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Reimagine the Future of Hospitality
Showcase your groundbreaking innovations at the GulfHost Innovation Awards 2024.
Celebrate excellence and inspire the industry with your cutting-edge solutions.
Experience the forefront of industry advancements firsthand at the dedicated “GulfHost Innovation Awards Gallery,” where shortlisted products will be prominently displayed on the show floor.
This is your chance to shine on an international stage and connect with key decision-makers and industry pioneers.
Join us in shaping the future of hospitality and positioning your brand at the forefront of innovation. With a platform designed to highlight and celebrate the best, the GulfHost Innovation Awards is where your vision can gain the recognition it deserves.
*Awards are only open to GulfHost 2024 exhibitors. Don't miss this opportunity to shine. Showcase your latest innovations and compete for the prestigious GulfHost Innovation Awards. It's open to all exhibitors in front of house, back of house, tableware & furnishings, café & counter, and HORECA solutions sectors.
Compete in Five Prestigious Categories
Refers to any equipment/supplies that are automated, adding high-tech convenience to the commercial kitchen space. Entries may possess one or more of a range of assets such as assisting waste reduction/waste sorting, allowing users to measure and monitor the cooking process, offering self-cleaning technology, enabling healthier/tailored cooking results, enabling automatic shut-off to prevent risk of fire. Essentially saving energy, water and/or other resources.
May include but not restricted to: smart blenders, smart boilers, smart dishwashers, smart cooking stations, smart fridges, smart grills or fryers, smart ovens, smart steamers, smart weighing scales and others such as smart coffee makers and kettles.
Additional criteria
- Integration of Technology
- Internet of Things – from coffee makers to ovens
- Programmable equipment for more automated / AI cooking processes
- Conserve energy or water
Refers to the integration of advanced technologies and systems in customer-facing operations within the hospitality industry. This innovation aims to enhance efficiency, personalise interactions, streamline processes, and optimise resource management, ultimately improving customer experience and operational performance.
May include but not restricted to such self-service kiosks, AI and chatbots for handling customer orders, digital & interactive menus, automated inventory management, and augmented or virtual reality menus, tabletop ordering systems.
Additional criteria
- Integration of Technology
- Internet of Things – from self- kiosks to contactless technology
- Programmable equipment for a more automated and efficient customer experience
- Optimise resource management
Refers to tableware & furnishing serving equipment including portable products, tableware, cutlery/silverware, tabletop equipment, Porcelain / Earthenware/ Chinaware, Glassware / Crystal ware, trolleys, serveware or serving tools and others such as linen & fabrics and table accessories.
Additional criteria
- Elevated tableware and serving ware that up the aesthetic for a trendier customer base
- Innovative Design
- Ergonomic, lightweight or cleverly designed equipment
- Demonstration of innovation and creativity of the product
Refers to any coffee machinery or accessories such as Coffee Roasters, Coffee Machines, Roasters, Brewing, Espresso and Roasting Equipment and others such as Juices & Smoothie makers, Teaware and serving equipment.
Additional criteria
- Better and Cost efficient Technology
- Coffee dispensers and barware that enable speciality beverage trends
- Internet of Things
- Equipment and supplies that greatly reduce time spent on cleaning and maintenance
- Ergonomics
Refers to any supplier with a sustainable edge and their active contribution to green living or practices that help conserve resources like raw materials, water and energy. Product categories may include but is not restricted to- Tableware, Fryers, Ovens, Filters, Grey Water Filtration, Dishwashers, storage, other kitchen equipments and coffee makers.
Additional Criteria:
- Bio-degradable
- Re-purposing raw material
- Energy saving
- Better technology
- Labelling
Why participate at the GulfHost Innovation Awards?
JUDGING CRITERIA
Entries are evaluated based on design innovation, creativity, market impact, client satisfaction, and sustainability efforts. Criteria include energy, water, and waste-saving features, making these awards a benchmark for industry excellence.
- Project design and description of the equipment or product
- Demonstration of innovation and creativity of the product
- Business strategy, positioning, project challenges and impact within the marketplace along with financial and sales performance against expectations
- Brand retention, client satisfaction, third-party client and stakeholder feedback
- Evidence of successful marketing and PR communication programme
- For smart or sustainable equipment submissions:
- What are the energy/waste/water/labour saving features?
- How does it save these?
- What are the savings compared to?
- Entries can be from a brand new product, re-launch of an established product or a launch of an innovative initiative
- Entries of products launched/re-launched strictly between September 2023 and July 2024 would be accepted.
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