Caribbean Hotel Association Sponsoring HFTP Conference
December 10-11, 2007 in Montego Bay, Jamaica
AUSTIN, TX, September 11, 2007. Continuing the professional education opportunities in the Caribbean, Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP(R)) has announced that the Second Annual Caribbean Finance and Technology Professionals Conference will take place December 10-11, 2007 at the luxurious Rose Hall Resort & Country Club in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The conference, produced by HFTP and sponsored by Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA), will focus on the most recent topics of interest in the finance and technology fields. Registration will be available online soon.
"The hospitality industry has a large presence in the Caribbean," said Frank Wolfe, CAE, CEO of HFTP. "In the global expansion of HFTP, it is important that we offer regional conferences like the Caribbean Finance and Technology Professionals Conference so that relevant topics for the area are discussed among financial and technology professionals in the hospitality industry."
HFTP will use its resources to design an agenda that aligns with the interests of Caribbean hospitality industry professionals. The education program will include topics such as finance practices and shortcuts to success, disaster recovery and planning, technology tips for the executive team, currency conversion and other banking challenges and more. The conference will also feature tabletop and excellent networking opportunities.
Besides the Caribbean Finance and Technology Professionals Conference, HFTP annually produces HITEC, EHTEC, the Club and Hotel Controllers Conferences, the Assistant Controller Conference and the HFTP Annual Convention & Tradeshow. HFTP has added yet another new conference for 2008, the Asian Hospitality Finance and Technology Conference in Singapore, which will be held in conjunction with Food & Hotel Asia in April at the Singapore Expo Center. For more information about these conferences, visit www.hftp.org.
High profile sponsorships are available for this conference. By becoming a sponsor of the activities during a conference like this, your company can greatly benefit from the opportunity to meet and network with hospitality professionals who use your products/services throughout the year. Please contact Laura Renfro, HFTP marketing account manager, at (800) 646-4387 x25 or [email protected] for complete details.
If you have any questions about the conference, please contact Linnet Baskett, HFTP meetings & events manager, at [email protected] or 001 (512) 249-5333 x31.
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