{"id":185,"date":"2014-04-21T08:37:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T08:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erevmax.com\/blog\/?p=185"},"modified":"2020-01-21T09:59:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T09:59:57","slug":"ihtf-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erevmax.com\/blog\/index.php\/2014\/04\/ihtf-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"IHTF 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background: white; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;\">The eleventh edition of the International Hotel Technology Forum (IHTF), took place in Barcelona, Spain in early April this year. The two-day event saw over 600 business meetings with 50 speakers delivering cutting-edge insights into latest trends in the hospitality industry. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arena-international.com\/ihtf\/speakers?cmd=GoToPage&amp;val=5\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">John Seaton<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">, VP Sales APAC &amp; EMEA, and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arena-international.com\/ihtf\/speakers?cmd=GoToPage&amp;val=3\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">Cristina Blaj<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">, Sales Director UK, Ireland &amp; Scandinavia at eRevMax attended the event to network with industry veterans. Cristina participated in a panel discussion <\/span><span style=\"background: white; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">on <i>\u201c<\/i><\/span><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Engaging with the Digital Traveller \u2013 The Move to Mobile\u201d<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"background: white; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\"> <\/span><span style=\"background: white; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">The panel consisted of <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;\">Monika Nerger from Mandarin Hotels; Jeremy Ward from Kempinski Hotels and Nancy from Jumeirah Hotels.<\/span><span style=\"background: white; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\"> The discussion focused on<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">evaluating the advent of mobile bookings and its trends to capitalise on modern buying patterns. They also emphasised on implementing guest-led trends in hospitality industry as more happy customers equal to more revenue.<\/span><span style=\"background: white; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.erevmax.com\/ratetiger-news\/erevmax-news-events.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-bmSkEgYEjas\/U1TVu09u2AI\/AAAAAAAAAyc\/6aOHWB2M2-A\/s1600\/Christina+Blaj_IHTF.JPG\" height=\"350\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;\">John Seaton was invited to participate in a panel on <i>\u201c<\/i><\/span><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Over-coming the Challenges in Diverse Distribution Channels<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">\u201d. He had <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt;\">Jon Siberry from Sarova Hotels and Lennert de Jong from CitizenM; among others as co-panelists. T<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">he speakers examined the current challenges faced by hoteliers in the diverse distribution space and the strategies for better channel performance. They also focused on how to analyze channel performance and how to capture guest data to determine best communication channel for each guests.<\/span><br \/><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.erevmax.com\/ratetiger-news\/erevmax-news-events.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-q3ZJUhrlJMc\/U1TV5hvGN8I\/AAAAAAAAAyo\/-0KNG6EnDM8\/s1600\/IMG-20140406-WA0007.jpg\" height=\"350\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Overall the event concluded on a positive note and there was constructive exchange of ideas and experiences.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eleventh edition of the International Hotel Technology Forum (IHTF), took place in Barcelona, Spain in early April this year. The two-day event saw over 600 business meetings with 50 speakers delivering cutting-edge insights into latest trends in the hospitality industry. John Seaton, VP Sales APAC &amp; EMEA, and Cristina Blaj, Sales Director UK, Ireland &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erevmax.com\/blog\/index.php\/2014\/04\/ihtf-2014\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;IHTF 2014&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1006,283],"tags":[22,412,411,280,407,40,297,112,227,410,315,14],"class_list":["post-185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-analytics","category-hotel-online-distribution","tag-channel-manager","tag-data-analysis","tag-digital-traveller","tag-distribution-challenge","tag-distribution-channels","tag-erevmax","tag-events","tag-hospitality","tag-hotel-industry","tag-ihtf","tag-mobile-booking","tag-ratetiger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erevmax.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erevmax.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erevmax.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erevmax.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erevmax.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/erevmax.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erevmax.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erevmax.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erevmax.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}