Dubai to host the Middle East’s largest hospitality tech expo exhibition

Dubai to host the Middle East’s largest hospitality tech expo exhibition

Dubai attracted USD 21.66 billion worth of foreign direct investment in high-end technology transfers in three years.

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Carlsberg to reduce its plastic waste with a new packaging model

Carlsberg to reduce its plastic waste with a new packaging model

The Snap Pack replaces the plastic wrapping used around Carlsberg’s six packs with a pioneering technology that glues its cans together.

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Nap pods tested by Saudi Arabia during hajj

Nap pods tested by Saudi Arabia during hajj

Each napper had a three-hour access to the pods, which are imported from Japan at cost of around USD 1,114 each.

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Amadeus acquires TravelClick for USD 1.5 billion

Amadeus acquires TravelClick for USD 1.5 billion

Deal will significantly expand Amadeus’ presence in the hospitality sector.

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New MICE facilities added to Barsha’s First Central Hotel Suites

New MICE facilities added to Barsha’s First Central Hotel Suites

First Central Hotel Suites is a 524-hotel suites with large, spacious, and modern apartments.

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GDPR And Its Impact On The Hotel Sector

GDPR And Its Impact On The Hotel Sector

Why did companies suddenly start taking an interest in our personal data and updating their terms and conditions? What’s really going on with data protection right now and how does this affect hotel operations? Serge Chamelian, managing partner of h-hotelier, answers these and many other questions

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Blockchain In Boosting Hotel Loyalty Programs

Blockchain In Boosting Hotel Loyalty Programs

Talk about the blockchain, a virtual, digitized and decentralized public ledger of all cryptocurrency transactions, is never-ending. But beyond fintech and cybersecurity, what does it have to do with hospitality and how could the industry benefit from it? Oliver Sykes, partner – digital trust at PwC explains

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CHIP’s new state of the art facility

CHIP’s new state of the art facility

Since 1990, CHIP’s objective, as one of the most reputed security and management systems integrators in Lebanon, has been to offer customized high-end solutions

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Mobile bookings in Saudi Arabia jumped 116 percent compared to 2016, revealed Cleartrip data

Mobile bookings in Saudi Arabia jumped 116 percent compared to 2016, revealed Cleartrip data

The online travel sector in the GCC grew nine percent in 2017, reveals Cleartrip, one of the leading mobile and online travel companies in the Middle East, in its 2017 Travel Insights Report. The report, which derives insights from the company’s proprietary data and the data from over 400 partner...

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