WAVE
PPDS brings advanced and effortless control and management to hotel displays with new cloud-based platform, Wave. A brand new, cloud-based platform, Wave is designed to help bring effortless control and management of displays (professional TVs, digital signage) used in hospitality environments, including hotels, bars and restaurants. Accessible anywhere, the Wave platform allows you to manage content being displayed across single or multiple locations, and also has the ability to perform bulk updates, updating firmware, debugging screens, adjusting settings, adding basic content and receiving alerts – easily and reliably.
Ensuring optimum performance at all times, Wave also allows you to proactively anticipate issues, reducing or eliminating potentially costly downtime and disruptions.
PPDS
ppds.com
BARILLA CHICKPEA PENNE
Barilla expands its one-ingredient pasta line with the introduction of chickpea penne. Made entirely from chickpeas. Barilla Chickpea Penne pasta provides 19g of protein per 3.5 oz serving. Certified gluten-free and non-GMO.
BARILLA
barilla.com
EVIAN SPARKLING
The first-ever sparkling water across the Middle East region, awakening the senses through a unique and refreshing sparkling sensation. Evian is effervescent and refreshingly light. Crafted by its 15-year natural filtration journey through the glacial rocks in the heart of the French Alps, Evian Sparkling continues to encourage healthy hydration.
evian.com
ALTO-SHAAM LAUNCHES NEW CONVERGE® MULTI-COOK OVENS
Alto-Shaam, a global leader and innovator in the foodservice equipment industry, has launched its latest innovation in the multi-cook category, Converge Multi-Cook Ovens. Pairing the power of its pioneering Structured Air Technology® that delivers vertical air for precise and consistent cooking, with controlled humidity, Converge Multi-Cook Ovens provide expanded menu potential in the smallest footprint. With up to three independent chambers in a ventless space, operators can now steam, bake, grill and air-fry food items at the exact same time, in the same oven, without sacrificing quality and with zero flavor transfer.
alto-shaam.com
INDUCTCOOK® BY GASTROS
Gastros expands its portfolio with two built-in cooking units for the front cooking area, InductCook® 120 (size GN1/2) and InductCook® 220 (size GN1/1). InductCook® 220 can be operated in two
separate cooking zones with separate controls.
GASTROS
gastros.swiss
About author
Rita Ghantous
Rita Ghantous is a hospitality aficionado and a passionate writer with over 9 years’ experience in journalism and 5 years experience in the hospitality sector. Her passion for the performance arts and writing, started early. At 10 years old she was praised for her solo performance of the Beatles song “All My Love” accompanied by a guitarist, and was approached by a French talent scout during her school play. However, her love for writing was stronger. Fresh out of school, she became a freelance journalist for Noun Magazine and was awarded the Silver Award Cup for Outstanding Poetry, by The International Library of Poetry (Washington DC). She studied Business Management and earned a Masters degree from Saint Joseph University (USJ), her thesis was published in the Proche-Orient, Études en Management book. She then pursued a career in the hospitality industry but didn’t give up writing, that is why she launched the Four Points by Sheraton Le Verdun Newsletter. Her love for the industry and journalism led her to Hospitality Services - the organizers of the HORECA trade show in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Jordan, as well as Salon Du Chocolat, Beirut Cooking Festival, Whisky Live and other regional shows. She is currently the Publications Executive of Hospitality News Middle East, Taste & Flavors and Lebanon Traveler. It is with ultimate devotion for her magazines that she demonstrates her hospitality savoir-faire.
