🟦After HITEC: You Saw All the Technology. Nobody Showed You Why It's Not Working.
Thursday, October 1, 2026 (12:00 PM - 1:00 PM) (EDT)
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After HITEC:
You Saw All the Technology. Nobody Showed You Why It's Not Working.
If you were at HITEC this year, you saw the best of what our industry can build. AI tools getting smarter, automation finally becoming practical, and platforms that genuinely move the needle when they’re used well. The energy was real, and the innovation is real.
But if you work in a hotel, a brand, or a management company, you also know the part that rarely makes it into the sessions.
A property signs the contract.
The vendor trains the team.
And six months later, half the staff is still doing the work the old way.
Not because the technology is bad. Because adoption is hard and hospitality is a human business long before it’s a technical one.
On October 1st, we’re hosting a conversation that picks up where HITEC left off. Not to critique the tech because we saw it ourselves and it’s better than it’s ever been, but to talk honestly about the part that determines whether any of it actually works: how people absorb change inside a hotel.
Here's the case we're making:
- The tools are ready. Many properties are already seeing real P&L impact.
- What’s missing is the part between “go‑live” and “daily use”. This is the shift in roles, habits, workflows, and expectations that no demo slide ever covers.
- With 2027 budgets being finalized right now, adoption isn’t a side topic. It’s the difference between ROI and another shelfware system.
What you'll walk away with:
- A practical, on‑the‑ground understanding of what actually makes technology stick inside a hotel built from real operations, real teams, and real change moments:
- How work really happens on property, and why software has to match that
- How people absorb change when their shift doesn’t pause for training
- How leaders keep momentum after go‑live, when the vendor has already moved on
Who this is for: Whether you attended HITEC or not this year, if you're accountable for making a hotel, brand, or management company's technology spend actually pay off this webinar is for you.
Date: Thursday, October 1, 2026
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST
Location: Virtual
Thursday, October 1, 2026 (12:00 PM - 1:00 PM)
(EDT)
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