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2016–2017HFTP Year in Review

2016–2017 HFTP Council Reports

CHAIR: Joe Rembold

ROSTER:

Chair:Joe Rembold

Vice Chair:Jill Burnett, CHAE, CPA

Jonilda Bahja

David Baideme

Toni Bau

Cheryl Brennan, CHAE

Daniel Conti, Jr., CHAE, CAM

Krysta Erovick, CPA

Leila Fathi

Sarah Ford

Sherry Marek

Martha Mazzitelli, CHAE+, CHTP+

Vincent Mennella

Arlene Ramirez, CHAE, CHE, MBA, CHIA

The council met on April 21, 2017 in Championsgate, Fla. to curate the educational program for the 2017 Annual Convention. They reviewed the call for presentations submissions and survey responses, discussed member needs and hospitality trends, and then selected the topics and speakers for the educational program. This year’s event will follow the same format as in 2015 with the addition of table top exhibits. The President’s Evening has been rebranded as the “Annual Tribute to Success.” HFTP Helps will benefit Camp Boggy Creek this year, a free and safe camp environment for children with serious illnesses and their families. They have also organized a blood drive to help recovery efforts after recent tragedies and natural disasters.

Annual Convention Education Advisory Council

Eileen Sarris, CPA, CHAE

Prakash Shukla

Fitzroy Walker, MBA

HFTP LiaisonLinnet BaskettMary VargasFrank Wolfe, CAE


This council selected the recipients/inductees to the HFTP International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame and the HFTP Paragon Award. The council carefully reviewed the submitted nomination packets and selected the following:

Hall of Fame: Greg Dawes and Monika Nerger Paragon Award: Mary Gerdts

ROSTER:

Chair:Joseph Delgado

Vice Chair:Anthony Carter, CPA

Award and Recognition Advisory Council

Jill Burnett, CHAE, CPA

Scot Campbell, CHTP

Sandra Ehlers

Ralph Miller

Mark Pate, CHAE, CHTP, MBA


Peter William Smith, CHTP

HFTP Liaison Jessica Blankenship

Eliza Selig

CHAIR: Joseph Delgado


CHAIR: Mark Roland, CHAE, MBA

ROSTER:

Chair:Mark Roland, CHAE, MBA

Vice Chair: Mark Pate, CHAE, CHTP, MBA

Susan Bowles, CHAE

Kevin Clark, CHAE

Chris Garland

Jonathon Goodman, CHAE, CPA

Md Amirul Islam

Lynne Power, CHAE, CHTP, CAM

John Riccio, CHAE


Kris Shoemaker, CMA, CGFO, CHAE, CHTP, CPFIM

The council’s year began with its first monthly conference call on March 15, 2017, where the council discussed the implementation of the newly revamped CHAE exam, along with the review slides that became effective January 1, 2017. The actual exam participation began in March 2017. The exam format changed from five sections to four, removing the tax section and making the exam less United States-centric. Along with the new exam launch, the council began the process of determining the implementation of the Certification Advisory Program (CAP). The CAP is an additional review format to prepare an exam candidate for the CHAE exam and encourage candidates to become more involved in the program.

CHAE Advisory Council

HFTP Liaisons Robin Bogdon

Victoria Schaefer


CHAIR: Dr. Paul Willie, CHA, CHAE+, CHTP, CMA

ROSTER:

Chair:Dr. Paul Willie, CHA, CHAE+, CHTP, CMA

Vice Chair:Kelly Moore, CHTP

Chris Begley, CHTP

Katerina Berezina, CHTP

Kjell Olsson, CHTP

Mark Pate, CHAE, CHTP, MBA

Glenn Price, CHAE, CHTP

Jules Sieburgh, CHTP+

Lyle Worthington, CHTP

The CHTP Advisory Council started the year with its first monthly conference call on March 28, 2017, where the council discussed the review process for the CHTP exam and determined that the format of the exam should remain the same. Since then, the council has reviewed all 600 questions and will next review the challenged questions and the recommended study materials list. The council is now determining the implementation process for the Certification Advisory Program (CAP). The council believes the inclusion of this program will spur more interest in candidates taking the exam and future interest in leadership roles for the council and other committees.

