In 1989, he established E Horner & Associates Pty Ltd a Consulting Practice specializing in Technology Consulting to the Hospitality Industry and he is now widely respected as Australia’s leading consultant in this area .
In 2002 he was a founding member of HTNG ( Hotel Technology Next Generation ) a not for profit body which was established in the US to promote open systems integrations between vendors in the industry and today he is an Executive Advisor to HTNG .
In 2004 he was the first non US person to be elected to the HITEC Technology Hall of Fame for his contribution to the advancement of technology in the hospitality industry.
In 2014 was elected to the International Board of Directors of Hotel Technology Financial Professionals (HFTP ) who run the largest hotel technology exhibition/conference in the world (HITEC ) and he served on this board for 3 years.
Has done consulting assignments in the following countries over the last 29 years Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, USA, Malaysia, Dubai, Papua New Guinea, and Fiji.