HFTP Hospitality DPO Task Force Outlines Objectives as Industry Prepares for GDPR May 2018 Deadline
By Alvaro Hidalgo The European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that was announced in April 2016 put in place a substantial mandate on EU-based organizations, as well as any organization doing business with EU citizens. The GDPR will…
Announcing the HFTP 2017 – 2018 HFTP Global Board Slate
Earlier this year, the nominating committee — comprising past HFTP Global past presidents, advisory council chairs and chapter presidents — were tasked with picking the HFTP members that would replace the outgoing directors of the HFTP Global Board. After a…
Online Travel Agencies and Occupancy Tax: A Proliferation of Lawsuits
By Amanda Belarmino Online travel agencies (OTAs) such as Expedia and Booking.com are the channel of choice for approximately 14 percent of all hotel bookings in the United States. Typically, these channels are responsible for collecting occupancy tax directly from…
A Lot to Learn in Three Days, Highlighted by Hospitality
Written By: Michael Bonn A smile has not left my face from the moment our wheels touched the tarmac at the McCarran International Airport here in Las Vegas, Nevada. I am accompanied by five other graduate students from the University…
Ways To Implement Your Business Budget
No matter what type of business you are running and what size your firm is: the most essential thing to startup and have a great business success is to take care of the business plan. There are several ways to…
Gearing Up for the 2015 Annual Convention and Tradeshow
I look at the calendar to see what October brings: • Operating and Capital Budget preparation is in full swing • End of Quarter reporting requirements have tight deadlines • Year-end projections are needed, again and again • We are…
Don’t Be Low-hanging Fruit: Promoting Safety from Cybercrime
Tuesday morning’s keynote speaker, Joshua Klein, gave a thorough and much-needed talk about a few of the opportunities being used by today’s cybercriminals and security researchers. The crux of the issue is the layering of technology promoted by modern systems….
The EMV Rush at HITEC 2015…
With the October deadline to deploy POS technology that complies with Europay/Visa/Mastercard (EMV), operators will be feeling the heat at HITEC as they search for a company that fits their needs. Many merchants attending have done very little to prepare…
HFTP to offer HITEC Mobile Experience® Like No Other
In 2013, HFTP took a chance on adding a relatively new type of technology to HITEC, a “program guide” for a smart phone. The feedback we received from attendees was good and last year, again, according to the attendees, was…
HFTP @ HOFEX
Don’t tell me you missed this year’s Hospitality Technology@HOFEX! What? You don’t even know what that is? It was “an event so popular that the organizer had to change the venue at the last minute because the old one wouldn’t…