Industry Partners

IDeaS partners with various industry organizations to provide thought leadership in pricing and revenue management solutions; to assist in development of a sustainable revenue management culture; and, to develop industry standards for interoperability and seamless deployment of automated solutions.

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IDeaS’ Industry Partners are classified within the following categories:

Hotel Marketing and Representation Companies

Design Hotels

Design Hotels™ represents and markets a hand-picked collection of more than 170 hotels in over 40 countries across the globe. Established in 1993, as the first of its kind, the company offers unparalleled specialist knowledge from conceptual branding through to market trend consultancy and international representation. The company has its headquarters in Berlin and branches in London, Barcelona, New York, Singapore, Bali, Tokyo and Perth.

Historic Hotels of America (HHA)

The National Trust established Historic Hotels of America in 1989 to identify quality hotels that have faithfully maintained their historic integrity, architecture and ambience. To be accepted into Historic Hotels of America, hotels must be located in a building that is at least 50 years old and listed in, or eligible for, the National Register of Historic Places or recognized locally as having historic significance.

The Leading Hotels of the World (LHW)

The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd. is the prestigious luxury hospitality organization representing 430 of the world's finest hotels, resorts and spas. Headquartered in New York City, the company maintains a network of 24 regional offices in key cities around the world.

Preferred Hotel Group

Preferred Hotel Group is a global leader in the hospitality industry that delivers high-performance sales, marketing, and technology solutions to approx. 400 independent hotels and resorts in more than 60 countries around the world. With 28 sales offices worldwide, Preferred Hotel Group is the industry leader in providing state-of-the-art technology, innovative business solutions and strategic sales support.

WORLDHOTELS

WORLDHOTELS is the largest and most established Europe based global hotel group for independent hotels and regional hotel brands. The company's strong emphasis is on properties with character and distinction. Under the banner “Bringing Unique Hotels and People Together”, WORLDHOTELS offers business and leisure travelers a wide choice of individualistic accommodation in Deluxe, First Class and Comfort collections. WORLDHOTELS provides a wide range of sales, marketing, distribution and related and has about 500 member properties in more than 300 destinations and 70 countries
worldwide.

Hospitality and Travel Industry Organizations

American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA)

AH&LA is a 94-year-old dual membership association throughout the United States with some 11,000 property members worldwide, representing more than 1.5 million guest rooms. AH&LA provides its members with assistance in operations, education, and communications, and lobbies on Capitol Hill to provide a business climate in which the industry can continue to prosper. Individual state associations provide representation at the state level and offer many additional cost-saving benefits.

British Association of Hospitality Accountants (BAHA)

BAHA aims to bring together professionals involved in financial management and control within the hospitality industry. Membership includes financial controllers, finance directors, finance teams as well as systems specialists, hospitality consultants and accountants, bankers, investment analysts, property professionals and academics.

Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI)

HSMAI is a global organization of sales and marketing professionals representing all segments of the hospitality industry. With a strong focus on education, HSMAI has become the industry champion in identifying and communicating trends in the hospitality industry while operating as a leading voice for both hospitality and sales and marketing management disciplines, as well as connecting its members with customers.

Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association (HEDNA)

HEDNA is a not-for-profit trade association whose worldwide membership includes over 200 of the most influential companies in the hotel distribution industry. All of HEDNA's activities are intended to stimulate hotel bookings through the use of Global Distribution Systems (GDSs), the Internet and other electronic means.

Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG)

The premier technology solutions association in the hospitality industry, HTNG is a self-funded, non-profit organization with members from hotel and hospitality companies, technology vendors to hospitality, and other industry members including consultants, media, and academic experts. HTNG’s members participate in focused workgroups to bring to market open solution sets addressing specific business problems. HTNG fosters the selection and adoption of existing open standards. Where necessary, it also develops new open standards to meet the needs of the global hospitality industry.

Open Travel Alliance (OTA)

The Open Travel Alliance provides a community where companies in the electronic distribution supply chain work together to create an accepted structure for electronic messages, enabling suppliers and distributors to speak the same interoperability language, trading partner to trading partner.

Parking and Airport Industry Organizations

Airports Council International (ACI)

Airports Council International is the association of the world’s airports. It is a non profit organization, whose prime purpose is to advance the interests of airports and to promote professional excellence in airport management and operations. By fostering cooperation amongst airports, world aviation organizations and business partners, ACI makes a significant contribution to providing the traveling public with an air transport system that is safe, secure, efficient and environmentally responsible.

International Parking Institute (IPI)

Founded in 1962, the International Parking Institute is a trade organization whose members include parking, transit and planning professionals from cities, universities, hospitals, airports, port authorities, civic centers, theme parks, state and federal government agencies, commercial parking operators and more. IPI's membership market is rounded out with manufacturers and suppliers of products and equipment, as well as services provided by professional planners and consultants, architects, and private engineers. IPI is the professional link that connects these markets.

National Parking Association (NPA)

The National Parking Association (NPA) is an international network of more than 1,200 companies representing thousands of parking industry professionals. NPA represents private operators, parking consultants, colleges and universities, airports, municipalities, parking authorities, hospital and medical centers, developers and others, along with industry vendors.