Phoenix, AZ — IRECKONU, the leading guest experience middleware and customer data platform for hospitality, has been announced as the Title Sponsor of the GAIN (Growth Advisors International Network) VIP Networking Event at HITEC 2025, taking place on the prime Tuesday evening of June 17th, 2025, in Indianapolis.

Held during HFTP’s globally recognized HITEC conference, the GAIN VIP Networking Event is an exclusive, invite-only gathering designed to connect senior executives, investors, and innovators from across the hospitality technology and investment ecosystem.

As per previous activations in Toronto ’23 and Charlotte ’24, which elevated the industry’s overall VIP networking event experience, GAIN has secured the iconic Dallara IndyCar Factory, offering attendees a unique and immersive environment. The evening will feature a blend of high-powered networking, excellent F&B and thrilling experiential elements, including:


• A state-of-the-art corporate event space

• Interactive IndyCar racing simulators

• Street-legal rides in real IndyCars

• Self-guided access to the fully operational Dallara IndyCar Factory


As Title Sponsor, IRECKONU will help shape a premium networking experience centered on hospitality innovation, collaboration, and growth. The title sponsorship reflects the company’s ongoing commitment to empower hospitality brands through data-driven personalization and seamless guest experiences.

Partnering, as Title Sponsor of the GAIN HITEC VIP Networking Event, represents a natural alignment of values. Our mission is to help hospitality brands deliver extraordinary guest journeys and drive strategies to build authentic guest loyalty. HITEC provides the global platform for this conversation, and we’re honored to be the Title Sponsor of an evening that fosters meaningful industry connections.
Jan Jaap van Roon, Founder and CEO of IRECKONU

Now in its third year, the GAIN HITEC VIP Networking Event has become a must-attend gathering for C-level and senior executive decision-makers, leading, as well as emerging vendors and thought leaders across the travel, hospitality, and investment sectors. The 2025 edition is expected to reach new heights in both attendance and impact.

This collaboration with IRECKONU reflects GAIN’s ongoing commitment to bringing together the most forward-thinking minds in global hospitality innovation. Jan Jaap and his team are redefining what middleware and guest experience technology can do. Their role as Title Sponsor brings leadership, authenticity, and energy to what promises to be our most dynamic event yet. Michael C. Cohen, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at GAIN

Full details on the impactful full group of industry sponsors, and the invite-only RSVP process will be further announced in mid-April.

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About IRECKONU

Established in 2014, Ireckonu revolutionizes hospitality strategy through its sophisticated blend of Middleware expertise and an advanced Customer Data Platform. Empowering hotels with a unified, data-driven approach, Ireckonu strives for excellence in creating unmatched guest experiences. Globally trusted by distinguished brands like Okura, CitizenM, Hard Rock Hotels, and others, Ireckonu stands at the forefront, actively shaping the future of hospitality.

About Growth Advisors International Network (GAIN)

GAIN, is a global collective of experienced and impactful commercial, tech, operations, and marketing executives, delivering an advisory platform focused on strategic, tactical and actionable solutions to drive growth, industry impact and intelligent commercial expansion for the travel, hospitality and MICE tech and innovation industry.