Agilysys Senior Vice President of Product Strategy Frank Pitsikalis Appointed to the Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) Vendor Advisory Council
September 21 2023 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Agilysys leader and other HTNG council members
to advise American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) members on
how technology will influence the future of hospitality
Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of
hospitality software, solutions and services that deliver High
Return Hospitality, announces that Frank Pitsikalis, senior vice
president of product strategy, has been appointed to the Hotel
Technology Next Generation (HTNG) Vendor Advisory Council (VAC).
HTNG is a council of the American Hotel and Lodging Association
(AHLA), whose more than 32,000 member properties represent every
segment of the hotel and lodging business, including 80 percent of
all franchised hotel properties in the United States covering more
than 3.2 million rooms.
As one of 24 council members, Pitsikalis will collaborate with
industry leaders regarding challenges faced by the hospitality
community and will advise members on ways technology can be
utilized to overcome challenges and drive opportunities to shape
the industry’s future. The VAC unifies understanding of technology
advances among the vendor community, hoteliers and the AHLA.
The global technology community within AHLA, HTNG facilitates
the development of technology models for hospitality that foster
innovation, improve the guest experience, increase the
effectiveness and efficiency of hotels and create a healthy
ecosystem for technology suppliers.
The HTNG Vendor Advisory Council represents the collective
interests of technology vendors supporting the hospitality
industry. It provides a platform to gather cutting-edge technology
vendors to tackle critical technology needs within the hospitality
industry and ensures HTNG devotes efforts to those.
“With nearly 25 years in the hospitality industry, including
founding his own hospitality technology company, Frank will provide
a wealth of knowledge, experience and insights that will help the
VAC push forward HTNG’s mission to harness the collective wisdom of
technology leaders to solve common hospitality challenges,” said
Mike Blake, Chief Technology Officer, AHLA.
In 2000, Pitsikalis founded ResortSuite and subsequently grew it
into a leading provider of integrated, guest-centric, hospitality
technologies. Agilysys acquired ResortSuite in January 2022, at
which time Pitsikalis joined the Company’s executive team and was
later promoted to senior vice president of product strategy.
“The work this close-knit council does is critical to driving
the hospitality industry forward – contributing to the creation of
solution-oriented concepts that create technology priorities that
ultimately help properties thrive,” said Pitsikalis. “It’s an honor
being elected by my hotel-community peers and I look forward to
advancing how the industry leverages technology innovation to
better serve employees and guests while also improving margins and
growth,” he added.
About Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG), a committee
of The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA)
For nearly twenty years, HTNG served as the premier technology
solutions association in the hospitality industry, with members
from hospitality companies, technology vendors to hospitality,
consultants, media and academic experts. In 2021, HTNG completed a
strategic combination with AHLA becoming a committee dedicated to
expanding its reach and serving as the leading voice for technology
in the hospitality industry, globally. HTNG's members participate
in technology-focused workgroups to address specific business
problems and develop best practices, standards, guidance and
additional solution sets to help move hospitality forward. These
specifications, white papers, buyer guides and additional resources
can be found here. For more information, visit ahla.com/htng.
About Agilysys
Agilysys is well known for its long heritage of
hospitality-focused technology innovation. The Company delivers
modular and integrated software solutions and expertise to
businesses seeking to maximize Return on Experience (ROE) through
hospitality encounters that are both personal and profitable. Over
time, customers achieve High Return Hospitality by consistently
delighting guests, retaining staff and growing margins. Customers
around the world include: branded and independent hotels;
multi-amenity resort properties; casinos; property, hotel and
resort management companies; cruise lines; corporate dining
providers; higher education campus dining providers; food service
management companies; hospitals; lifestyle communities; senior
living facilities; stadiums; and theme parks. The Agilysys
Hospitality Cloud™ combines core operational systems for property
management (PMS), point-of-sale (POS) and Inventory and Procurement
(I&P) with Experience Enhancers™ that meaningfully improve
interactions for guests and employees across dimensions such as
digital access, mobile convenience, self-service control, personal
choice, payment options, service coverage and real-time insights to
improve decisions. Core solutions and Experience Enhancers are
combined in Hospitality Solution Studios™ tailored to specific
hospitality settings and business needs. www.agilysys.com
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Media: Jen Reeves, Agilysys, Inc., 770-810-6007,
jennifer.reeves@agilysys.com Kaylee Sims, Arketi Group,
404-697-0137, ksims@arketi.com
Investors: Jessica Hennessy, Agilysys, Inc.,
770-810-6116, jessica.hennessy@agilysys.com or
investorrelations@agilysys.com
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