HFTP Announces Team for Hospitality Program for Upcoming GDPR Compliance Deadline
AMSTERDAM – As hospitality companies conducting business in Europe
prepare to make operational changes to conform with the EU General
Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Hospitality Financial and
Technology Professional (HFTP®) has put together a team of experts to
prepare supporting resources for the industry. Specifically, the
association has recruited an advisory council to develop Hospitality
Data Protection Officer (DPO) Guidelines along with a Hospitality Data
Protection Officer certification program, with a release date of
Summer 2017. A key requirement in the GDPR is that companies who
handle large stores of sensitive personal information must assign a
DPO, and it is estimated that this could open approximately 28,000
positions overall. Impacting both the finance and technology areas and
with a required compliance date of May 25, 2018 for the GDPR, HFTP has
deemed it critical to develop resources for hospitality technology
operations which assist in installing this newly-mandatory position.
HFTP, which produces HITEC® the oldest and largest hospitality
technology conference and exposition, has expanded the brand
internationally with three events in 2017. This includes the just
concluded HITEC Amsterdam, March 28-30 with 1,121 attendees and 83
exhibitors and an education program with a unique European
perspective. The GDPR and general data protection were top issues of
discussion amongst the group of European technologists and highlighted
the importance to HFTP leaders the importance to developing resources
in advance of next year's deadline.
"By the nature of a hospitality business, hospitality companies now
collect vast amounts of personal data to assist in providing seamless
and personalized services to their guests. With that, in the coming
year, hospitality technology operations doing business in Europe will
need to focus on making compliance happen," said Frank Wolfe, CAE. "By
making available these guidelines and directives from experts
specifically knowledgeable with the hospitality space, HFTP is aiming
to ease the unique protection challenges ahead."
The mandate for the DPO is described in Article 39 of the GDPR and
requires the position to inform and advise employees on requirements,
ensure compliance and act as the contact point.
HFTP currently offers two hospitality-specific certifications: the
Certified Hospitality Technology Professional (CHTP®) and the
Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE®) each demonstrating
competencies in finance and technology. This puts HFTP in a unique
position to establish a hospitality-specific certification for DPOs.
With a team of experts, HFTP will build a program that demonstrates an
individual's competency for the position within a hospitality company.
This year, HFTP will also produce its larger North American event
HITEC Toronto from June 26-29 and HITEC Dubai from November 14-15, in
partnership with Naseba. In 2018, HFTP will bring back HITEC Amsterdam
on April 11-14 in addition to HITEC Houston on June 26-29.
For more information about HITEC and HFTP's other global activities,
contact the HFTP Meetings & Special Events Department at
education@hftp.org or visit www.hftp.org and www.hftp.org/hitec/.
About HFTP
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) is a global
nonprofit hospitality association, headquartered in Austin, Texas,
USA, that uniquely understands the industry's problems. HFTP has
members and stakeholders across the globe. HFTP assists its members in
finding solutions to industry problems more efficiently than any
organization via its expert networks, research, conferences such as
HITEC and certification programs. HFTP also owns the world's only
hospitality specific search engine, PineappleSearch.com. HFTP is
recognized as the spokes group for the finance and technology segment
of the hospitality industry. For more information about HFTP, email
membership@hftp.org or download the
HFTP/HITEC media kit via the HFTP website.
prepare to make operational changes to conform with the EU General
Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Hospitality Financial and
Technology Professional (HFTP®) has put together a team of experts to
prepare supporting resources for the industry. Specifically, the
association has recruited an advisory council to develop Hospitality
Data Protection Officer (DPO) Guidelines along with a Hospitality Data
Protection Officer certification program, with a release date of
Summer 2017. A key requirement in the GDPR is that companies who
handle large stores of sensitive personal information must assign a
DPO, and it is estimated that this could open approximately 28,000
positions overall. Impacting both the finance and technology areas and
with a required compliance date of May 25, 2018 for the GDPR, HFTP has
deemed it critical to develop resources for hospitality technology
operations which assist in installing this newly-mandatory position.
HFTP, which produces HITEC® the oldest and largest hospitality
technology conference and exposition, has expanded the brand
internationally with three events in 2017. This includes the just
concluded HITEC Amsterdam, March 28-30 with 1,121 attendees and 83
exhibitors and an education program with a unique European
perspective. The GDPR and general data protection were top issues of
discussion amongst the group of European technologists and highlighted
the importance to HFTP leaders the importance to developing resources
in advance of next year's deadline.
"By the nature of a hospitality business, hospitality companies now
collect vast amounts of personal data to assist in providing seamless
and personalized services to their guests. With that, in the coming
year, hospitality technology operations doing business in Europe will
need to focus on making compliance happen," said Frank Wolfe, CAE. "By
making available these guidelines and directives from experts
specifically knowledgeable with the hospitality space, HFTP is aiming
to ease the unique protection challenges ahead."
The mandate for the DPO is described in Article 39 of the GDPR and
requires the position to inform and advise employees on requirements,
ensure compliance and act as the contact point.
HFTP currently offers two hospitality-specific certifications: the
Certified Hospitality Technology Professional (CHTP®) and the
Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE®) each demonstrating
competencies in finance and technology. This puts HFTP in a unique
position to establish a hospitality-specific certification for DPOs.
With a team of experts, HFTP will build a program that demonstrates an
individual's competency for the position within a hospitality company.
This year, HFTP will also produce its larger North American event
HITEC Toronto from June 26-29 and HITEC Dubai from November 14-15, in
partnership with Naseba. In 2018, HFTP will bring back HITEC Amsterdam
on April 11-14 in addition to HITEC Houston on June 26-29.
For more information about HITEC and HFTP's other global activities,
contact the HFTP Meetings & Special Events Department at
education@hftp.org or visit www.hftp.org and www.hftp.org/hitec/.
About HFTP
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) is a global
nonprofit hospitality association, headquartered in Austin, Texas,
USA, that uniquely understands the industry's problems. HFTP has
members and stakeholders across the globe. HFTP assists its members in
finding solutions to industry problems more efficiently than any
organization via its expert networks, research, conferences such as
HITEC and certification programs. HFTP also owns the world's only
hospitality specific search engine, PineappleSearch.com. HFTP is
recognized as the spokes group for the finance and technology segment
of the hospitality industry. For more information about HFTP, email
membership@hftp.org or download the
HFTP/HITEC media kit via the HFTP website.
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