# HFTP honours Raymond Martz with the 2026 Paragon Award

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Published: 2026-10-05T17:31:50.804Z
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Author: Joan Sanz
Topics: Hotel Technology
Summary: HFTP has named Raymond Martz as the recipient of its 2026 Paragon Award for his contributions to hospitality finance and technology.

## Article

**HFTP** has picked **Raymond Martz** as its **2026 Paragon Award** recipient, per the announcement shared via [Hotel News Resource](https://www.hotelnewsresource.com/article143183.html). The recognition lands on someone who has spent years working at the intersection of hospitality finance and technology, two areas that in most hotel groups still operate as separate silos.

The Paragon Award is not the flashiest trophy in travel tech. It does not come with a funding round or a product launch. But it does signal something useful for hoteliers: that the people bridging the P&L and the tech stack are getting attention. For revenue managers, distribution leads and finance directors, that bridge is where the real work happens now.

My read? Awards like this matter because they give visibility to profiles that hospitality struggles to hire. The sector needs more people who can read a balance sheet and a PMS with the same fluency. Honouring that profile, as [HFTP](https://www.hotelnewsresource.com/article143183.html) is doing, pushes the industry one step closer to treating technology as a financial decision, not a cost centre.

## Sources

- Hotel News Resource: https://www.hotelnewsresource.com/article143183.html

## Citation

HFTP honours Raymond Martz with the 2026 Paragon Award. Hotel Tech News. 2026-10-05. https://hoteltech.news/digest/hftp-paragon-award-raymond-martz