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LucidPay
Supplier News
December 27, 2021

LucidPay to launch Tezos-based Stablecoin for the Middle East hospitality industry

LucidPay plans to launch a stablecoin for the hospitality industry, built on the Tezos blockchain network. LucidPay is a global leader in the hospitality industry, enabling innovative payment processing and blockchain solutions that enhance the guest experience across hospitality offerings. Tezos is one of the original Proof of Stake blockchain networks with a proven track record of speed, security, and reliability for globally accessible products and applications.

LucidPay
LucidPay
United Arab Emirates
Shiji Group
Supplier News
October 28, 2021

Shiji Provides Dubai World Trade Center with Leading Payment Solutions

Shiji has announced that the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) has recently gone live with its enterprise-level Infrasys Cloud POS solution, in addition to its leading payment interface, Shiji Payment Solutions

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Shiji
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Supplier News
October 26, 2021

ResNet World Switches to D-EDGE's CRS for its 600 Hotels

D-EDGE Hospitality Solutions, a leading provider of SaaS and digital marketing solutions for hoteliers, announces a new partnership with ResNet World. Thanks to this agreement, the 600 hotels of the network will migrate to D-EDGE's CRS* and will benefit from MediaGenius, the first multi digital media platform dedicated to hoteliers.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
IT Hospitality
Supplier News
September 21, 2021

IT Hospitality Expands into the Middle East with a new office in Dubai

IT Hospitality officially announced the opening of their new office in Dubai during the Arabian & African Hospitality Investment Conference (AHIC) held at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai. This expansion into the Middle East enables IT Hospitality to further deploy and integrate solutions as part of their turnkey solution packages to Hotel Groups like Accor, Hilton, Marriott, Radisson, and others in the region. The opening of the Dubai office is part of the expansion plans to give IT Hospitality partners and customers a regional coverage in service, deployment, and support.

IT Hospitality
IT Hospitality
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Hotelogix
Supplier News
August 19, 2021

Hotelogix Enterprise Issues NTMP Certification for Saudi Arabia

Hotelogix, a cloud-based Multi-Property Management System for enterprise-grade hotels across the globe, has made a remarkable attempt to simplify access to information and statistics related to tourism and accommodation sector by connecting to the National Tourism Monitoring Platform (NTMP).

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Hotelogix
Saudi Arabia
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Press Release
April 12, 2021

Entrepreneur 20X, HFTP’s Hospitality Technology Start-Up Pitch Competition Featured at HITEC Dubai

Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), producers of Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®), is currently accepting applications for participants, judges and mentors for Entrepreneur 20X (E20X) at HITEC Dubai. Those who wish to participate in the Middle East version of E20X can apply online; start-ups should apply by 15 May and mentors and volunteers should apply by 20 May. E20X Dubai will take place at 15:30 on Tuesday, 1 June, 2021 at the Dubai World Trade Centre during HITEC Dubai. Both events will be co-located with The Hotel Show, produced by dmg events.

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HFTP
United Arab Emirates
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Press Release
March 10, 2021

The Hotel Show Dubai Returns For Its 21st Edition in 2021, Including HITEC Dubai

The Hotel Show Dubai is delighted to announce its return, live and in-person, from 31st May - 2nd June 2021 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Under this year's theme, 'Redefining Hospitality', The Hotel Show Dubai offers the industry professionals in the Middle East a powerful platform from which to source, connect and learn about critical topics over the course of three inspirational days.

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HFTP
United Arab Emirates
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Press Release
November 13, 2019

Experts at HITEC Dubai Reveal How AI and Robotics are Transforming the Hospitality Business

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics topped the agenda at HITEC Dubai 2019, the Middle East's largest hospitality technology show for hotels, organised by Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) and Naseba, and endorsed by Dubai Tourism.

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HFTP
United Arab Emirates
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Press Release
November 4, 2019

HITEC 2019 to Showcase the Latest Innovations in Intelligent Hotel Room Solutions

What will the hotel room look like in the future? Those wanting to know the answer must attend HITEC Dubai 2019, the Middle East's largest hospitality technology show for hotels organised by Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) and Naseba, and endorsed by Dubai Tourism. The mega event will be held on November 12 and 13 at the Festival Arena by Intercontinental at Dubai Festival City.