CHTP Advisory Council

HFTP Liaison Robin Bogdon Victoria Schaefer


CHAIR: David Manglos, CHAE+, CPA

ROSTER:

Chair:David Manglos, CHAE+, CPA

Frank Agnello, Jr., CHAE+, CMA

Stephanie Anderson, CHAE, CPA, CGMA


John Daum, CPA

Michael Jenkins, CHAE

HFTP Liaison Linnett Basket

Frank Wolfe, CAE

The Club Advisory Council is a new council appointed to discuss club member benefits, and to review and make recommendations for the next revision of The Uniform System of Financial Reporting for Clubs. The council met on June 16, 2017 in New Orleans, La. and recommended several club education sessions for the Annual Convention program. They also recommended to reschedule the Club Financial Exchange for August 2018 at a private club. A new conference, the HFTP Club Summit, will be held March 19-20, 2018 in New Orleans, La. and will offer advanced education addressing club industry strategy, trends and engagement. The council identified topics for the education program and will select speakers. They also recommended club job descriptions that were published on PineappleSearch.

Club Advisory Council

Tony Kelley

Chris Koepper, CPA

Philip Newman, CPA

Benjamin Peck, CCM, CHAE, MBA


John Riccio, CHAE

Wendy Robinson, CHAE

Eileen Sarris, CPA, CHAE

Thomas Smith, CHAE


ROSTER:

John Daum, CPA

Dr. Mehmet Erdem, CHTP

Philip Newman, CPA

Dr. Justin Michael Taillon

Tanya Venegas, MBA, MHM, CHIA

George L. Zoglio, CPA

HFTP Liaison Eliza Selig

The council discusses the editorial calendar for The Bottomline magazine. Members contribute topic suggestions through electronic communications methods such as e-mail. Council members also help with author suggestions, securing authors and reviewing potential articles for publication.

Editorial Peer Review Advisory Council


ROSTER:

Chair:Alvaro Hidalgo

Nigel Allport

Ken Bailey

Sjoerd Blum

Stephen Carter, OBE

Dennis Collet

Richard Harrington

Daniel Johnson

Timo Kettern

Dr. Dennis-Kenji Kipker

Jose Medio, Attorney, CIPP/us, CIPP/e

Ian Millar, CHTP

Benny Nur

Tara O’Neil

Luis del Olmo Pinero

CHAIR: Alvaro Hidalgo

The task force met July 14-15, 2017 at the Sheraton Amsterdam Airport Hotel & Conference Center to discuss the impact and different facets of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the hospitality industry. The initial mandate of the task force was to: identify major challenges to achieve compliance, provide guidelines to enable industry to assess specific needs to achieve compliance, define specific features of the Hospitality Data Protection Officer (HDPO) job role and propose structure of HFTP HDPO certification, and establish a communication policy to create awareness by conducting interviews, writing blogs and articles, and presenting sessions at industry events.

GDPR/Hospitality Data Protection Officer Task Force

Sophie Pommois

Gary Smith

Stephanie Timsit

Rajesh Vohra

James Wright

Oguz Can Yildirim, CHTP

HFTP Liaisons: Lucinda Hart, CAE, MBA Carl Weldon, FIH, FHOSPA


CHAIR: Carson Booth, CHTP

ROSTER:

Chair:Carson Booth, CHTP

Vice Chair:Derek Wood

Fergus BoydJames ByrneMark Campbell

Ally DombeyGerhard FinsterThierry GuiraudiosAlvaro HidalgoTimo KetternLodewijk KlootwijkPhil Le BrunMichael Levie, CHTPCelina Mendieta, CMPIan Millar, CHTP

The HITEC Amsterdam Advisory Council met on July 13, 2017 at the Sheraton Airport Schiphol to plan the education program for HITEC Amsterdam 2018, which is scheduled April 11-13, 2018 at the Rai Convention Centre in Amsterdam. The council identified 17 session topics to include in the education program and made keynote speaker recommendations. Preconference events will include the CIO-CFO event and #20X. The council will continue to work on developing the program via conference calls.

HITEC Amsterdam Advisory Council

Sophie PommoisMichiel RoelfsemaHenri RoelingsBarry Thomas, CHTPCarl WeldonLyle Worthington, CHTP

HFTP Liaison Frank Wolfe, CAE


CHAIR: Marwan Al Ali

ROSTER:

Chair:Marwan Al Ali Naveen BharadwajEmilio Dragas Samir Abi Frem Jai Govindani Linda Griffin

Iftikhar Hamdani Nigel Hattersley Md Amirul Islam Fraidy Pinto Mahmoud Kamal Lijo Mathew Kankapadan Radi Karnib Sanjay Nadkarni Ahmed Nassaf

The HITEC Dubai Advisory Council held their first planning meeting on Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at Jumeirah Offices in the Dubai Design District.

