Source: HTNG
BANGKOK – The American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) today announced a collaboration between Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG), its hotel technology network, and the newly formed Japan Hospitality Technology Association (JHTA). This alliance will allow Japanese hotels to use HTNG’s standardized interfaces to improve efficiency and make guest experiences more seamless and consistent.
JHTA was created in March 2025 to promote data standardization in Japan, advance the use of industry data, and support implementation of new technology, among other goals. Under the agreement announced today, JHTA will translate HTNG’s globally adopted technology interoperability standards from English to Japanese for use in Japan. JHTA plans to create its own standard extensions to better support the specific needs of Japanese businesses.
HTNG’s mission is to put the collective wisdom of hospitality technology leaders to work in solving common problems and unlocking global business potential. Our collaboration with JHTA represents a major advance in that mission. David Sjolander, CAE, Vice President of AHLA for HTNG Operations
Our collaboration with AHLA, representing Hotel & Lodging industry in the United States, will enhance our interoperability with global standards. We are thrilled to reinforce the international competitiveness of the Japanese Lodging and Tourism industry. Yuuki Kameoka, Director of JHTA
The collaboration was announced at the HTNG Connect: Asia-Pacific 2025 meeting in Bangkok, which brought hospitality technology professionals together from around the world to hear from top experts about trends in the sector.
About Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG)
Part of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), HTNG the premier technology solutions association in the hospitality industry, HTNG serves 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 22 top IT leaders from hospitality companies around the world, itself has technology responsible for over 3 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.
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