Bangkok--7 Oct--SPOTMARK Hotel technology experts will address the challenging issues facing hotel industry at Hotel Technology Conference that will take place on October 29, 2008 at the Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok, Thailand. Hotel Technology Conference 2008 highlights hotel technology for today and tomorrow and aims at hotel technology professional as well as hotel owners and managements who want to better understand hotel technology trend and how to benefit from such trend. The conference will feature high profile speakers from around the regions. Mr. Terrence Ronson, Managing Director, PertLink Co., Ltd. who will speak on Effectively and Efficiently Provisioning Technologies for NEXTGEN Travellers said that "Technology continues to evolve at a more rapid pace than ever before, and it will not slow down. Adoption of these new technologies by end-users is exponentially increasing, and some say we have an insatiable appetite. But the hospitality industry is often perceived as lagging behind, taking an unusually long time to make a strategic decision, and in some cases, decision makers just sit on their hands and mothball their check books. This session uses the "C—word" to illustrate the strategic importance of technology and demonstrate what some hotel companies are doing with tech." Other renowned speaker, Mr. Oliver Winzer, Managing Director, Amadeus Hospitality IT Division, who will share his vision on Challenges & Benefits of Hotel IT Investment. He said "before making any decision on hotel IT investment, the hotelier should think carefully that he should spend more on PMS or rather invest more into business intelligence." Mr. Somboon Sukhiviriya, President and founder of Comanche International will speak on Hotel Technology Trend & How To Choose One said that "it is good that hoteliers know hotel technology trend but that is not enough. They need to choose the right technology that fit their hotel concept and capable for future expansion. It will be no use to buy today technology that will be out-of-date tomorrow." Speaking on Centralizing PMS: The Creative Way to Drive Up Hotel Profits, Mr. Greg Spicer, Managing Director, Xn Hotel Systems, said that "based on highly successful real world case studies, conducted globally over the past 6 years, my presentation will highlight the benefits of using PMS & CRS technology to drive profits and service, by using available bandwidth and a proven, centralised approach to application deployment" Speaker line-up at the Hotel Technology Conference 2008 also includes Dr. Rachatrin Tongrungrojana, Assistant Director, CS Loxinfo who will speak on "Online Reservation & Security" and Ms. Ratchanee Teepprasan, Director, Corporate ICT Solutions who will touch on "Internet & Wireless Technology." Mr. Sirapat Kettarn, Managing Director, SPOTMARK - - the conference organizer said that "The conference will provide industry leaders in the hotel industry with solutions to overcome hotel technology challenges and will evaluate the latest trends in hotel technology, and new innovations for hotel technology strategies in the future." Hotel Technology Conference 2008 will take place on October 29, 2008 at the Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok, Thailand. For more information, please contact SPOTMARK at T: +66 2 940 9078, F: +66 2 940 9079, E: [email protected] or visit www.hotelmanagementasia.com For more information please contact Sirapat Kettarn TEL: +66 2 940 9078/9