work Together on Next Generation Guestroom Technology

 

23 September 2004--Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) today made public the charter and sponsoring members of a new workgroup aimed squarely at the Guest Room of the Future.  The In-Room Technology Workgroup sponsored by Cisco Systems, Guest-Tek, LodgeNet Entertainment, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Microsoft Corp., Paradyne, and Quadriga Worldwide, was announced...

 

17 Leading Companies to Participate in HTNG Property/Distribution Solution Workgroup

 

15 September 2004--Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) today announced the formation of the HTNG Property/Distribution Solution Workgroup.  Sixteen leading hotel companies, vendors, and consultants, together with the OpenTravel™ Alliance (OTA), will work together to define and deliver technology solutions that will improve the interoperability of the key systems that manage distribution for hotels...

 

Hotel Technology-Next Generation Names Permanent Executive Director

 

1 September 2004--Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) announces the appointment of Douglas C. Rice as Executive Director, succeeding Dr. Matthew Dunn, who served as Acting Executive Director since early this year.  This planned transition marks the continued growth and impact of HTNG on the hospitality technology sector.  Dr. Dunn remains integrally involved in HTNG and will assume a formal advisory role...

 

Industry Luminaries Join HTNG Advisory Group

 

17 August 2004-–Hotel Technology-Next Generation (HTNG), the two-year old industry association dedicated to creating new technology solution sets that interoperate seamlessly across multiple vendors, announced today that two high-profile hospitality technology experts have joined the organization in advisory roles...

 

Bryan Steele Elected to HTNG Board of Directors

 

25 June 2004 - The Board of Directors of Hotel Technology-Next Generation (HTNG) announced today that it had elected Bryan Steele, CIO at Thistle Hotels, as the first Europe-based member of its eight-person board of directors...

 

OTA Joins Property/Distribution Solution Workgroup

26 July 2004--The OpenTravel™ Alliance (OTA) and Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) today announced OTA's participation with industry partners in an HTNG workgroup. The Property/Distribution Solution workgroup will be charged with bringing solution sets that bridge processes and systems across properties, central reservations systems, and distribution channels...

HTNG Vision in Action at Mandarin Oriental Group Hotels

 

6 July 2004--the Mandarin Oriental New York City and Washington DC properties have implemented three vendor technology solutions that seamlessly inter-operate, providing a quantum leap in guest services through technology...

 

Next-Generation Solutions at HITEC 2004

 

4 June 2004---The Hotel Technology–Next Generation group (HTNG) announces that coincident with the HITEC conference starting June 21st, vendors working under its auspices are demonstrating and releasing new interoperating solutions featuring the seamless movement and use of guest-related and operational data...

 

HTNG Revisited

8 August 2003 - Part 1 - Hospitality Tech Advisor

29 August 2003 - Part 2 - Hospitality Tech Advisor

 

HTNG Gathers Momentum

9-22 July 2003 - Technology Newsstand

 

What is Next Generation?  How Will We Know When it has Arrived?

3 July 2003 - HVS Technology Strategies

republished by Hotel News Resource

 

Let's Get Talking

June 2003 - Hospitality Technology

 

Interview with Prof. Dan Connolly

14 May 2003 - Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne Institute of Technology & Entrepreneurship (EHLITE)

republished by wiredhotelier.com

 

Q&A: HTA talks with four founders of the hotel technology initiative, HTNG

2 October 2002 - Part 1 - Hospitality Tech Advisor

9 October 2002 - Part 2 - Hospitality Tech Advisor

 

More Joy of Tech

26 September - 2 October 2002 - Caterer & Hotelkeeper

republished by HotelBenchmark.com

 

The Creation of Hotel Technology-Next Generation (HTNG) Has the Industry Talking

September 2002 - Hotel Online Special Report

 

Interview with Dan Connolly (streaming audio)

12 July 2002 - courtesy of hsyndicate.com

 

Prominent Hotel Technology Leaders Launch New Industry Initiative

27 June, 2002 - Press Release

 

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 HTNG In The Press

Hotel Business now features a regular technology update provided by HTNG. Our latest "Making Technology Work" article on the connected guest is on pg. 64 of the November '09 edition.

Feature story on Douglas Rice, Executive Director and CEO and HTNG's progress in Hotel Business from June '08, page 26-30 (requires free log-in).

Tom Conophy, CIO at IHG praises HTNG in a Hospitality Technology article on industry interoperability. Common Ground is in the Jan/Feb '08 issue.

The Oct. '09 Innovations and Technologies special edition of the SmartReport from Cleverdis was released at HTNG's European Members Meeting. It features articles from Douglas Rice (pg. 3) and a summary of Richard Barnes' presentation at our Asia-Pacific event in July '09 (pg. 50).

Hospitality Tech Advisor's Sept. 10, '07 issue featured Spa and Golf systems, with extensive coverage of HTNG's Single Guest Itinerary initiative.

The Intelligent Buildings Today supplement to Engineered Systems says "HTNG is visionary in its view of future hotels that will create a new level of customer service."  See the full article on pages 6-10.  May '05.  Direct link to article here.

HTNG CEO Douglas Rice was featured in a HospitalityNet video interview on the occasion of HTNG's fifth anniversary. 

 

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