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HFTP Announces 2024 CHAE of the Year Award Recipient: Samantha Sheffield
HFTP | August 29, 2024
HFTP is thrilled to announce Samantha Sheffield, CHAE as the recipient of the 2024 Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE®) of the Year Award for her outstanding achievement. The CHAE of the Year award honors the individual that scored the highest on the CHAE certification exam within a given year. She will be recognized at the HFTP 2024 Annual Convention, taking place this October 23-25 at the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. Sheffield is the CFO and assistant general manager at Bay Colony Golf Club in Naples, Florida, a position she has held since October 2019. During this time, she has also been...
HFTP Announces 2018 CHAE of the Year Recipient: Elijah Spiritoso, CHAE
HFTP | August 30, 2018
Spiritoso will be honored at HFTP's upcoming 2018 Annual Convention in October Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) will honor Elijah Spiritoso, CHAE as the 2018 Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE®) of the Year at its upcoming Annual Convention this October. The CHAE of the Year award honors the individual that scored the highest on the CHAE certification exam within a given year. HFTP's Annual Convention will be held from October 24-26, 2018 at the Omni Louisville Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky USA - online registration is open now. Spiritoso started in hospitality as a busboy for a local ...
Global Hotel Groups Support HFTP’s Hospitality Certification Programs
HFTP | November 21, 2017
AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA (November 21, 2017) — Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) offers two certification programs that are globally recognized for setting industry standards for hospitality finance and technology professionals: Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE®) and Certified Hospitality Technology Professional (CHTP®). These certification programs have been named a requirement for information technology and accounting employees at Rosewood Hotel Group, Two Roads Hospitality and Accorhotels Group – which operate Fairmont branded hotels. Accorhotels Group recently followed suit ...
HFTP Announces 2017 CHAE of the Year Recipient Guus Martinus Heijmans, CHAE
HFTP | August 17, 2017
Heijmans will be honored at HFTP's upcoming 2017 Annual Convention in October Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) will honor Guus Martinus Heijmans, CHAE as the 2017 Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE®) of the Year at its upcoming Annual Convention this October. The CHAE of the Year award honors the individual that scored the highest on the CHAE certification exam within a given year. HFTP's Annual Convention will be held from October 25-27, 2017 at the Omni Orlando Resort at Championsgate in Championsgate, Florida USA. Heijmans' accounting journey began from an F&B internship tha...
HFTP to Honor 2016 CHAE Recipient Kelly Montgomery at Annual Convention in October
HFTP | August 30, 2016
AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA (August 30, 2016) — Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) will honor Kelly Montgomery, CHAE as the 2016 Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE) of the Year at its 2016 Annual Convention. The CHAE of the Year award honors the individual that scored the highest on the CHAE certification exam within a given year. HFTP's 2016 Annual Convention event will be held at Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel & Casino from October 19-21, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada USA. Montgomery held her first job in hospitality as a hostess at the Hyatt in San Diego, while attending San Diego State Universi...
Professional Development Association Awards 1500th Hospitality Accountant Certification
HFTP | July 30, 2015
July 30, 2015 (AUSTIN, TEXAS) — On July 28, 2015 Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), a nonprofit professional development association based in Austin, Texas, USA, awarded the 1500th Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE) designation to an individual who successfully met all of the requirements and passed the CHAE exam. Mrs. Danqing Liu, CHAE, an instructor at Florida International University's offshore program at Tianjin University of Commerce in China, is the individual honored with this distinction. "The CHAE program has grown by leaps and bounds since its inception and HFTP is honored to be able ...
