October 30, 2025 (Austin, Texas) — Hospitality Monetary and Know-how Professionals (HFTP®), producer of HITEC, is happy to announce the 2026 HITEC North America Advisory Council. This esteemed group of hospitality expertise leaders will information the tutorial planning and program growth for the 2026 Hospitality Trade Know-how Exposition and Convention (HITEC®) in San Antonio, Texas, happening June 15–18 on the Henry B. Gonzalez Conference Middle.
HITEC is the world’s largest and longest-running nonprofit occasion of its sort, internet hosting greater than 370+ exhibiting corporations and a complete training program that includes over 50 classes designed to handle present and rising expertise challenges throughout the hospitality business.
Annually, HFTP management assembles members to serve on the HITEC North America Advisory Council primarily based on their experience and contributions to the hospitality and expertise business. The HITEC Advisory Council performs an important function in shaping the world’s largest and most influential hospitality expertise occasion — guaranteeing this system displays the newest improvements, challenges, and strategic insights impacting the worldwide hospitality expertise panorama.
2026 HITEC Advisory Council
Chair Lyle Worthington, CHTP│ CEO │ Worthington Tech BV
Vice Chair Cameron Hammond│ Senior Vice President – International Discipline Know-how Companies │ Hyatt
Govt Committee Liaison Barry Thomas, CHTP │ Senior Vice President – Hospitality Know-how, Luxurious & Life-style │ Accor
Board of Administrators Liaison Bryan Hammer │ Vice President – IT │ Belmond Accommodations
Previous President Liaison Scott Campbell, CHTP│ Principal Advisor │ Built-in Resort Advisors
Christus Gill, CHTP │ IT Supervisor │ Zoetry Marigot Bay St. Lucia
Danny Dang │ Director of Know-how │ Amacon & Wentworth Hospitality Group
David Lindahl │ Director of Enterprise Intelligence │ Silverton On line casino, LLC
Denise Walker │ CIO │ SH Accommodations and Resorts
Jody Jacobson │ President │ Built-in Hospitality Consulting
Katie Lee │ CIO │ AKA Accommodations + Resort & Residences
Leroy Prout │ CIO │ HRI Hospitality
Mike Blake │ Vice President of IT │ Kemper Sports activities
Prakash Shukla │ Managing Accomplice │ Wayfare Ventures LLC
Rao Kasibhotla │ Senior Vice President and CIO │ Ryman Hospitality Properties
Ron Streck er , C HAE+, CHTP+ +| Hospitality ERP and Again-Workplace Advisor | RW Consulting
Ryan Schlimpert| Senior Vice President and CIO | Drury Accommodations
Samuel Yall ey , CH TP | Director of Resorts & Lodging Know-how | Herschend Household Leisure
Sanovnik Desta ng , C PA, CA, CFA | Govt Director | Bay Gardens Resorts
Ted Horner| Proprietor | E Horner & Associates
Stephen Walke r , M BA| IT Supervisor| InterMountain Administration
Steven Ka hn , CH TP | Group Common Supervisor – IT | Singita
Harikrishna (HK) Patel | Previous Board of Administrators | AAHOA
Darrin Pinkham| CIO | Rosen Accommodations & Resorts | Millenium Know-how Group
Jeff Parker CHTP | Vice President of Property Know-how | Sage Hospitality Group
Tanmay (Tony) Patel| Managing Accomplice | SG Accommodations LLC
Frank Wolfe, CAE, FIH| CEO | HFTP
Bryan Wooden | Chief Conferences & Occasions Officer | HFTP
Alison Lockett | Conferences & Occasions Supervisor | HFTP
Geneva Rinehart | Senior Vice President, Media Division | Hospitality Improve/HFTP
HFTP extends its gratitude to those devoted professionals for contributing their experience and business management to advance hospitality expertise training on a world stage. Extra particulars will likely be introduced within the coming months at www.hitec.org.
About HFTP
Hospitality Monetary and Know-how Professionals (HFTP®), established in 1952, is a hospitality nonprofit affiliation headquartered in Austin, Texas USA with an workplaces within the EU. HFTP is acknowledged as a bunch supporting the finance and expertise segments of the hospitality business with a global community of members and stakeholders. HFTP gives skilled networks, academic assets, profession growth applications, analysis, management alternatives and conferences and occasions. HFTP produces worldwide occasions all year long, together with the world’s largest hospitality expertise tradeshow and convention model: HITEC. As well as, it oversees the publication of the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Trade (USALI), Resort On-line and Hospitality Improve Journal. For extra details about HFTP, go to www.hftp.org.
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