GRAPEVINE TEXAS —Hundreds of operators, educators and consultants recently gathered here for the 13th Annual International Foodservice Technology Exposition, which was anchored by educational presentations and 80-plus exhibitors of restaurant specialty information systems and services.
The exposition, also known as FS/TEC 2008, took place April 16-19 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center, and its theme was, “Putting the I.T. in ProfI.T.$.” Also featured at this year’s FS/TEC were keynote speeches, nightly networking receptions and attendee peer-to-peer roundtable discussions organized by the National Restaurant Association Management Information Systems Executive Study Group. —Hundreds of operators, educators and consultants recently gathered here for the 13th Annual International Foodservice Technology Exposition, which was anchored by educational presentations and 80-plus exhibitors of restaurant specialty information systems and services.
FS/TEC is produced and managed by Nation’s Restaurant News with Robert N. Grimes, chairman and chief executive of Accuvia. NRN publisher Tom Larranaga, in welcoming attendees, channeled Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State, National Security Advisor and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. —Hundreds of operators, educators and consultants recently gathered here for the 13th Annual International Foodservice Technology Exposition, which was anchored by educational presentations and 80-plus exhibitors of restaurant specialty information systems and services.
“I quote Gen. Powell, ‘In this new world we live in, if you’re not on the leading edge of technology you are going to get left behind,” Larranaga said, recalling Powell’s recent presentation at a Women’s Foodservice Forum meeting in Washington, D.C. “Truer words were never spoken.” —Hundreds of operators, educators and consultants recently gathered here for the 13th Annual International Foodservice Technology Exposition, which was anchored by educational presentations and 80-plus exhibitors of restaurant specialty information systems and services.
For 2008, the “Best of Show” exhibitor award was presented to Wand Corp. of Eden Prairie, Minn., a supplier of point-of-sale-system, networking and digital-signage technology. Revention Inc. of Houston, a vendor of POS, back-office, enterprise reporting and online-ordering systems and services, garnered “Best First-Time Exhibitor” accolades. —Hundreds of operators, educators and consultants recently gathered here for the 13th Annual International Foodservice Technology Exposition, which was anchored by educational presentations and 80-plus exhibitors of restaurant specialty information systems and services.
FS/TEC’s founding sponsors are MICROS Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. The corporate sponsors are Epson America Inc., PAR and Radiant Systems Inc. The affiliate sponsors are HyperActive Technologies Inc. and XPIENT Solutions LLC. —Hundreds of operators, educators and consultants recently gathered here for the 13th Annual International Foodservice Technology Exposition, which was anchored by educational presentations and 80-plus exhibitors of restaurant specialty information systems and services.