HITEC Dubai 2022 Highlights from an E20X Participant

Created by: Dominika Duziak

Stop of May possibly in Dubai means two points are coming: incredibly hot summer weather conditions and HITEC Dubai ⁠— the most important and really anticipated hospitality technologies congress in Middle East, organized by HFTP.

I was definitely looking forward to this edition. It is a truly special chance to meet and community in individual with the hospitality leaders and gurus but this time, I was also collaborating in the E20X Dubai startup pitch competitiveness.

HITEC is held through The Hotel Clearly show Dubai and has come to be a platform for exchange of ideas, collaboration and showcasing hottest innovations. What an knowledge it is to walk among robots, chat with exhibitors and notice how new connections and partnerships are solid. For instance, this yr we were in a position to witness The Manor`s Resort Running Lover Mohammed Hanif Al Qassim and Richard Teng from Binance signal the initially Middle East Memorandum of Comprehending. By means of this partnership, JA The Manor will now be able to take payments in cryptocurrencies, which are getting massively common in Dubai.

The E20X opposition was a fantastic chance to take a look at new startup ideas and join with like-minded entrepreneurs aiming to make the hospitality field a lot more effective, sustainable and, it’s possible initially and foremost, digitized.

eTip.io, for instance, offered their application-a lot less, cashless and contactless tipping answer that is not only economical but also permits idea earners to better regulate their fiscal wellness. S-Price showcased their program supporting entrance-line employees’ evaluation and society of buyer service excellence. Turpal showed us their B2B2C put up-departure answer designed to raise revenue for vacation spot provider companies which includes tour operators, hotel travel desks and destination management organizations. 

Appeti.me, represented by yours really, released a surplus food stuff market application, which aids F&B companies cut down meals squander, improve profitability and effortlessly construct a sustainable brand picture by allowing them to indirectly market the meals on the app to individual people. This answer, to start with in Middle East, aims to assist the UAE’s journey to halve food waste by 2030 and build sustainable benefit to all members. Food squander is a significant obstacle for the hospitality sector and has a large price tag, both of those monetary and environmental. Providers like appeti.me are supporting resorts, eating places, coffee stores and grocery retailers to cut down the quantity of food waste that finishes up in the landfills. On the other hand, re-distribution of surplus food items at an reasonably priced price tag has a optimistic effects on group and may well be an option to arrive at new audiences for the F&B business. Get to know the total checklist of competitors on the E20X web page.

Even though we did not acquire the opposition, E20X was a superb knowledge, and a possibility to meet up with fantastic folks who are keen to share their know-how and trade ideas on how to make the hotel sector extra sustainable, productive and progressive. HITEC lets you to update your self on all factors tech-linked in two days ⁠— from social media to crypto payments and NFTs, AI knowledge analytics and cybersecurity traits.  It also provides a prospect to replicate on innovation. Hospitality traditionally is not perceived as a rapid adopter of new systems. The Covid-19 pandemic expedited (or pressured) digitization in several elements, hospitality notwithstanding. What we normally see, though, is an advertisement hoc unstructured change that benefits in addition of new programs that do not discuss to each individual other and generally create additional issues. Dr. Sanjay Nadkarni from the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Administration reviewed all through 1 of the panels how a structure thinking framework can support stay away from identical “IT nightmares” through effectively-outlined trouble statements, ideation and co-creation. Seeking at the listing of exhibitors at HITEC, the engineering is ready we just need to implement it in a clever and effective way to our business processes.

If you are interested in hospitality technologies, do not miss HITEC Orlando coming up in June, and see you future calendar year in Dubai!

Dominika Duziak is a analysis scholar with the HFTP Middle East Investigate Centre and scholar at the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management in Dubai, UAE.