Meet the world’s first AI created whisky
Together with Finnish tech company Fourkind and Microsoft, Mackmyra is creating the world’s first whisky developed with artificial intelligence (AI). The distillery’s machine learning models, powered by Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform and AI cognitive services, are fed with existing recipes (including those for award-winning blends), sales data, and customer preferences. With this data the AI can generate more than 70 million recipes that it predicts will be popular and of the highest quality.
Qatar’s Al Najada Hotel by Tivoli is now open
Najada Hotel is operated by Tivoli Hotels & Resorts, part of Minor Hotels. 15 further Tivoli properties can be discovered in Qatar, Portugal and Brazil.
‘Jumeirah E-butler’, a multilingual mobile platform to boost customer service
The service will be rolled out across the entire Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts portfolio by June 2019.
Anantara Eastern Mangroves welcomes a new GM
Prior to his new post, he had spent nearly two decades in the hotels industry in his native Egypt before relocating to the Middle East in 2005.
Key ApartHotel Beirut wins big
The Key ApartHotel, one of Beirut’s newer hotels located in the capital’s Museum District is a four-star deluxe destination featuring fresh sleek colorful designs, international works of art and bespoke furniture. While to first-time guests the hotel may seem designed for the young generation, it nonetheless was designed to accommodate...
Meraas signs MOU with Samanea Group for USD 272 million mall
Samanea Group will develop the 53,000 square meter retail outlet which will focus on home appliances and furniture from different Chinese companies.
Bartartine’s recipe for success
Bartartine’s Executive Chef Joseph Boutros talks to HN about the strategies being employed to keep the brand innovative, relevant and healthy, at a time when the F&B industry is grappling with an increasingly demanding audience
