This article showcases our top picks for the best Arab World based Hospitality companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Hospitality industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Arab World Hospitality Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
elmenus
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Elmenus is an online food discovery platform that provides its users with digitized restaurant menus from food carts to hotel restaurants.
Gathern
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Gathern is a booking platform of private villas, chalets, rest houses, camps, resorts, farms and other places suitable for gatherings.
Five Holdings
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Five Holdings is a Dubai-based real estate investment firm.
Edita Food Industries
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Edita Food Industries manufactures croissants, cakes, bakery products and distributes imported sweeteners, olive oils and pasta.
ADQ
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ADQ is a holding company with a diverse portfolio of major enterprises.
Repeat App
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Repeat App is the world’s first smart loyalty app for restaurants with a disruptive system of personalized pricing.
Juhayna Food Industries
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Juhayna Food Industries is specialized in producing, processing and packaging milk, yoghurt, juice and juice concentrate.
ToggleMarket
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B2B SaaS-enabled marketplaces and digital procurement platforms for cross border trade and commerce
Yamsafer
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Yamsafer.me (“The Traveller” in Arabic) is a rapidly-growing hotel booking site. We enable Arabic-speakers to easily find and book hotels.
Mabaat
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Mabaat is an innovative tech operator platform focused on disrupting the short-term rental market.
Hotel Data Cloud
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HDC is a b2b content distribution platform that lets hotels control how they are portrayed on booking channels
Short Stay
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Short Stay is a full-service hospitality provider specializing in contemporary spaces in Dubai’s most prestigious neighborhoods.
FunDok
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Guest Experience Management Platform for Short Term Rental Operators / limited service hotels and their Guests
Kennedy Towers
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Kennedy Towers is the largest operator of high quality short term rental accommodation in the UAE.
Etihad Airways
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Etihad Airways is the national airline of the United Arab Emirates.
Emaar
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Emaar Properties is a real estate development company.
AXON
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AXON is a healthcare provider with affordable costs by emerging the high-end technology with the healthcare industry.
CuroTrip
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CuroTrip is a medical service providing company, specialized in medical tourism facilitator and services.
BIRD NEST
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BIRD NEST is a Co-Living Startup that provides a holistic living experience that drives personal & professional development.
Letswork
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Leading co-working platform in the Middle East.
Seera
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Seera is a travel and tourism company with a balanced portfolio of trusted brands that consistently exceeds customer expectations.
Intelak Hub
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Intelak is a technology and innovation hub, based in Dubai, that supports early and late-stage start-ups.
Lulu Group International
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LuLu Group has interests in Hypermarkets, Shopping Malls, Imports & Exports, Trading, Shipping, IT, Travel & Tourism and Education
Kout Food Group
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Kout Food Group operates and manages restaurants like Taco Bell, Applebee’s, Burger King, and more.
Stella Stays
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Stella Stays is a tech-enabled hospitality startup that offers hotel-style apartments and homes for the modern resident and traveller.
Right Bite
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The Right Bite Nutrition & Catering Services is a specialized centre for expert nutritional consultation & gourmet meal delivery service.
The First Group
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The First Group Passionate about creating hotel dubai property investment opportunities that deliver unparalleled returns.
Jumeirah International
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Jumeirah International owns, manages, and operates a chain of hotels and resorts in the United States, United Kingdom, and Middle East.
Saudi Airlines Catering
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Saudi Airlines Catering provides catering and other support services to airline.
Barrows Hotel Enterprises
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Barrows Hotels is an international Hotel Investment and Advisory Company, Focused on the fast growing hotel industry in the MENA Region.
Kerzner International
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Kerzner International, building new amazing experiences globally with the One&Only Resorts, Atlantis, and Mazagan Beach and Golf Resort.
Al-Nabil Food Industries
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Founded in 1945, Nabil produces over 200 frozen and chilled food products including beef and chicken burgers, chicken strips and nuggets,
Demind
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Demind is a holding company that provides investments for hospitality, ICT, lifestyle, and real estate industries.
RoundMenu
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RoundMenu is the UAEs restaurant discovery online platform for the restaurant seekers.
wasl Asset Management Group
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wasl Asset Management Group is one of the largest real estate management companies in Dubai.
Happiana
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Happiana designs and manufactures adaptable charging solutions that can charge any device anytime anywhere.
Ghassan Aboud Group
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Ghassan Aboud Group is an international conglomerate dealing in the automotive, logistics, hospitality, and real estate businesses.
Katara Hospitality
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Katara Hospitality is a global hotel owner, developer and operator, based in Qatar.
Four Seasons Hotel Abu Dhabi
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Four Seasons Hotel Abu Dhabi is a five-star luxury hotel situated in a prime waterfront location on Al Maryah Island.
VOX Cinemas
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VOX Cinemas is wholly-owned that provides a world-class cinema experience to moviegoers who value both quality and luxury.
Amer Group
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Amer Group is the umbrella company for subsidiaries engaged in hospitality, construction, real estate development and agriculture.
