AUSTIN, TEXAS – Global association Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), is working with FORTUNE, as its exclusive association partner, to develop the “High-Tech Hotel” section for the May 2016 issue. FORTUNE will publish a special section which will explore the trends, highlight industry best practices and showcase the leading solution providers in hospitality technology. As part of this collaboration, HFTP will work with the Fortune Custom Content team to identify the issues of top interest to the industry for coverage.

“We are pleased to collaborate and offer our expertise as the recognized global spokes group for both hospitality technology and finance. ” explains HFTP CEO Frank Wolfe, CAE. “It is refreshing that an organization like FORTUNE recognizes the fast-paced development within the hospitality technology sector and how this would be of broad interest to its readership of executives who are often frequent travelers.”

The magazine’s audience is 3.4 million executives, investors and influential business travelers. The release of the May issue will lead up to HFTP’s Hospitality Technology Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC), a world-renowned event offering a unique combination of top-notch hospitality technology education, led by industry peers and experts as well as an unparalleled trade show. Growing each year, HITEC is the largest event of its kind and is attended by over 6,000 individuals and 300 exhibiting companies each June. This year, HITEC will be June 20–23 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, La. USA.

For more information on this section and advertising opportunities, contact Joel Baboolal, project manager for Fortune Custom Content at [email protected] or +1 (212) 522-6764. For more information from HFTP, contact Eliza Selig, HFTP Director of Communications at [email protected] or +1 (512) 220-4026.

About HFTP

Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), established in 1952, is a hospitality nonprofit association headquartered in Austin, Texas USA with offices in the EU and Middle East. HFTP is recognized as the spokes group for the finance and technology segments of the hospitality industry with an international network of members and stakeholders. HFTP uniquely understands the industry's pressing issues, and assists its stakeholders in finding solutions to their challenges more efficiently than any organization. HFTP offers expert networks, educational resources, career development programs, research, leadership opportunities and conferences and events. HFTP produces international events throughout the year, including the world's largest hospitality technology tradeshow and conference brand: HITEC. In addition, it oversees the hospitality-specific Pineapplesearch.com® and the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry (USALI). For more information about HFTP, visit www.hftp.org. For the latest news, visit the HFTP News page at news.hftp.org and the HFTP Connect blog at blog.hftp.org.

Danielle Earp
Public Relations Manager
+1 (512) 220-4017
HFTP