Hospitality Monetary and Expertise Professionals (HFTP®) is happy to announce two champions of hospitality expertise, Flooring Bleeker and Terence Ronson, because the 2024 HFTP Worldwide Hospitality Expertise Corridor of Fame inductees, each acknowledged for his or her service in innovating hospitality within the EMEA and APAC areas respectively. Bleeker is Accor Group’s chief expertise officer, main and offering oversight of expertise technique for the entire group’s hospitality companies around the globe. Ronson is the founding father of Pertlink Ltd. and has revolutionized technology-forward hospitality experiences throughout Asia. The 2024 inductees shall be honored on the upcoming Hospitality Trade Expertise Exposition and Convention (HITEC®) in Charlotte, North Carolina on June 25, 2024.
The Worldwide Hospitality Expertise Corridor of Fame is HFTP’s highest stage of recognition in expertise. Since 1989, 55 people have acquired this award as a mirrored image of their contributions to the hospitality trade.
“Being the primary within the Center East to obtain this award makes me proud and is a testomony to what now we have achieved within the area,” stated Bleeker. “Our trade has given me limitless alternatives and nice mates. I additionally need to acknowledge the groups, companions and distributors for every little thing they’ve carried out for me alongside the way in which.”
Bleeker’s ascent within the hospitality expertise sector is a testomony to his distinctive management and imaginative and prescient. Beginning with a bachelor’s in resort administration from Hotelschool The Hague, Bleeker’s ardour for hospitality expertise was ignited early. Following commencement, he quickly superior from a administration trainee at Radisson to IT supervisor at The Emirates Academy in Dubai, following his MBA from the College of Colorado. His achievements with Jumeirah, the place he rose to vice chairman of enterprise options, laid the groundwork for his subsequent position as CIO at Mövenpick. There, he tackled vital challenges in answer centralization and alter administration.
When Accor acquired Mövenpick in 2018, Flooring was retained as EMEA CIO the place he performed an important position in strategic IT applications. His experience was pivotal in shaping Accor’s IT modernization plans in rising markets. In 2020, Flooring joined Accor’s government committee as CTO, additional advancing to the administration board in 2023.
“I’m thrilled past phrases — this induction into the Corridor of Fame marks a dream realized,” stated Ronson. “Simply being nominated was an honor, however to truly be a part of the ranks of trade giants within the hospitality expertise sector is a career-defining milestone and a lifetime achievement.”
Ronson’s profession is a testomony to his unwavering dedication and visionary management within the hospitality expertise sector. From chef to pioneering technologist, Ronson’s journey highlights the transformative energy of innovation.
Ronson’s profession started with managing visitor experiences at quite a few London and APAC properties. These roles set the stage for his transition into the property administration system (PMS) market and the founding of Pertlink Ltd. in 2000. The early years of consulting had been marked by vital achievements, together with the opening of Rosedale on the Park in Hong Kong, the nation’s first boutique cyber resort, which garnered worldwide consideration and led to the creation of HOTELINMYHAND, the trade’s first digital software.
Pertlink’s success continued with quite a few trade firsts, resembling Vietnam’s first five-star resort with free wi-fi web, Hong Kong’s first high-tech senior residing amenities and Accor’s first OPERA property in Beijing. Ronson additionally performed an important position as a food-and-beverage point-of-sale advisor for Disney’s theme park in Shanghai. His ardour for innovation additionally extends to training. Ronson has lectured at The Hong Kong Polytechnic College’s College of Lodge Tourism and Administration, chaired the Tomorrow’s Visitor Room initiative for Lodge ICON, and helped inaugurate the varsity’s Samsung Expertise Lab.
HITEC North America will happen on June 24–27 on the Charlotte Conference Middle in Charlotte, North Carolina USA. Produced by Hospitality Monetary and Expertise Professionals, HITEC is the world’s largest and longest-running hospitality expertise exposition and convention. It presents a novel mixture of top-notch hospitality expertise training, led by trade friends and consultants, and an unparalleled commerce present showcasing the most recent hospitality expertise services and products. The 2024 occasion is anticipating 6,000+ attendees and 320+ exhibiting corporations. Registration for HITEC Charlotte is open.
About HFTP
Hospitality Monetary and Expertise Professionals (HFTP®), established in 1952, is a hospitality nonprofit affiliation headquartered in Austin, Texas USA with places of work within the EU and Center East. HFTP is acknowledged because the spokes group for the finance and expertise segments of the hospitality trade with a global community of members and stakeholders. HFTP uniquely understands the trade’s urgent points, and assists its stakeholders find options to their challenges extra effectively than any group. HFTP presents professional networks, instructional sources, 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 hospitality-specific Pineapplesearch.com® and the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Trade (USALI). For extra details about HFTP, go to www.hftp.org. For the most recent information, go to the HFTP Information web page at www.hftp.org/information and the HFTP Join weblog at www.hftp.org/weblog.
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