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HFTP
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Cendyn
Supplier News
September 17, 2019

Cendyn’s Middle Eastern footprint grows as FIVE Jumeriah Village Dubai adds revintel® to their hotel tech stack

Cendyn, the leading innovator in CRM, sales and revenue strategy for the hospitality industry, is proud to announce FIVE Jumeirah Village Dubai has joined its sister property, FIVE Palm Jumeirah Dubai, in selecting Rainmaker's comprehensive business intelligence solution, revintel®, to help gain market share through better hospitality analytics and greater insight into the most important aspects of their business.revintel® is a cloud-based solution which combines data from disparate systems to generate actionable insights designed to accelerate revenue growth. The business intelligence tool provides properties, hotel management groups, owners and asset managers with detailed visibility into leading and lagging revenue-oriented data across their entire profile.Abhishek Lakhotia, Director of Revenue for FIVE Hotels and Resorts attributed much of FIVE Palm Jumeirah's YOY growth to insights derived from revintel® and was extremely excited for the solution to be added to FIVE Jumeirah Village as well. "We are gaining such great insight from the solution at our other property, that I knew it was something we would implement at this hotel as well," explained Lakhotia. "revintel® gives us the data we need to apply the right tactics in our distribution channels and markets to yield better revenues overall. It is easy to use and gives us a clean and simple way to view our most important data."Tim Sullivan, President at Cendyn, said "FIVE Jumeirah Village is a great addition to our ever-growing number of Middle Eastern clients, we are excited for them to reap the same positive results FIVE Palm Jumeirah is seeing with revintel®."

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Cendyn™
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Martello
Supplier News
June 11, 2019

Martello Grows in the Middle East Hospitality Industry with Naizak Distribution

Martello Technologies Group Inc., ("Martello" or the "Company") (TSXV: MTLO), a leading provider of solutions that deliver clarity and control of complex IT environments, provided an update today on customer activity in the hospitality industry in the Middle East, driven by its distribution agreement with Naizak Distribution, a global IT conglomerate. Together, the two firms have teamed up to deliver Martello's enterprise network solutions to more than 50 hotel properties in the Middle East, with additional enterprise deployments. Martello's enterprise network solutions have been deployed in thousands of hotel properties around the world.

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Martello Technologies
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
EMAAR Hotels & Resorts LLC
Press Release
May 8, 2019

Emaar Hospitality Group Launches Single-point Mobile App for All Its Hotel, Hospitality and Leisure Experiences

Emaar Hospitality Group, the hospitality and leisure business of global developer Emaar Properties, has launched a fully-integrated Mobile App that covers all the hotel, hospitality and leisure experiences under the Group.

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United Arab Emirates
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External Article
February 26, 2019

Link Hotel In Tel Aviv Is The Hotel Of The Future

Link Hotel & Hub in Tel Aviv has no reception desk, no bellhop, no concierge, and no cash transactions. There are ample staff of course, endlessly cheerful, multi-lingual, full of insider tips on where to go in Tel Aviv; the type of people you always hope to meet when you're traveling. But Link is emblematic of Israel itself—the start-up nation, Silicon Wadi—and guests get most of what they need through their phones. For checking in and out, opening guest room doors, calling staff or anywhere in Israel, controlling everything in the room, connecting with other guests, and reading up on where and how to go in Tel Aviv, there's LinkApp.

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Tel Aviv, Israel
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Opinion Article
December 19, 2018

HITEC Dubai 2018 Highlights: FX1 launch, humanoid robots, AI, VR, and more

The 2nd annual HITEC Dubai, now the world's largest hospitality technology exposition and conference brand, recently came to a close on December 6th. This year's showcase garnered a great deal of anticipation from hospitality leaders, as the Middle East is fast becoming a favorite tourist destination to MICE and shopping travelers given its investment in airports and infrastructure and interest in hosting large-scale events. Dubai is expected to have 155,000 new rooms by 2020, with a further 10,000 plus rooms that need to undergo refurbishment prior to the Expo 2020 event. With Dubai being leveraged as a hotspot for massive industry growth and evolution, HITEC Dubai was created to provide Middle East buyers with access to top hospitality solution providers across the globe. Throughout the two-day expo, participants were expected to engage in a top-notch education program and witness the exciting debut of the latest (and greatest) in hospitality technology. Not only that but for the first time in Dubai, HFTP's expanding Entrepreneur20X (E20X) competition was introduced to give startups the opportunity to present their breakthrough business concepts to the industry.

