HSMAI.org | HSMAI is the leading organization of sales and marketing professionals representing all segments of the hospitality industry. With a strong focus on education, HSMAI has become the industry leader in identifying and communicating trends in the hospitality industry while operating as a leading voice for both hospitality and sales and marketing management disciplines. Members can access a wide variety of educational tools and enhance their skills and expertise to increase business and enrich their careers.

HFTP.org | Based in Austin, Texas, Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) is the professional association for financial and IT personnel working in hotels, resorts, clubs, casinos, restaurants, and other hospitality-related businesses. HFTP also administers the examination and awards the certification for the Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE) and the Certified Hospitality Technology Professional (CHTP) designations. HFTP was founded in 1952 as the National Association of Hospitality Accountants.

IH-RA.com | The International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IH&RA)is a global network of independent and chain operators, national associations, hospitality suppliers and educational centers in the hotel and restaurant industry. IH&RA headquarters are in Paris, France. It has regional offices in Hong Kong (for Asia pacific) and Mexico (for Latin America). IH&RA events are held all over the world.

HSMAI.org (europe) | HSMAI Division Europe is the largest division outside the USA, presently with chapters located all over Europe. HSMAI embraces all segments of the travel industry and today it stands as a world leader in marketing education and programming, serving members from hotels, resorts, conference centers, airlines, cruise lines, car rental companies, railroads, convention and visitors bureaus, area attractions and destinations.

HEDNA.org | The Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association (HEDNA) is a not-for-profit trade association whose worldwide membership includes executives and managers from over 200 of the most influential companies in the hotel distribution industry. Founded in 1991, all of HEDNA's activities are intended to stimulate the booking of hotel rooms through the use of GDS, the Internet and other electronic means. HEDNA brings all segments of the hotel industry together to evolve systems and services into electronic distribution that is easy and efficient.

HTNG.org | The premier technology solutions association in the hospitality industry, HTNG is a self-funded, non-profit organization with members from hotel and hospitality companies, technology vendors to hospitality, and other industry members including consultants, media, and academic experts. HTNG’s members participate in focused workgroups to bring open solution-sets addressing specific business problems to the hospitality market.

hospitalitynet.org | Hospitality Net is a leading and trendsetting online trade publication for professionals within the global hospitality & hotel industry. Launched in 1995, the portal serves en audience of hospitality professionals interested in global hospitality trends and developments, providing them with both daily updated content and interactive services. The site offers industry news, multimedia streamed features, discussion platforms, a recruitment center, a supplier marketplace and several focus areas in areas such as technology and sales & marketing. Hospitality Net, which serves a vast registered user-base of highly targeted business professionals, is part of the network of portals in the hospitality industry.

wiredhotelier.com | Wiredhotelier.com is the first publication in its kind to put 100% focus on Internet-related issues within the global hotel-industry vertical. Launched in 2000, the portal offers its audience a mix of daily updated content around 4 main topics: (1) Online Distribution, (2) Guestroom Technology, (3) Preperty Technology, and (4) Safety & Security. WiredHotelier.com, which serves a registered user-base of over 7,500 targeted business professionals, is part of the Hsyndicate network of portals in the hospitality industry.

HSMAI eCONNECT | Launched in 2004 by HSMAI as a one-stop portal for global information and resources on hospitality and travel sales and marketing topics. The portal serves as an online repository for information on and research of today's most important sales & marketing issues, providing six key subject areas for which contents are continuously updated.

Hsyndicate | Knowledgebase | Hsyndicate Knowledge Connect currently enables a variety of hotel groups to integrate Hsyndicate knowledgebase-contents into their existing intranets, newsletters and wireless channels. Based on specific content requirements of each member, Hsyndicate delivers daily updated market intelligence in various formats ranging from XML to custom designed HTML. Most hotel groups implement Hsyndicate Knowledge Connect as an intelligence and education resource for employees at property and corporate level or even as a benefit for franchisee communities.

Hospitality Information Services | Hospitality Information Services, Inc. (HIS) is a full service hospitality market research company created to serve the industry and empower its clients with timely market information to increasing Group and Catering revenues. For over 17 years, HIS has become known as the trusted source for providing valuable competitive market intelligence to the hospitality industry.

wiwih.com | wiwih (who is who in hospitalityis an online networking tools offered to professionals in the hospitality and tourism industries. By managing their professional network on wiwih, users can strengthen and extend their existing network of trusted contacts. When searching their extended network, wiwih professionals discover inside connections they never knew they had to recommended job candidates, industry experts and business partners. wiwih operates from Maastricht, The Netherlands and is part of the Hsyndicate.org network of websites.

Hsyndicate Press | Connect | For qualified industry business and consumer press, Hsyndicate disseminates full-text news announcements from hundreds of lodging and tourism-related companies and organizations worldwide (our members) to news media, financial markets, market analysts, investors, industry portals, universities, databases and other targeted and industry-relevant audiences. With more than a decade of experience and leadership, Hsyndicate offers journalists a variety of free, interactive newsgathering tools.

newsgator | For Journalists | NewsGator is a "news aggregator" that runs in Microsoft Outlook. Designed for hospitality-industry press (editors and journalists), Hsyndicate enables industry-press to subscribe to various hospitality-related syndicated news feeds to be delivered right into their Outlook folders. Hsyndicate Newsgator-compatible news-feeds include content categories such as finance, sales & marketing, technology and design. Hsyndicate also delivers contents by geographical relevance.

