Jeremy Gutsche, CEO of TrendHunter.com, Announced as Opening Keynote Speaker for HITEC 2015
AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA - April 3, 2015 - CEO of TrendHunter.com, Jeremy Gutsche will address the 2015 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®) attendees during the opening session on Monday, June 15, 2015 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, USA.
TrendHunter.com, the number one trend-spotting site in the world, has been viewed over two billion times and showcases "what's next" in marketing design, technology and various other categories. Gutsche himself has spoken to over 150,000 people at over 200 events. He is the writer of the New York Times bestseller "Better and Faster: The Proven Path to Unstoppable Ideas," and winner of The Cisco Innovation Excellence Award as well as the BDC's Young Entreprenuer of the Year Award. Before leading TrendHunter.com, Gutsche was one of the youngest business directors at Capital One leading his team to grow a billion dollar portfolio of market leading products. His earlier book, "Exploiting Chaos," won an Axiom Business Book Award, was named an Inc. Best Book for Business Owners and was a number one bestseller on the 800 CEO Read List.
Gutche's keynote session, "Better and Faster," will teach attendees a proven path to unstoppable ideas. The interactive keynote will deliver a blend of viral new trends, strategic frameworks and a contagious enthusiasm for innovation. Gutsche will connect human evolution with our ability to adapt to rapid change, showing why smart people miss great ideas and what to do about it. The highly engaging, humorous, and educational lessons are drawn from the untold tales of reclusive billionaires, and ordinary people who achieved the unthinkable by simply seeing the opportunities that others overlooked.
HITEC is the world's largest hospitality technology show. HITEC 2015 brings the brightest minds and hottest technology to the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, USA June 15-18, 2015. For further details on HITEC including registration, conference schedules and the exhibit hall floor plan, please visit the HITEC web site.
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HFTP, founded in 1952 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA with additional offices in Maastricht, The Netherlands, and Kowloon, Hong Kong, is the global professional association for financial and technology personnel working in hotels, clubs and other hospitality-related businesses. HFTP provides first class educational opportunities, research, and publications to members around the globe including, the premiere hospitality technology conference HITEC - founded in 1972. HFTP also awards the only hospitality specific certifications for accounting and technology - the Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE) and the Certified Hospitality Technology Professional (CHTP) designations. HFTP was founded in the USA as the National Association of Hotel Accountants
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