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| 2009 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference MICROS Systems, Inc., a provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce that A.L. (Tom) Giannopoulos, Chairman, President, and CEO of MICROS Systems, Inc., will be inducted into Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame. The induction takes place at the 2009 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC ) General Session on Tuesday, June 23 at 8:30 a.m. Tom Giannopoulos was selected for the profound impact he has had on the hospitality industry and his leadership in expanding MICROS from $35 million in revenue with products servicing only the restaurant industry to a $954 million company that is a leading provider of enterprise applications for restaurants, hotels, casinos, motels, leisure and entertainment, and retail operations. "I am extremely honored, excited, and humbled to be selected for induction into the International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame, " stated Giannopoulos. "The hospitality industry has given me the unique opportunity to collaborate with some very talented, insightful, and innovative people. It has been a true pleasure. I share this honor with all MICROS employees worldwide whose hard work has contributed to this induction." In 2000, MICROS's OPERA software revolutionized the industry by providing operators the ability to share information across multiple applications and properties on a single database while providing the necessary enterprise software solutions and tools for Property and Central operations. Today, OPERA is one of the industry's most comprehensive software suites for property management and core central sales and customer relationship management systems. In the past several years, Giannopoulos has spearheaded the launch of myfidelio.net, an e-commerce solution for the hospitality industry, as well as Simphony, MICROS's first software as a service offering that is an enterprise, service-oriented architecture (SOA), point-of-sale (POS), hospitality product. Giannopoulos is also an avid supporter of hospitality programs, and has donated the OPERA and MICROS POS software for educational purposes to many colleges and universities with hospitality programs. The International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame is HFTP's highest level of recognition in the area of technology. Since its inception in 1989, 31 individuals have received this award as a reflection of their contributions to the hospitality industry. Hall of Fame members have been selected by their peers as representing the best in innovation and application and as leaders in their profession. Technology Hall of Fame members include such industry pioneers as: Robert S. Bennett; David Berkus; Richard Brooks, CHA; John D. Burns, CHA; Dave Burroughs; John Cahill, CHTP, CHA; Thomas Castleberry; Larry Chervenak, CHAE; John Davis III; Scott Heintzeman; Fraser Hickox; Robert Horgan; Ted Horner; Jon Inge, CHTP, ISHC; Michael Kasavana, Ph.D., CHTP; Carrol Lund; Richard Moore, CDP; Jack Morgan; Richard Nauman; William Oates; Eric Orkin; Raymond Schultz; Penelope Sellers; Jules Sieburgh, CHTP; Richard Siegel; Sal Spano, CHAE, CHA; John Springer-Miller; James Yoakum; and George Zugmier. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Exhibition News :: home page |