News and Events

Hospitality Technology Consulting is scheduled to participate in the following events:

John Burns attends numerous conferences and other travel industry events throughout the year.  He often he delivers presentations or moderates panels at these meetings.

2017 Events

January 10-12	HEDNA North American Conference, San Diego, CA
January 23-25	Agilysys User Conference, Las Vegas, NV
February 28-March 2	Hospitality Upgrade – Executive Vendor Summit, San Antonio
March 6-7	Sabre Hospitality Solutions Consultant Briefing, Berlin, Germany
March 8-9	ITB, Berlin, Germany
March 20-22	Oracle Industry Connect, Orlando, FL
April 10-13	HT-Next, Orlando, FL
June 26-29	HITEC, Toronto, Canada
June 29-30	GHA – IT Summit, Toronto, Canada
September 6-8	Hospitality Upgrade – CIO Summit, Denver, CO

Recently Published Articles, Interviews and Quotations

Articles

• Every Call is a Website Failure
  Hospitality Upgrade Magazine – Spring, 2013
• Evolution of Hotel Distribution 2012
  Hospitality Upgrade Magazine – Summer, 2012
• New Regulations on Reserving Rooms for Physically Disabled Guests Take Effect in the U.S. on March 15, 2012
  Hospitality Upgrade Magazine – Spring, 2012
• Choosing a Reservation Representation Company – Revisited (Part 2)
  Hospitality Upgrade Magazine – Summer, 2011
• Choosing a Reservation Representation Company – Revisited (Part 1)
  Hospitality Upgrade Magazine – Spring, 2011
• Is All Lost for Hotel Brand Websites?
  Hospitality Upgrade Magazine – Fall, 2010
• The Challenge and Threat of Extra Hotel Fees
  Hospitality Upgrade Magazine – Summer, 2010
• Deal Makers / Deal Breakers         
  Hospitality Upgrade Magazine – Spring, 2010
• Factors Hotel Mull as They Consider Technology Purchases
  Hospitality Upgrade Magazine – Spring, 2010

Whitepapers

• “Invent the future: the new normal for hotels in 2010 and beyond” Written for Amadeus IT.

Quotations

• “It’s Time for Technology”
  Lodging/Hospitality magazine
  June 15, 2012
• "How technology is impacting the guest experience"
  Michele Howe
  Hotel Management Asia
  31 March, 2010
• "ESPN video case shows holes in hotel security"
  Beth J. Harpaz, AP Travel Editor
  October 7, 2009
• “HITEC focuses on digital guest interaction”
  HOTELS Magazine Online –
  June 27, 2011
• “Study: US Hotels lost $2.5 billion to OTAs”
  HOTELS Magazine Online
  August 5, 2011
• “Guestroom Technology Tends”
  HotelNewsNow.com, August 31, 2011,
  Patrick Maycock, Features Editor

 

Memberships

Hospitality Technology Consulting is proud to maintain memberships in the following organizations: