Wamda

Saudi Arabia

JARAS Hospitality secures $666,000 pre-Seed

Saudi Arabia-based JARAS Hospitality has closed a $666,000 pre-Seed, led by undisclosed angel investors. Founded in 2023 by Ahmed Al...

JARAS Hospitality hospitality

U.A.E

Qstay secures $4.6 million pre-Series A round

UAE-based hospitality platform Qstay has raised $4.6 million in a pre-Series A funding round, through a combination of conventional and...

Qstay hospitality

U.A.E

UAE’s Qstay closes $6.5 million Seed round

UAE-based hospitality platform Qstay, has closed a debt and equity Seed round of $6.5 million. Founded in 2020 by Artur Khayrullin,...

Qstay hospitality Rental

Global

Intrapreneurship to lead the tourism industry

The hotel industry is facing more tech disruption now than it had at any other time in its long history. Thus, innovation is key for hotels...

hospitality intrapreneurship entrepreneurial goals

Global

Robotics are set to revolutionise hospitality and guest servicing

On Thursday March 10, 2016 the special guest at the ITB Berlin Hospitality Day, one of the world’s leading travel trade shows, was...

robotics hospitality Marriott TestBED MEA

Regional

How to overcome competitiveness in the hospitality industry [Video]

In the competitive market of the hospitality industry, “offering lower prices does not always cut it with the guests,”...

hospitality Hotels

Regional

How hotels can help startups scale [Video]

“Customers want a seamless experience across all of their touch points,” said Omar Christidis, founder and CEO of ArabNet...

Hotels hospitality

Regional

This is why hotels need to start working with startups [Video]

Technology is disrupting all sectors and hotels are not an exception to that global trend. According to Deloitte’s 2017 travel and...

Travel hospitality Tourism

Global

What I Know about hotels’ online reputation: PwC’s Martin Berlin

Online payments are playing an increasingly more paramount role in the hotels and hospitality industry. Increasing online bookings are...

WIK PwC Hotels

Regional

Marriott TestBED Middle East & Africa

Marriott TestBED Middle East & Africa is a unique startup accelerator programme focused on transforming the future of travel and...

Marriott TestBed accelerator

Regional

New startups on the block: December

Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to...

new startups Transport Healthcare

Maghreb

One guest at a time: how a newly launched hotel aims to boost Tunis’ medina

Tucked away in one of the small alleys of Tunisian capital Tunis’ old town, the medina, you find the seven-room boutique hotel Dar B...

hospitality Tourism Social Entrepreneurship

How a young women's rights activist launched Egypt's 'Best Hostel'

In an old building in downtown Cairo, Dina’s Hostel was founded over three years ago by Egyptian entrepreneur Dina Abou El Soud, b...

hospitality Egypt

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