Post Covid New Normal: High Tech – No Touch in Hospitality
Instructor
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Sanjay NadkarniDirector of Innovation & ResearchDr. Sanjay Nadkarni is currently the Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer at Arabian Falcon Holding in the UAE. Prior to taking on this role, from 2009 to 2022, he was Director of Innovation & Research and Associate Professor at the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management , a strategic business unit of Jumeirah Group/Dubai Holding.
Sanjay’s domain interests are in the convergence space of digital innovation and sustainability in the services sector. His portfolio comprises academic and applied research, advisory and consultancy assignments for corporate, government and multilateral agencies. His pedagogic practice includes visiting professorships at premier academic institutions in Asia and Europe. He is also a verified Dubai Futures Research Contributor and a Non-resident Fellow of Trends Research & AdvisoryThink Tank. The recognition of his work is reflected in the awards and citations of merit he has received.
Sanjay’s focus is on developing and co-creating applied research and strategy frameworks that have tangible impact on industry and society. He is passionate about using innovation frameworks for leveraging Industry 4.0 and democratizing AI and data science to benefit small & micro-businesses and enjoys mentoring in digital and social entrepreneurship.
Recent Participants
The impact of Covid has been particularly acute for the hospitality and allied sectors such as restaurants and holiday rentals. As the new normal sets in, the adoption of digital platforms in facilitating recovery in these businesses is witnessing an accelerated growth. Cyprus’s economy is dominated by micro small and medium businesses (MSMBs) many of which are engaged in hospitality-related activities. The overall competitiveness and wellbeing of this sector which has been strongly impacted by Covid-19 is key to ensure sustainable socio-economic growth by way of generating tourism Euros and employment opportunities. The role of digital platforms and technologies hitherto focussed on guest convenience and business efficiency has now expanded to enabling guest safety and hygiene protocols for the businesses in the post-Covid era. High tech-No touch is the new mantra that will ensure long term viability of hospitality and restaurant businesses by instilling confidence in guests to make an informed choice without compromising health and safety. Putting it into perspective, digital disruption on the back on Industry 4.0 is an inherent change in how businesses are able to deliver value to their customers. In addition to leveraging the opportunities of a mix of innovative digital tools for staying ahead of the curve in a hyper-competitive and hyper-personalized environment, Industry 4.0 solutions such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Internet of Things will now become part of this mix for providing a non-negotiable layer of safety and hygiene in the post-Covid era. In practical terms, Cyprus’s hospitality and tourism-related businesses will need to embark on a familiarization drive with the eventual objective of adopting these technologies to ensure business continuity and thus continue to strengthen Cyprus’s service-driven economy.
The primary target segments for this seminar are the private sector owners, managers and supervisory staff of micro, small and medium businesses in the hospitality and tourism sector including the sub-verticals comprising of bars, cafés, car rentals, event organisers, hotels, holiday rentals, tour operators and travel agents.
The key takeaway from the seminar for the participants’ benefit will be the ability to effectively leverage the Industry 4.0 platforms for rejuvenating driving value in their day-to-day operations.
Particularly, this expert seminar will offer valuable insight to industry stakeholders who deal with administration, revenue and marketing operations.
In the post Covid-19 scenario, high tech-no touch technologies have assumed critical importance for the survival of businesses. In this context, the high level objectives of this expert seminar are to enable owners, operators and managers of MSMBs in the hospitality and allied sectors to (i) gain general understanding of Industry 4.0 platforms (ii) evaluate the suitability of specific technologies for deployment.
The specific objectives pertaining to knowledge, skills and attitude are as follows:
Knowledge related objectives
- Recognize the need to familiarize with Industry 4.0 platforms.
- Identify the suite of platforms best suited for line of business.
- Analyze the resource implications and financial impact of deploying these platforms.
- Revise existing standard operating procedures in line with the adopted platforms.
Skills related objectives
- Use evaluation templates for assessing best-fit technologies.
- Operate cloud-based platforms for capturing and analyzing guest sentiment data with live dashboards.
- Chart real-time asset sanitizing protocols with agile cloud-based PMS tools.
Attitude related objectives
- Adopt the right attitudes about the importance of Industry 4.0 tools.
- Advocate a future thinking culture among internal stakeholders of the business.
Recommend the right culture in the organization that will build and support confidence to self-manage critical digital assets, independent of third-party agents
Hourly Schedule
Day 1
- 7:15 - 7:45
- Arrival and registration
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Sanjay Nadkarni
- 7:45 - 8:15
- Seminar overview and introduction
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Sanjay Nadkarni
- 8:15 - 10:15
- Post Covid role of Industry 4.0 in hospitality & tourism
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Sanjay Nadkarni
- 10:15 - 10:30
- Break
- 10:30 - 12:30
- Industry 4.0 Components
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Sanjay Nadkarni
- 12:30 - 13:45
- Lunch Break
- 13:45 - 15:15
- The Hotel Tech Stack
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Instructors
Sanjay Nadkarni
- 15:15 - 15:30
- Break
- 15:30 - 16:30
- Agile PMS demo in post Covid Context
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Sanjay Nadkarni
Day 2
- 07:45 - 8:15
- Seminar recapitulations
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Instructors
Sanjay Nadkarni
- 08:15 - 10:15
- IoT- Hotel of Things Demo 1
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Sanjay Nadkarni
- 10:15 - 10:30
- Break
- 10:30 - 12:30
- Covid Protocols Guest Feedback and Satisfaction (demo)
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Sanjay Nadkarni
- 12:30 - 13:30
- Lunch Break
- 13:30 - 15:00
- IoT Hotel of Things Demo 2
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Instructors
Sanjay Nadkarni
- 15:00 - 15:15
- Break
- 15:15 - 16:15
- Tech Innovations for Food & Beverage Industry
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Sanjay Nadkarni
SUBSIDY, ATTENDANCE, AND CANCELLATION POLICY
HRDA Subsidy and Seminar Attendance
- A company’s participant is eligible for a subsidy when their Social Insurance and Industrial Training contributions have been settled in full by the time of registration/seminar. In case of ineligibility/disqualification, the company will be invoiced the full amount per participant.
- A company’s participant is eligible for a subsidy if he/she completes an obligatory attendance of 75% or more (both during seminar and company visit). In case of failure to complete the attendance, the company will be invoiced the full amount, per participant.
Cancellation and Substitution Policy
- Cancellations can be accepted up to 5 working days prior to the seminar without penalties. For any cancellations received after the deadline (or no-shows), the company will be invoiced the full amount per participant.
- Substitutions can be accepted any time prior to the seminar without penalties.
- Τhroughout the seminar participants must have their camera and microphone open, for better communication and as defined by the specifications of HRDA otherwise participants will not be approved by HRDA.