Hoteliers from the Middle East participated and won across a variety of award categories at the smart hotel awards ceremony. The ceremony took place on the second day of 20th edition of Hotel Technology Summit at Park Hyatt Hotel in Dubai in November, and was organised by business facilitation company Naseba, in partnership with Hospitality Financial & Technology Professionals (HFTP) – the leading global hospitality association and organizer of HITEC, the world’s largest hospitality technology show.
Over 150 hospitality professionals gathered to support and applaud for various smart hotel awards this year, where exceptional hotels were recognised for their achievements across four categories such as best in-room automation system, best use of cloud service, best booking experience and best smart hotel. Ameen Al Darawsheh, Director of Sales and Marketing at The Torch Doha took the award for “Best Smart Hotel”, beating the competition from a shortlist of eight hotels, in the most popular category for 2016. The iconic hotel in Doha boasts 51 floors with rooms and suites featuring a custom in-room iPad based solution, mood lighting system in 12 colours and interactive LED TVs.
The Torch Doha General Manager, Sherif Sabry, said: “We are delighted and truly honoured for getting such a great recognition and winning at the most popular category this year. Management sees this as achieving another milestone to keep up with our high standards. We look forward to a new year of great achievements.” The awards were judged by an esteemed panel of industry leaders and experts, including Frank Wolfe, Chief Executive Officer, HFTP; Matthew Stephens, Vice-President, eHotelier; Denis Sorin, President of Hotel Operations, Dur Hospitality; and Henri Roelings, Founder & CEO, Hsyndicate.org &HospitalityNET.0
source: The Peninsula
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