NEXT 2023 TravelNet Solutions User Conference

What is NEXT?

NEXT is TravelNet Solutions’ annual customer get-together. It’s an energizing forum for growth-oriented hospitality leaders to learn, collaborate, and push boundaries by sharing best practices with one another.

This year’s theme is “Transformative Technology.” From the steam engine to the cell phone, transformative tech has spun us in new directions. That’s the kind of company we want to be for hospitality. This conference will focus on the game-changing solutions transforming our industry and how to put them to work for your business right now.

NEXT brings together industry experts and power users from around North America to share their secrets for driving results. Join us and hundreds of other vacation rental and hotel professionals in Minneapolis on September 24–27, 2023 to learn how to transform your technology footprint. We can’t wait to partner with you!

Keynote Speaker — Renie Cavallari

Renie Cavallari, CEO of Aspire and RCI Institute, is an organizational anthropologist, and has been speaking around the globe to groups from 15 to 5000 for over 25 years. Her dynamic, storytelling approach skips the fluff, and her impact is demonstrated by Aspire’s 96% client retention. Her expertise is in transforming results through people. She goes way beyond inspiration as her humorous, and proven performance improvement strategies have been transforming teams for decades.

Keynote Speaker — Andrew McConnell

M. Andrew McConnell’s story is not your typical Silicon Valley fairytale.

Born in Birmingham, AL, he was raised in a neighborhood built on a former tobacco field, population ~50,000. Through Stoicism and Southern grit, he managed to graduate Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and University of Cambridge with honors, all while becoming a member of the USA Open Water Swimming National Team, and earning an international Bronze Medal in the process.

Entering the work world, Andrew took a while to find his footing, bouncing from banker (Merrill Lynch), to attorney (Eversheds Sutherland), to consultant (McKinsey & Co.), before finally striking out on his own.

By deploying the ancient philosophy of Stoicism, Andrew eventually took the company he founded from less than $200,000 in revenue to nearly $10 million in under three years, a 50X increase. Rented is now a two-time Inc. 500 winner, and the growth continues. Andrew has tracked this perilous journey as a regular contributor to Inc., Forbes, USA Today, Huffington Post, Betterment, Skift, and Curbed.

He is a Board Member of Sheltering Arms—Georgia’s oldest nonprofit early childhood education program—as well as a founding Board Member of Atlanta Technology Leaders and a TechStars Mentor for Social Impact Startups. Andrew’s drive to share encouragement, resources, understanding, and techniques have led to the creation of this book.