Hospitality and the Metaverse: Exploring the Business Impact of the Virtual World
Written by: Dominika Duziak Editor’s Note: This blog post will feature podcast episodes from the HospitalityVerse Podcast, a new series that discusses the latest trends in hospitality technology, including discussions on the Metaverse, blockchain, NFTS and more. I am sure by…
UAE Restaurant Diners May Soon Enjoy Meals Made from Lab-Grown Meat
Written by: Rochak Khandelwal We all love meat when we gather around barbecues and at the dinner table. But if someone would have said a few years ago that the beef steak or the burger we are eating is developed…
HITEC Dubai 2022 Highlights from an E20X Participant
Written by: Dominika Duziak End of May in Dubai means two things are coming: hot summer weather and HITEC Dubai — the biggest and highly anticipated hospitality technology congress in Middle East, organized by HFTP. I was really looking forward to…
Is NFT the Next Big Thing in Hospitality? A Perspective from the Dubai Research Center
Written by: Rochak Khandelwal In the last two years — especially in 2021 — we all have come across this acronym “NFT” that everyone has been talking about, and how these NFTs are being sold for millions of dollars. Many…
Startups Pitching Over Pizza with Burj Al Arab in the Background
Written by: Dominika Duziak Imagine you are a start-up founder. You have a fantastic idea, product or solution that you want to bring to the market. Maybe you already had some success, tested the waters, you think it’s going to work…
Employee Retention in the Great Resignation: Mission Impossible?
Written by: Dominika Duziak When I decided to quit my job in Spring 2021, I was one of the first. My resignation was not as shocking (I guess) as the reason – I wasn’t leaving for a competitor; I was…
Dubai’s Spectacular Drone and Light Shows
Written by: Rochak Khandelwal Dubai is one of the emirates in the United Arab Emirates that enjoys doing things in full pomp and style. Whether it is the spectacular fireworks on New Year’s Eve or the world-famous Dubai Shopping Festival…
My Experience in Event Planning While Navigating New Challenges Presented by Omicron
Written by: Sabina Sljivo I was so ready to go to my first in-person event just last month — but wait… Omicron! Finally, it seemed that life would return to normal again, with events happening in-person and hybrid. To be…
Does ‘Smart City’ Mean ‘Smart Hotels’?
Smart city foundations—digitization, new technologies (Blockchain, AI, and Internet of Things) and corresponding data—seem to be on everybody’s mind in Dubai, with countless tech events hosted daily around the city.
How Has Technology Changed the Face of Marketing in Hospitality Amid Covid-19?
Written by: Varun Khanna, research scholar Over the past year and a half, hospitality marketing and management has witnessed tremendous growth in terms of research and development (Byrd, et.al, 2021). The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about much of this change, as it…