Insights from a HITEC Orlando Guest Blogger

Created by: Ron Strecker, CHAE+, CHTP+

Welcome to my HITEC Orlando 2022 pre-arrival website publish. I would like to thank the group at HFTP for picking me as a single of this year’s guest bloggers. Also, be positive to look at out Jennifer Jones’ posts. She and I are equally back again for encore appearances as HITEC guest bloggers.

Starting way back in 1997, HITEC turned the most essential annual party on my do the job calendar.  It grew to become a much-expected break from the regular grind at operate. Just about every yr experienced its have celebratory truly feel as I reconnected with my increasing network of market leaders that shared a widespread fascination. 

This year, 2022, marks a few additional good reasons to rejoice.

• HITEC celebrates its 50^th Anniversary: HITEC has grown about the many years to turn out to be the single most-significant party for hospitality technologies. In my view, the serious attraction for this function is the harmony that exists involving the trade clearly show reveals and the academic sessions. I wonder how lots of of this year’s distributors can say they have been represented in all 50 earlier HITECs.

• Welcome back again to our international partners and attendees: HITEC 2021 was a welcomed chance to fulfill once more experience-to-encounter. HITEC 2022 will be even greater as we welcome so lots of of our intercontinental members, distributors and attendees that ended up below journey constraints nine months back.

• HFTP celebrates its 70^th Anniversary this yr:  Mark your calendar for September 14-16 for the HFTP 2022 Annual Conference having location in Austin, Texas as the associates celebrate the 70^th anniversary of its founding.  From a compact team of New York City lodge accountants to an worldwide affiliation symbolizing the fiscal and technology experts, HFTP has continued to concentrate on the educational progress of its users and business reporting criteria. Be positive and take a look at the HFTP MemberWorld Booth #1544 in the HITEC Orlando Exhibit Corridor to discover extra about membership and the HFTP Academy. 

• Hospitality Enhance Turns 30:  Hospitality Upgrade Magazine turned 30 this year with a celebration at their annual Govt Vendor Summit. Rich Siegel, Geneva Rinehart, and the relaxation of the HU team are omni-current at HITEC each individual calendar year. The journal is generally loaded with appropriate content articles written by a wide range of major-notch contributors. The vendors experienced a chance to roast Loaded at their occasion — the relaxation of us can do our individual Wealthy-roasting at HITEC. Halt by their booth #2111.

As you can see, there are lots of factors to rejoice. My following blog post will target on 3 crucial dimensions of HITEC: innovation, education and learning and networking.

See you in Orlando.

Ron Strecker, CHAE+, CHTP+ is an impartial expert, creator, and speaker with over 35 years of senior money management roles. He is also an formal occasion guest blogger for HITEC Orlando 2022, taking position June 27-30 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida United states of america. Proceed checking HFTP Link for extra of Ron’s encounters at HITEC this calendar year.