Beekeeper Wins HTNG’s 2018 TechOvation Award
HTNG’s annual innovation award recognizes the digital workplace app as the hospitality industry’s ‘most innovative technology’
The 2018 TechOvation Award was presented yesterday to Beekeeper by Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG) during the HT-NEXT Award Ceremony in San Diego. The TechOvation Award recognizes companies for innovative products new to the marketplace from 2017 or coming in 2018. Beekeeper earned the coveted award for its workplace app that digitizes hospitality workers who don't sit behind a traditional desk and don't have access to work email. By connecting operational systems and communication channels within one secure, intuitive platform, Beekeeper is helping hoteliers exchange information, share property updates, and communicate best practices within or across departments in 30 languages.
"The Beekeeper app uses both factors of convenience and mobility that we see rapidly growing in the hospitality industry," said Michael Blake, CEO of HTNG. "We recognize Beekeeper for their innovation and are very happy to announce them as HTNG's 2018 TechOvation Award Winner!"
The TechOvation Award Contest began in December with contestants producing creative videos featuring their products. During the first round of the competition, Beekeeper was chosen as a semi-finalist after its video explained how the app connects desk and non-desk employees across locations and departments in real time via mobile or desktop, and how its intelligent dashboard improves internal communications and streamlines business processes. During round two, and after presenting its workplace app solution to a panel of 34 distinguished judges comprised of individuals of HTNG's global leadership councils, Beekeeper was named a Top 3 Finalist. In the final round, it was the audience of more than 600 hospitality technology professionals that ultimately voted Beekeeper as hospitality's most-innovative technology solution for 2018.
"Because hotel employees do not have traditional desk jobs, and therefore emails are ineffective, many properties rely on bulletin boards for internal communication, and it isn't resonating well with today's employees, especially Millennials," said Corey McCarthy, Beekeeper VP of Global Marketing. "We entered the TechOvation Award Contest because we are successfully accomplishing what no one else can, the ability to reach every single hotel employee via a web platform, mobile app and digital signage. This critical information app is also integrating with other popular applications and seamlessly bringing other tools and information to hotel employees' fingertips, such as scheduling shifts and managing tasks in real time.
"Hoteliers are unaware that a workplace app of this magnitude exists, and being named the 'most innovative' technology of 2018 signifies that the industry is in dire need of this digital transformation," she said. "Beekeeper is proud to have been among such prestigious companies vying for this top honor. We owe this achievement to our staff and development team who share our vision for success. We would also like to thank HTNG for creating this award program that recognizes technological disruptors and rewards them for their unwavering commitment for enhancing the guest experience."
About Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG)
The premier technology solutions association in the hospitality industry, HTNG is a self-funded, nonprofit organization with members from hospitality companies, technology vendors to hospitality, 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 and also develops new open standards to meet the needs of the global hospitality industry.
Currently more than 400 corporate and individual members from across this spectrum, including world leading hospitality companies and technology vendors, are active HTNG participants. HTNG's Board of Governors, consisting of 21 top IT leaders from hospitality companies around the world, itself has technology responsibility for over 2.5 million guest rooms and world-leading venues. HTNG publishes workgroup proceedings, drafts and specifications for all HTNG members as soon as they are created, encouraging rapid and broad adoption. HTNG releases specifications into the public domain as soon as they are ratified by the workgroups. For more information, visit www.htng.org.
ABOUT BEEKEEPER
Beekeeper empowers frontline businesses and their workers with the digital solutions they need to do their best possible work. Founded in 2012, Beekeeper's mobile-first platform was designed and built for deskless employees who — despite representing 80% of the global workforce — have been chronically underserved when it comes to workplace technology. With Beekeeper's Frontline Success System, companies can automate paper-based processes, communicate with employees in real-time from anywhere, and improve the engagement, productivity, and safety of frontline teams.
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