News for the Hospitality Executive |
CHICAGO (May 13, 2013) – Hotel
Technology Next Generation
(HTNG), the membership association that
unites the world’s hospitality companies
and technology innovators to solve industry challenges, today
announced several changes to its Board of Governors. HTNG’s Board
drives the organization to
address the most pressing technology problems facing hotels, and the
presence
of senior technology executives from almost all major hotel companies
ensures
the industry relevance of our activities for all hotel managers, owners
and
franchisors. The board’s new officers are:
These officers, like all board members, volunteer their time to provide direction to HTNG. Ward succeeds Marriott’s Jim Peterson, who left the Board following a change in his responsibilities at Marriott International. Peterson has been involved with HTNG for nearly 10 years, and will remain engaged as an Executive Advisor to the Board. “Jim Peterson has provided exemplary leadership and counsel to HTNG as both its President and an HTNG member over a 10-year period in which information technology has undergone significant change,” said Doug Rice, Executive Vice President and CEO of HTNG. “We owe a great debt of gratitude to Jim for his service and we look forward to his continuing contributions.” Hank A. Weigle, Senior Vice President of Global Information Resources, IT Delivery at Marriott, was elected to fill the vacancy created by Peterson’s departure. Also elected was Jeff Bzdawka, VP of Global Property Systems Portfolio. Former Hyatt CIO Mike Blake, now CIO at Commune Hotels and Resorts, retains his board seat. Other new members who have joined the board over recent months include:
To learn more about the HTNG Board of Governors or Vendor Advisory Council, visit http://www.htng.org/leadership. About Hotel Technology Next Generation The premier technology solutions association in the hospitality industry, HTNG is a self-funded, nonprofit organization with members from hotel and hospitality companies, technology vendors to hospitality, and other industry members including consultants, media and academic experts. HTNG’s members participate in focused workgroups to bring to market open solution sets addressing specific business problems. HTNG fosters the selection and adoption of existing open standards. Where necessary, it also develops new open standards to meet the needs of the global hospitality industry. Membership in HTNG is open to hotel and hospitality companies, technology vendors to hospitality, consultants, academics, press and others. Currently more than 400 corporate and individual members from across this spectrum, including most of the world’s leading hotel companies and technology vendors, are active HTNG participants. HTNG’s Board of Governors, consisting of 17 top IT leaders from hotel companies around the world, itself has responsibility for about 2.4 million guest rooms. HTNG publishes workgroup proceedings, drafts and specifications for all HTNG members as soon as they are created, encouraging rapid and broad adoption. Specifications are released to the public domain as they are ratified by the workgroups. For more information, visit www.htng.org. |
Contact: Brian Larson Director of Marketing +1 847 303 5560 [email protected] www.htng.org |