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HFTP Heads to Orlando in 2019 and Minneapolis in 2020 for its Upcoming Annual Conventions - TOPHOTELNEWS

Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) announces future dates for its Annual Convention

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Are you in Toronto for  #HITECtor? Visit us at Booth #2329 to mingle with our Team!

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Back available:

Super Junior’s Donghae

INFINITE’s Sungyeol

VIXX’s Leo & N

LABOUM’s Jinyae

ONE OK ROCK’s Taka

Red Velvet’s Seulgi

MAMAMOO’s Moonbyul

Topp Dogg’s Kidoh

Lu Han

[zayn-jawaaadmalik-blog]

Hugs for the poor || Ariana&Zayn

 Zayn took his antidepressant pills and put on his coverup to hide the sadness on his face, and paste a smile on his face like everything was alright. He couldn’t look in the mirror without hating what he saw. He couldn’t take being this fat and disgusting anymore. No one understood how much he wanted to die. But yet again, he swallowed his feelings and did this routine. After finishing touching up on his makeup his makeup artist provided him with, he slipped on his shoes. He was wearing his blue skinny jeans, with a plain, tight T-shirt and his black coat. His throat burned from earlier, but he’d get over it. If he wouldn’t of ate that bagel, his throat wouldn’t have to burn. 

     He walked out side carefully, feeling the harsh, cold wind around him. Zayn cautiously looked around, making sure he wasn’t seen.  It seemed like forever to reach her cabin, as his shoes smacked the hard cement again and again. Breathe he told himself as he walked up her drive way. His hand was hesitant as he knocked on her door carefully. Zayn forced a smile on his face, prying his lips open. He sighed and cleared his throat as he faintly heard her inside of her big cabin. Inside he felt like throwing up, but on the outside he looked like normal Zayn. He stepped to the side, making room for the door to open without him getting hit by it.   He was nervous about this, he'd had a crush on Ariana for a little while, but it wasn't major. Zayn knew he wasn't worth her, or any girl. But he really wanted to be good friends with the short, brown haired girl. He smiled at the though of being able to pick her up and squeeze her tight. Zayn really liked hugs, and with such a beautiful girl, it made him feel better. Zayn was never truly happy for more than a little while, but maybe she would help that.

[bradfordboi-malik-blog]

Hoping For The Best

Within half an hour, he was finally at the airport, sat on his seat just waiting for it to take off. Hurry, hurry, hurry. He kept thinking to himself, though the heavy feeling on his eyelids began to finally take a toll on him and before he knew it, the lights were back on and everyone was getting up from their seats exiting the airplane. Not carrying anything on him, he didn't have to wait for a suitcase or anything so he immediately made his way out, calling for a Taxi. He was glad it was past midnight, no worries of anybody really truly caring if Zayn Malik was out and about. At least that's what he was praying over and over in his head.

Walking up into the hospital, asking the receptionist for Safaa Malik, he was lead to where she was currently placed in. Knocking on the door gently before he opened up the door, he peeped his head seeing his mum wake up from the nap she was having sat on the seat next to his baby sister. "Zayn." she let out quietly, standing up and going over to him, hugging his one and only boy. He hugged her back, the alcohol no longer in his system after the two hours prior, but that didn't mean he wasn't having some sort of headache. "How's she doing?" He asked with a husky tone to his voice, looking over at Safaa as he let go of his mum. "She's doing alright, but she was calling for you not too long ago."

Nodding his head, he walked over to the sleeping toddler, sitting at the edge of the bed by her little feet. He slowly leaned in and kissed her little cheek, the sound of the heart monitor beeping behind them, before sitting up and biting down on his lip once again as he looked up to his mum. His eyes glazed over as he shook her head, "She's gonna get better, right mum?" He questioned her, hoping for the best, but expecting the worse. Coming over to him, Trisha caressed his cheek before leaning down and hugging him again, "She will baby. She's strong." She whispered out in a tone even Zayn knew he couldn't rely on. She was so young. How could she overcome something like this? How could a kid face leukemia by herself? Already three months into treatment and barely any progress... could he keep the hope that she'd survive it? The question scared Zayn. He didn't want to think about it. He couldn't. It hurt too damn much and he couldn't bare it right now. He had to hold onto the present and just hope for the best. The last thing he needed was to focus on the future only to dwell on the past. He wasn't doing that. Not today. Not at all. 

[intelity]

Intelity President and CEO David Adelson speaks at HITEC 2012.

[intelity]

#HITEC 2012

The world's largest hospitality technology show.

June 25 - 28. 

Baltimore.

Booth 2019.

[robertkcole]

Transforming Hotel Industry Growth Strategy

It is not often that one is able to corner three hospitality industry leaders and ask them about the challenges facing the industry - specifically how marketing, information technology and distribution can be better aligned to satisfy hotel brand growth objectives.

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Recently, at the Hospitality Financial & Technology Professionals annual HITEC conference in Austin Texas, I had the pleasure of moderating a panel comprised of Flo Lugli, Executive Vice President Marketing, Wyndham Worldwide, Mike Blake, Chief Information Officer, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, and Caryl Helsel, Director Central Reservations & Revenue Management, ARAMARK Parks & Destinations.

The three panelists were refreshingly forthcoming and candid in their remarks concerning some of the most daunting challenges facing today's hotel industry leadership.

As they recover from a dramatic economic downturn, hoteliers are launching initiatives that rely on information technology to accomplish marketing objectives and profitability goals. However, as staffing and financial resource availability remains highly constrained, executive management must employ strategies that most efficiently utilize technology to help drive business growth.

A key conclusion of the white paper was that over the next three years, organizations within the hotel industry require an IT Pathfinder to help align hotel business and technology priorities. Each of the panelists did an outstanding job of providing examples of how their organizations are managing the challenge of advancing technology initiatives with fewer resources than in years past.

Most enlightening were the panel's comments regarding critical nature of these initiatives and how they would serve as the foundation for brand and operational success over the years to come.

The following is a twenty-seven minute video summarizing the highlights of the white paper and the panel discussion:

A Discussion Between Industry Experts from Amadeus IT Group.

To read the white paper's executive summary, please see my blog post from earlier this year, White Paper: Bridging Hotel Business and Technology Priorities.

The full white paper is available, free of charge, for download here: Transform Your Growth Strategy Now [Registration required]

My sincere thanks go to Flo, Mike and Caryl for doing a terrific job on the panel and validating the conclusions of the white paper, as well as Amadeus for its industry insights and sponsorship of the white paper.

NOTE: Please don't hesitate to watch the video - I am not nearly as stern or grouchy as the placeholder graphic might imply... and, despite the severity of the economic challenges facing the hotel industry, that fire alarm to my immediate right was not a prop... ;)

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