Binu Mathews
By Binu Mathews, Director & CEO, IDS NEXT
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
naseba
Press Release
December 6, 2018

Nytec Presents the World’s Largest Deployed IoT-based Guest Experience Platform at HITEC® Dubai 2018

Nytec presented a special case study at HITEC Dubai on the world's largest deployed IoT-based guest experience platform created for Carnival Cruise Line.Speaking at the conference, Vincent Ball, the Vice President for Product Innovation at Nytec, stated, "We turned the cruise ship into a virtual 'smart city' at sea. It is the largest most extensive IOT deployment in the world and we are proud to be part of it. At the heart of this experience, is the Ocean Medallion. A wearable that is waterproof, with no buttons and it does some amazing things."

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naseba Communications Fz.L.L.C
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Press Release
December 6, 2018

HITEC® Dubai 2018 Connects World’s Leading Hospitality Technology Providers with Hoteliers from the Middle East

The second edition of HITEC Dubai 2018, the Middle East's largest hospitality technology exhibition and conference, recorded more than double the number of attendees along with debut of many new prominent exhibitors. Endorsed by Dubai Tourism and co-produced by Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) and Naseba, the show brought together top industry experts to present ground-breaking regional and international case studies, thought provoking panel discussions and game-changing technology demonstrations. The two-day expo and conference was held at the Madinat Jumeirah Dubai from 5-6 December with an aim to facilitate knowledge sharing, networking and deal flow amongst hoteliers and hospitality technology providers.

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naseba Communications Fz.L.L.C
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Swiss-Belhotel International Limited
Press Release
December 5, 2018

Hospitality Experts Come Together to Discuss the Future of the Industry Driven by Technology at HITEC® Dubai 2018

HITEC Dubai 2018, the Middle East's largest hospitality technology exhibition and conference, endorsed by Dubai Tourism and co-produced by Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) and Naseba, brought together industry experts to present ground-breaking regional and international case studies, thought provoking panel discussions and game-changing technology demonstrations. The two-day expo is being held at the Madinat Jumeirah Dubai from 5-6 December with an aim to facilitate knowledge sharing, networking and deal flow amongst hoteliers and hospitality technology providers.

Swiss-Belhotel International Limited
Swiss-Belhotel
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
EMAAR Hotels & Resorts LLC
Press Release
December 5, 2018

Emaar Hospitality Group Presents Industry-First Projects Including ‘Expo 2020 Hotel of the Future’ at HITEC® Dubai 2018

Emaar Hospitality Group presented a special case study at HITEC Dubai today highlighting its latest innovations in digitalization that will set a new benchmark for the hospitality sector.

EMAAR Hotels & Resorts LLC
Emaar Hospitality Group
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Press Release
November 28, 2018

HITEC Dubai 2018 Announces Entrepreneur 20X Competition for Startups

HITEC Dubai 2018, the Middle East's largest hospitality technology exhibition and conference, has opened a unique opportunity for startups to present their breakthrough business concepts at the show by participating in HFTP's expanding Entrepreneur20X (E20X) competition. The E20X start-up competition at HITEC Dubai will be held on Wednesday, December 5 from 11:50 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. and is open to all attendees.

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HFTP
United Arab Emirates
The Jerusalem Post
External Article
November 13, 2018

Israel A Key Global Market For Hospitality Innovation

Israel hosted the highest number of tourists in October than ever before. Some 486,000 people, or nearly half a million visitors, came to the Holy Land - devoting 2.5 billion shekels to the Israeli economy. The record number comes at a good time. Tel Aviv will soon be hosting the "Israel Hotel Investment Summit," where hotel managers will come together and speak about tourism and the need to get more accommodations up and running in the country. In 2000, Israel had about 47,000 rooms for two million visitors. In 2017, the country had 55,000 rooms and 3.6 million tourists. The Tourism Ministry is trying to change that. The government office is incentivizing building by offering grant money to developers and helping them cut through red tape. One of the summit's keynote speakers, Navneet Bali, will be talking about why Israel is a key market for hospitality innovation. Bali is the chairman for Meininger Hotels. The Jerusalem Post first asked him "Why October?"

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The reality is much more complex than black and white. There are already many humanless hotels (mostly in Asia). So there will be: - regional differences in approach to human vs machine balance - variations between different segments (short-term rentals adopted self-service from the get go, many limited service hotel properties followed, but we won't expect to see if in the luxury segment any time soon, maybe never) It will be a spectrum.

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