HITEC Dubai 2022 Highlights from an E20X Participant

Prepared by: Dominika Duziak

Conclude of May possibly in Dubai suggests two issues are coming: scorching summer season temperature and HITEC Dubai ⁠— the greatest and hugely expected hospitality know-how congress in Center East, arranged by HFTP.

I was actually searching forward to this version. It is a definitely exceptional prospect to meet up with and network in individual with the hospitality leaders and industry experts but this time, I was also collaborating in the E20X Dubai startup pitch competitors.

HITEC is held throughout The Lodge Display Dubai and has become a system for trade of concepts, collaboration and showcasing latest improvements. What an encounter it is to walk between robots, chat with exhibitors and notice how new connections and partnerships are forged. For occasion, this yr we had been capable to witness The Manor`s Resort Managing Associate Mohammed Hanif Al Qassim and Richard Teng from Binance indication the very first Middle East Memorandum of Knowing. Via this partnership, JA The Manor will now be equipped to acknowledge payments in cryptocurrencies, which are getting massively popular in Dubai.

The E20X levels of competition was a great possibility to investigate new startup thoughts and link with like-minded entrepreneurs aiming to make the hospitality field additional economical, sustainable and, it’s possible 1st and foremost, digitized.

eTip.io, for instance, presented their application-significantly less, cashless and contactless tipping solution that is not only effective but also enables tip earners to much better manage their monetary wellness. S-Price showcased their software supporting front-line employees’ analysis and tradition of client support excellence. Turpal confirmed us their B2B2C write-up-departure remedy built to enhance income for desired destination assistance vendors which include tour operators, lodge vacation desks and destination management corporations. 

Appeti.me, represented by yours certainly, launched a surplus food marketplace application, which allows F&B companies lower foodstuff squander, raise profitability and very easily develop a sustainable brand image by allowing them to indirectly promote the food items on the application to person consumers. This alternative, initially in Middle East, aims to help the UAE’s journey to halve food stuff waste by 2030 and make sustainable price to all members. Food stuff squander is a huge problem for the hospitality business and has a huge charge, both of those money and environmental. Corporations like appeti.me are supporting motels, places to eat, coffee stores and grocery retailers to lower the volume of food stuff squander that finishes up in the landfills. On the other hand, re-distribution of surplus foods at an cost-effective cost has a good affect on local community and might be an opportunity to attain new audiences for the F&B small business. Get to know the complete listing of competitors on the E20X web-site.

While we did not get the opposition, E20X was a superb knowledge, and a probability to fulfill good folks who are eager to share their understanding and exchange ideas on how to make the hotel sector much more sustainable, successful and ground breaking. HITEC makes it possible for you to update yourself on all items tech-connected in two days ⁠— from social media to crypto payments and NFTs, AI data analytics and cybersecurity tendencies.  It also presents a probability to replicate on innovation. Hospitality usually is not perceived as a quickly adopter of new systems. The Covid-19 pandemic expedited (or pressured) digitization in a lot of areas, hospitality notwithstanding. What we frequently see, although, is an ad hoc unstructured modify that final results in addition of new programs that do not chat to each other and usually create a lot more problems. Dr. Sanjay Nadkarni from the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management talked over during a single of the panels how a design thinking framework can enable stay clear of similar “IT nightmares” by nicely-outlined dilemma statements, ideation and co-development. Seeking at the checklist of exhibitors at HITEC, the technologies is completely ready we just need to have to use it in a intelligent and effective way to our company procedures.

If you’re intrigued in hospitality technology, do not pass up HITEC Orlando coming up in June, and see you upcoming 12 months in Dubai!

Dominika Duziak is a investigation scholar with the HFTP Middle East Analysis Middle and pupil at the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management in Dubai, UAE.