Plug and Play launches new hospitality acceleration program in Abu Dhabi
Plug and Play’s Travel & Hospitality Innovation Platform was founded in 2016 at their Silicon Valley headquarters, focused on discovering, supporting and scaling disruptive technologies that are reshaping the future of travel.
Quiqup announces £10 million strategic funding round
Quiqup, is a tech scale-up building a decentralized, AI-powered last-mile logistics infrastructure. This is designed to power same-day delivery services for retailers and restaurants of all sizes and across all industries. The existing investor, JOBI Capital, with participation from strategic investor Cedar Mundi Ventures, the Beirut based VC firm part...
markit, Lebanon’s 1st mobile supermarket application
The idea of markit started many years ago by a group of friends who saw a need for an easy and convenient grocery application service. In 2014, these four individuals began working on the project, which was made available to the Lebanese market 10 months ago. The premise was quite...
Four Seasons Chat is now available on nine messaging platforms including WhatsApp
Guests can use the Four Seasons App, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, KakaoTalk, LINE, Apple Business Chat and SMS.
Green energy production launched at JW Marriott Cairo
Will support the spread of the use of small solar cells installed in residential and commercial buildings, public buildings, hotels and industrial facilities.
Hilton partners with Netflix, launches Connected Room
Plans to roll out the technology to tens of thousands of rooms in hundreds more hotels in 2019 as well as the first non-U.S. locations.
Majid Al Futtaim and I.AM+ partner to introduce AI-powered customer-centric solutions
Majid Al Futtaim, the leading shopping mall, communities, retail and leisure conglomerate across the Middle East, Africa and Asia with a presence in 20 countries and 14 industries today announced during the World Economic Forum in Davos, its partnership with Los Angeles-based technology company, I.AM+. Founded by innovator and global...
Interactive voice- and touch-activated functionality for enhanced guest room automation
The hotel industry’s only purpose-built virtual assistant adds interactive voice- and touch-activated functionality for enhanced guest room automation.