The vision for the HITEC Dubai education program is to focus on the “pain points” of the hospitality industry. The council identified 15 sessions to include in the education program, along with two opening sessions.

HITEC Dubai will take place November 14-15, 2017.

HITEC Dubai Advisory Council

Julio Perez Mohamed Rizwan Yazan Sabelaish Khushru Siganporia Nicholas Watson Laurent Voivenel



CHAIR: Prakash Shukla

ROSTER:

Chair:Prakash Shukla

Dr. Katerina Berezina, CHTPMichael BlakeCarson Booth, CHTPScot Campbell, CHTPAmitava ChatterjeeMichael Duffy, CHTP

Jai GovindaniTed HornerLaurent IdracMichael Levie, CHTPMonika NergerArlene Ramirez, CHAE, CHE, MBA, CHIAHenri RoelingsRichard SiegelJason SmithPeter William Smith, CHTPMartin Stanton

The HITEC Toronto Advisory Council met in January 2017 in Toronto for the annual planning meeting and continued program development via conference calls through May. The council delivered a HITEC education program that included two boot camp sessions, 13 super sessions, 15 concurrent sessions and two keynote sessions.

HITEC Toronto Advisory Council

Bryan SteeleAndy Tjan, CHTPRichard TudgayNancy WolffDerek WoodLyle Worthington, CHTPJing Zhu

HFTP Liaison Frank Wolfe, CAE Celina Mendieta


CHAIR: Christopher Garland, CHAE

ROSTER:

Chair:Christopher Garland, CHAE

Cindy BraakCarol CernugelDennis DuBois, CHAERobert Dunigan, CHAEJack FritscheJim Gerth, CHAE

Ann HarrisMark HaysKirk JonesRick KowaleskiLou LavauxRalph Miller, CPA, CA, CBV, CHA, CHAEJim MrhaAnand NaimpallyCraig NashScott NessArlene Ramirez, CHAE, CHE, MBA, CHIA

The council met on May 3, 2017 in Washington, D.C., and held conference calls on Feb. 21 and Sept. 27. The council identified the current trends and the most important topics to which finance executives should be exposed to at the Hotel Financial Executives Exchange (HFEE) in June 2017. Council members assisted in the review of the CHAE exam by taking the exam and giving feedback; members also participated in the HFTP IT study conducted by the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Houston. The council recently assisted with the review of the Lodging Accounting Job Descriptions published to PineappleSearch.

Hotel Finance Advisory Council

Victoria RichmanJeremy ShearsGina TallaricoLieven WernerJeffrey Wong HFTP Liaison Thomas Atzenhofer, CPALucinda Hart, CAE, MBA


CHAIR: James Schiff, CHAE+, CPA

ROSTER:

Chair:James H. Schiff, CHAE+, CPA

Joshua Bergen, CHAE, CHTP

Joseph Delgado

Mehmet Erdem, CHTP

Judy Holcomb, CHAE+, Ph.D.

Amirul Islam

Sharon Litchfield, CHAE

Laurie Rozeski, CHAE, MBA

Dr. Justin Taillon

HFTP Liaison Bill Abraham

Fritz Johnson

Membership Concierge Advisory Council

The Membership Concierge Advisory Council assists members new and old with how to use the benefits HFTP has to offer. Lists of all new members are sent every other month from the global office to the council members to contact via email or telephone. The council has also made their presence available at the HITEC Member Lounge, and the council will assist with the First-Time Attendee Orientation at the Annual Convention.


CHAIR: Arlene Ramirez, CHAE, CHE, MBA, CHIA

ROSTER:

Chair:



Daniel Conti, Jr., CHAE, CAM

Chris Begley, CHTP

Mark Roland, CHAE, MBA

Prakash Shukla

Paul Willie, CHA, CHAE+, CHTP, CMA


The committee met in Orlando, Fla. last April, where they interviewed candidates for the open positions on the HFTP Global Board of Directors and Executive Committee. After reviewing the strategic plan and candidate information, the committee interviewed all of the candidates. The slate for the 2017-2018 Executive Committee and board was announced to HFTP membership in June and published on the HFTP Connect blog.

Nominating Committee

2016–2017 HFTP MembershipMember Statistics

New Members 912

New Student Members114

No. of Countries with Members

62

Avg. Members for the Year

4,329

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