2026 Partners

The companies powering the room.

Hotel Owner Conference 2026 is made possible by a small, hand-picked group of partners who serve the senior end of the UK hotel industry. These are the businesses backing the conversation this year.

Headline Sponsor
Canary Technologies
Hotels using Canary
20,000+
Countries
90+
Focus
Guest experience, AI & revenue

Canary Technologies

The modern guest management system, trusted by 20,000+ hotels worldwide.

Canary Technologies is rebuilding the hotel guest journey around modern, mobile-first software — replacing clunky legacy tools with one connected platform spanning digital check-in and check-out, upsells, guest messaging, AI voice, digital tipping and contactless compliance.

Their AI-powered Guest Management System helps operators lift revenue, automate the front desk and deliver the kind of seamless, on-brand experience guests now expect — from independent boutiques to the world's largest hotel groups.

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Supporters
HBD Partners

HBD Partners

Specialist commercial recruitment for hospitality, leisure and travel.

HBD Partners is a specialist commercial recruitment consultancy focused exclusively on the hospitality, leisure and travel sectors — placing senior talent across sales, marketing, PR, revenue management, event sales and finance.

Clients and candidates describe HBD as having exceptional knowledge of the sector and an unrivalled network. The team takes a deliberately consultative, integrity-led approach to every search, drawing on more than 30 years of recruitment experience.

  • Hospitality, leisure & travel·Sector focus
  • Sales, marketing, revenue, finance·Disciplines
  • 30+ years·Experience
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Hop Software

Hop Software

All-in-one cloud hotel management software, built to take the hassle out of operations.

Hop is an all-in-one, cloud-based hospitality management platform that brings Property Management, Booking Engine, Channel Manager, Payments, EPOS, CRM and Gift Vouchers together in a single, easy-to-use system.

The mission is simple: liberate hotel teams from everyday operational hassle so they can spend more time with guests and grow direct revenue — without the fees, contracts and complexity of legacy hotel tech.

  • PMS, booking, channel, payments·Platform
  • Independent & group hotels·Built for
  • Cloud-native, all-in-one·Approach
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Sponsor 2026

Put your brand in front of the UK's senior hotel decision-makers.

A small number of sponsor packages remain for 2026 — built for partners who want a serious, credible position alongside owners, CEOs, MDs and asset managers from across the UK industry.