HITEC Dubai 2022 Highlights from an E20X Participant

Written by: Dominika Duziak

Stop of Could in Dubai suggests two matters are coming: incredibly hot summertime climate and HITEC Dubai ⁠— the biggest and very predicted hospitality engineering congress in Center East, structured by HFTP.

I was genuinely hunting forward to this version. It is a truly exceptional possibility to meet up with and network in individual with the hospitality leaders and specialists but this time, I was also participating in the E20X Dubai startup pitch level of competition.

HITEC is held throughout The Lodge Present Dubai and has grow to be a system for exchange of ideas, collaboration and showcasing hottest innovations. What an knowledge it is to stroll among robots, chat with exhibitors and notice how new connections and partnerships are cast. For occasion, this year we had been capable to witness The Manor`s Lodge Managing Husband or wife Mohammed Hanif Al Qassim and Richard Teng from Binance indicator the very first Middle East Memorandum of Understanding. Through this partnership, JA The Manor will now be in a position to accept payments in cryptocurrencies, which are getting to be massively well-known in Dubai.

The E20X levels of competition was a good prospect to examine new startup ideas and hook up with like-minded entrepreneurs aiming to make the hospitality business far more efficient, sustainable and, probably very first and foremost, digitized.

eTip.io, for case in point, introduced their application-fewer, cashless and contactless tipping alternative that is not only economical but also permits idea earners to improved control their financial wellness. S-Level showcased their software program supporting front-line employees’ evaluation and society of customer assistance excellence. Turpal confirmed us their B2B2C post-departure option designed to improve gross sales for place services vendors like tour operators, hotel travel desks and destination management providers. 

Appeti.me, represented by yours actually, released a surplus food items marketplace app, which aids F&B enterprises lower meals waste, maximize profitability and conveniently build a sustainable brand name impression by allowing for them to indirectly promote the food on the app to individual users. This answer, 1st in Center East, aims to aid the UAE’s journey to halve foodstuff waste by 2030 and generate sustainable worth to all contributors. Meals waste is a massive problem for the hospitality industry and has a remarkable cost, the two economic and environmental. Companies like appeti.me are supporting hotels, dining places, espresso stores and grocery suppliers to minimize the amount of foodstuff waste that ends up in the landfills. On the other hand, re-distribution of surplus foodstuff at an very affordable price has a positive effects on community and may possibly be an option to attain new audiences for the F&B business enterprise. Get to know the total listing of opponents on the E20X website.

Whilst we did not earn the opposition, E20X was a fantastic knowledge, and a prospect to meet good people who are keen to share their information and exchange ideas on how to make the resort sector extra sustainable, effective and revolutionary. 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 chance to replicate on innovation. Hospitality usually is not perceived as a rapid adopter of new systems. The Covid-19 pandemic expedited (or forced) digitization in a lot of features, hospitality notwithstanding. What we often see, though, is an ad hoc unstructured modify that results in addition of new apps that do not talk to each and every other and usually produce a lot more challenges. Dr. Sanjay Nadkarni from the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management talked over during one particular of the panels how a style and design pondering framework can assistance keep away from equivalent “IT nightmares” through effectively-outlined dilemma statements, ideation and co-development. Wanting at the checklist of exhibitors at HITEC, the know-how is completely ready we just require to implement it in a smart and productive manner to our organization processes.

If you’re intrigued in hospitality technological innovation, do not miss HITEC Orlando coming up in June, and see you following 12 months in Dubai!

Dominika Duziak is a study scholar with the HFTP Middle East Investigation Heart and university student at the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Administration in Dubai, UAE.