The second version of AHICE South East Asia, held in Singapore throughout late February, noticed the launch of the all-new ‘INN Tech’ lodge expertise summit sequence, with near 200 lodge executives in attendance for keynotes, Q&As and masterclasses firmly targeted on the newest and rising lodge expertise.
The inaugural occasion was sponsored by a number of main international lodge expertise companies – together with Principal Companion Agilysys, alongside Gold Sponsors Canary Applied sciences, Cendyn, FutureLog, Seize for Enterprise, Lodge Key, Hub OS, IDeaS Income Options, Luxurious Escapes, myma.ai, Revinate, Shiji Group and Discuss Company – and ran on the morning of day two of AHICE South East Asia, which drew a crowd of over 700 individuals.
Key periods included ‘The Clever Visitor Journey’, ‘Serving Your Company Extra Successfully and Boosting Profitability’, ‘Agile Income and Distribution’ and ‘Securing Lengthy-Time period Worth’, with international insights from main executives, together with Agilysys Vice President and Managing Director, Tony Marshall; IDeaS Income Options Managing Director – APAC, Jurgen Ortelee; Revinate President and COO, Dan Grasp; Shiji Senior Vice President of APAC and Center East, Steven Hopkinson; Canary Applied sciences Normal Supervisor, Daniel Mourad; Myma.ai Co-Founder and Chief Govt Officer, David Thompson; Cendyn VP Gross sales APAC, Greg Barwick; Luxurious Escapes CEO, Adam Schwab; FutureLog Senior Vice President, Operations and International Strategic Accounts, Benjamin Krieg; Mews Industrial Director – APAC, Hayden Aust; Lodge Key VP Enterprise Growth and Strategic Partnerships, Mukund Mohan; and Hub OS Head of Gross sales and Buyer Success – Asia, Olesia Bespala.
“We ensured the content material was extremely curated at INN Tech and the suggestions we’ve had from attendees has been distinctive,” mentioned AHICE International President and HM Editor-In-Chief, James Wilkinson.
“In all of our AHICE planning conferences, lodge house owners, buyers and operators have all mentioned they needed extra expertise content material and that’s precisely what we’ve delivered with INN Tech.”
Whereas the INN Tech content material program was for 3 hours on the second day of AHICE, all sponsors additionally had stands for all the two days of the total AHICE convention program, offering networking alternatives and distinctive publicity throughout all the morning tea, afternoon tea and lunch breaks.
Agilysys Vice President and Managing Director of APAC, Tony Marshall, mentioned the convention supplied “an distinctive platform to attach with business leaders and showcase options that may empower resorts to boost visitor experiences and streamline operations”.
“The introduction of the INN Tech Lodge Know-how Summit was significantly insightful, highlighting the fast evolution of expertise inside the hospitality sector,” mentioned Marshall.
“The networking alternatives have been excellent, and we left with a renewed sense of the dynamic progress and innovation taking place throughout the area.
“The insights gained and connections made at AHICE reinforce our dedication to supporting the dynamic progress of the hospitality sector in Southeast Asia.”
Wilkinson mentioned the INN Tech content material can even be widened at future occasions – at AHICE Asia Pacific in Adelaide (Might 6-8), AHICE Aotearoa in Christchurch (August 12-13), AHICE Far East Asia in Tokyo (September 4-5) and AHICE Aloha in Hawaii (October 16) – to incorporate much more parts of lodge expertise from on-property choices to again of home applications.
“From AI to procurement software program, in-room leisure, door locking tech, PMS and RMS techniques, digital advertising, robots and extra, our INN Tech summits globally will characteristic much more wealthy content material focused at our VIP crowd of lodge buyers, house owners, GMs, VPs, CEOs and extra,” he mentioned.
“A restricted variety of sponsorship and talking alternatives are presently accessible for our upcoming occasions throughout the globe and we expect these to promote quick because the INN Tech summit sequence continues to draw the eye of the world’s main lodge expertise manufacturers.”
On the upcoming AHICE Asia Pacific convention in Adelaide, INN Tech will probably be held from 8:25am to 9:50am on Thursday Might 8 and can embrace energy periods on Income Administration, the Clever Visitor Journey, On-Property Know-how, Serving Your Company Extra Successfully and Boosting Profitability, and an OTAs Outlook for the yr forward.
For extra on the upcoming INN Tech summits, go to ahiceconference.com
