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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

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UAE Restaurant Diners May Soon Enjoy Meals Made from Lab-Grown Meat

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

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HITEC Dubai 2022 Highlights from an E20X Participant

End of May in Dubai means two things are coming: hot summer weather and HITEC Dubai ⁠— the biggest and highly anticipated hos

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Is NFT the Next Big Thing in Hospitality? A Perspective from the Dubai Research Center

In the last two years — especially in 2021 — we all have come across this acronym "NFT" that everyone has been talking about,

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Startups Pitching Over Pizza with Burj Al Arab in the Background

Imagine you are a start-up founder. You have a fantastic idea, product or solution that you want to bring to the market. Mayb

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Employee Retention in the Great Resignation: Mission Impossible?

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 rea

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Dubai’s Spectacular Drone and Light Shows

Dubai is one of the emirates in the United Arab Emirates that enjoys doing things in full pomp and style. Whether it is the s

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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,

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Does ‘Smart City’ Mean ‘Smart Hotels’?

, research scholar Nearly 2.5 million people visited Dubai`s Expo 2020 in the first month after the opening [1] . This long-a

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How Has Technology Changed the Face of Marketing in Hospitality Amid Covid-19?

, research scholar Over the past year and a half, hospitality marketing and management has witnessed tremendous growth in ter

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Technology that Can Be Used to Support Large Events During and After Covid-19 Pandemic

Written by: Anni Lindqvist , research scholar The Post-Covid World Numerous industries were forced to employ more technology