B2B Media Mailing-List | Integrated part of Hsyndicate's news distribution service is the email delivery of your news among a variety of B2B media outlets, By sending press releases and other press material to targeted and lodging-industry-focused publishers and editors, Hsyndicate's service increases the probability of obtaining coverage in outlets listed below. Hsyndicate uses a variety of channels to reach industry press. These channels include a Weekly Press Digest eNewsletter, XML-feeds, Outlook integrated RSS fees and delivery of a weekly news-digest which is disseminated via email.

B2C Media Mailing-List | Integrated part of Hsyndicate's news distribution service is the email delivery of your news among a variety of consumer-media outlets (B2C). By sending press releases and other press material to targeted and lodging-industry-focused publishers and editors, Hsyndicate's service increases the probability of obtaining coverage in outlets listed below. Hsyndicate uses a variety of channels to reach industry press. These channels include a Weekly Press Digest eNewsletter, XML-feeds, Outlook integrated RSS fees and delivery of a weekly news-digest which is disseminated via email.

Week In Review (Newsletter) | Hospitality Net is one of the trendsetting online trade publications for the global hospitality/hotel industry. Launched in 1995, the portal serves a worldwide audience of hospitality professionals, providing them with both daily updated contents and interactive services. The site offers industry news, multimedia streamed features, discussion platforms, a recruitment center, a supplier marketplace and several focus areas in areas such as technology and sales & marketing. Hospitality Net, which serves a registered user-base of over 15,000 targeted business professionals, is part of the network of portals in the hospitality industry.

wiredhotelier (Newsletter) | Wiredhotelier.com is the first publication in its kind to put 100% focus on Internet-related issues within the global hotel-industry vertical. Launched in 2000, the portal offers its audience a mix of daily updated Internet & hospitality news, wired jobs, listings of suppliers which provide Internet-related services, wired links, a wired discussion platform, and more... , which serves a registered user-base of over 7,500 targeted business professionals, is part of the network of portals in the hospitality industry.

HFTP InfoLine (Newsletter) | Based in Austin, Texas, Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) is the professional association for financial and IT personnel working in hotels, resorts, clubs, casinos, restaurants, and other hospitality-related businesses. HFTP also administers the examination and awards the certification for the Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE) and the Certified Hospitality Technology Professional (CHTP) designations. HFTP was founded in 1952 as the National Association of Hospitality Accountants.

Revenue Management (Newsletter) | HSMAI's Revenue Management SIG newsletter. In keeping with its overall objective to create relevance for its members and to be a vital information source for the industry at large, the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) has launched Special Interest Groups (SIG) in five industry segments.

Smith Travel Research (STR) Daily | Smith Travel Research (STR) is the lodging industry's leading information and data provider. STR has the most comprehensive database of hotel performance information ever compiled. Whether you're a hotel owner or operator, management company, real estate consultant, appraiser, lender or an entrepreneur looking for an investment opportunity, you need reliable, objective and authoritative business intelligence.

Internet Marketing (Newsletter) | Travel Internet Marketing SIG newsletter. In keeping with its overall objective to create relevance for its members and to be a vital information source for the industry at large, the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) has launched Special Interest Groups (SIG) in five industry segments.

Resort Management (Newsletter) | HSMAI's resort Management SIG newsletter. In keeping with its overall objective to create relevance for its members and to be a vital information source for the industry at large, the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) has launched Special Interest Groups (SIG) in five industry segments.

hotelschools.com | serves as a portal-site which focuses on delivering exhaustive information in the field of hospitality education. The site which will launch April 2004, will provide services and benefits for prospective students, current students and academic communities within the hospitality industry. Powered by Hsyndicate, forms integrated part of Hsyndicate's hotel-focused knowledgebase which provides daily-updated industry-intelligence to 50,000+ industry professionals. Hsyndicate users include hotel chains, trade associations and universities.

Lausanne Hotel School | The Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) is one of the world's best-known and most respected schools of hospitality management. The school's mission is to educate students who are aiming for top careers in the international hospitality industry, especially in leading hotels, restaurants and hotel chains. As the first hotel school in the world, founded in 1893, the school has always been a leader in hospitality education. Today it is a non-profit foundation, recognized world-wide as a model of excellence in hospitality management training. Its university-level professional studies are developed and taught in both English and French.

Emirates Academy | Opened in October 2001, The Emirates Academy of Hospitality M anagement is an integral part of Jumeirah International, the hotel group behind The Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Burj Al Arab and Emirates Towers. Established as a place of higher education, offering degree-level courses, it is the first major academy focusing on tourism and hospitality university level education in the Middle East.

Cornell University | The Cornell University School of Hotel Administration is shaping the global knowledge base for hospitality management through leadership in education, research and industry advancement. The school provides management-level instruction in the full range of hospitality disciplines, educating the next generation of leaders in the world's largest industry. Founded in 1922 as the nation's first collegiate course of study in hospitality management, the Cornell Hotel School is recognized as the world leader in its field.

ihmrs.com | The International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show® is the premier trade event for the hospitality industry. Each year, over 55,000 attendees and 1,800 exhibitors meet for three days of concentrated and intense business. Exhibitors showcase the newest products and services available to the industry, including food & beverage, furnishings, technology, equipment, linens, amenities, tableware, cleaning and much more. The industry's most influential buyers from hotels, restaurants, purchasing companies, design firms, catering and specialty foodservice establishments, dealerships, casinos, resorts and more converge on New York in November to see what's new in the industry. If you purchase or supply products or services for the lodging or foodservice industry, you need to be here!

hitec.org | HITEC®, produced by Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), is the most comprehensive meeting of its kind in the hospitality industry. It addresses the use of technology in the industry and brings together buyers and sellers of technology under one roof. In addition to hearing the industry's leading speakers, attendees received practical information at Monday's "nuts-and-bolts" pre-conference seminars. The 750-plus booth exposition included companies providing technology equipment, services, and products to the hospitality industry.