Evaluating the hospitality landscape with Gilda Perez-Alvarado

Evaluating the hospitality landscape with Gilda Perez-Alvarado

Gilda Perez-Alvarado, the Global CEO at JLL Hotels and Hospitality, leads a specialized team of cross-border investment sales professionals based across the Middle East, Asia-Pacific region, the Americas and Europe. Here, she shares her insights into the hospitality landscape.

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Navigating the Middle East’s skies with Kashif Khalid

Navigating the Middle East’s skies with Kashif Khalid

We caught up with Kashif Khalid, IATA’s regional director for the Middle East and Africa, to discuss everything related to travel.

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Barry Callebaut’s top chocolate trends for 2023

Barry Callebaut’s top chocolate trends for 2023

With retail sales of chocolate confectionery expected to reach over USD 128 billion globally by the end of 2023, we  learn more about the top trends shaping the market from Barry Callebaut.

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A different dining mindset

A different dining mindset

Enrico Clementi, managing partner and head of F&B strategy and advisory at Tribe Creators, gives us the lowdown on the evolving mindset of today’s diner.

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Inside the restaurant of the future

Inside the restaurant of the future

The design of a restaurant is far more than its color palette and choice of furnishings. Design is embedded in how we interact with the spaces around us and how we feel within them. Charlotte Mindus, B2B and marketing leader at Livit, a leading design firm, guides us through the restaurant of the future.

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Uncorking 2023’s wine trends   

Uncorking 2023’s wine trends   

Hady Kahale, Naked Wine’s head of wine buying, gives us the lowdown on the latest wine trends for 2023.

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Restaurant trends with Delphine Gebran

Restaurant trends with Delphine Gebran

With consumer tastes constantly changing, we spoke with Lebanese interior architect Delphine Gebran to hear what’s trending in restaurant design.

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The hospitality educators: Philippe G. Francois and Jeroen Greven discuss curriculums and careers

The hospitality educators: Philippe G. Francois and Jeroen Greven discuss curriculums and careers

With hospitality education adapting to new trends and technological advancements, we discuss curriculums and careers and with two educators in the field.

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The region’s hotels catch the metaverse wave

The region’s hotels catch the metaverse wave

RendezVerse is undergoing development projects to perfect the corporate metaverse with some of the world’s most renowned hotels.

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