Mo’men Group
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Mo’men Group operates Egypt’s largest independent chain of quick service restaurants under its household brand name.
serVme
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serVme is a reservation and guest management platform.
Al Hokair Group
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Alhokair group is a name that has been tied the world of hospitality and entertainment for decades.
Abela & Co
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Abela & Co is a food service management company that offers food & beverages and hospitality services.
Plan B Solutions
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PlanB Solutions is a fully-integrated customer loyalty program provider that crafts creative solutions to customer loyalty.
Alfardan Group
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Alfardan Group has established itself as one of the leading family-owned conglomerates in the region for the past 60 years.
The Leap Nation
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The Leap Nation creates virtual restaurants & gives customers creative, memorable and quality experiences with a scalable business model.
KUWAIT HOTELS CO SAK
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Kuwait Hotels Company is a hotel management firm that specialized in diversified hospitality projects, catering and Safir Support Services.
Al Ghalia
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Al Ghalia is a vibrant and passionate company.
Al Khozama Management
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Al Khozama Management provides integrated management Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia.
Al Jassim Group
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Al Jassim Group is a business group that incorporates real estate, restaurants, boutique café, hospitality and trading of FMCG.
kwentra
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kwentra was born to support the hospitality community and transform the independent operators day to day experience.
Saudi Catering & Contracting Company
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Saudi Catering & Contracting Company is a catering & contracting company that offers catering & life support services.
Resto Guru
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Manage your entire front of house with our state of the art software suite. Intelligent. Powerful. Intuitive.
Hozpitality Group
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Dedicated Hospitality Platform for Recruiting, Education and Supplier Market Place
Swiss Hospitality
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Swiss Hospitality provides consulting, human capital development, and talent search.
eliteclub
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Connect to a World of Luxury! A loyalty program offering countless benefits, exclusive hot deals & free vouchers! #myelitelifestyle
Mohammad Omar Bin Haider Holding Group
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Mohammad Omar Bin Haider Holding Group is a diversified business conglomerate in Dubai.
Bahi Ajman Palace Hotel
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Bahi Ajman Palace Hotel is a luxurious, alcohol-free beach hotel in Ajman.
AHDEC
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Holding company with interests in various sectors including hospitality, retail, foodstuff, fashion & technology
Comsys Software
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Comsys Software has a leading role in providing the Egyptian market with in-house-developed-software Solutions.
DR MOHAMMAD ALAWANI
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Founder of Infinity Lifestyle Management & Concierge, a luxury concierge for UHNW’s and people who are passionate about their choices
Business International Group
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Business International Group has developed into a leading organisation with a strong presence in key sectors including education
Address Hotels + Resorts
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Address Hotels + Resorts’ lifestyle environment enriches guest lives with a sense of style and elegance.
InnCabin
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InnCabin provides accommodation services such as furnished rooms, apartments, mini-flats, studios and terrace houses.
Emirates Leisure Retail
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Emirates Leisure Retail operates commercial businesses, restaurants, cafes and bars globally.
Intelligent Foods
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Intelligent Foods functions as one of the first food manufacturers in Dubai.
ENSHAA PSC
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ENSHAA is a real estate development and investment company.
Atlantis Resorts
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Atlantis is an ocean-themed destination resort located at the Palm Island in Dubai that provides hospitality services.
Arab Link Tourism Dubai LLC
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Arab Link Tourism Dubai LLC promoting tourism and growing as a global seller of tourism & travel agencies and tour operators.
MacBerry FZE
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Mac Berry is U.A.E’s pioneer internet and mobile application developer. They develop application and even provide web based solutions to
Tourism Enterprise
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Tourism Enterprise is a luxury tourism firm present in the hospitality sector.
The Red Sea Development Company
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The Red Sea Development Company develops and promotes destination marketing and offers luxury tourism services.
Line Investments & Property
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L.I.P is a shopping mall development & management division of Abu Dhabi based Lulu Group International.
National Corporation for Tourism & Hotels
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National Corporation for Tourism & Hotels develops both tourism and commerce in the United Arab Emirates UAE.
Rotana Hotels Suites Resorts
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Rotana Hotels Suites Resorts has grown to be the region’s largest hospitality management company and is widely recognized and admired.
Intercat Group
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Intercat Group is a provider of catering and banquet services, as well as restaurant franchising.
Fortune Group of Hotels
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Fortune Group of Hotels are a young company providing hospitality services with hotels in key locations in Dubai, Fujairah, and Abu Dhabi.
Burjeel Hospital
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Burjeel Hospital performs advanced surgeries for all medical conditions and diseases.
TripGuide
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TripGuide is an online marketplace for booking experiences, tours and things to do in Egypt from multiple travel agencies and suppliers.
Dur Hospitality
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Dur Hospitality is a hospitality company that manages, develops, and operates a portfolio of hotels and residential compounds.
Dubai Refreshments
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Dubai Refreshments is one of the UAE’s leading homegrown companies and partners of the world’s most prominent brands.
INSPIRE
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INSPIRE is a professional information technology supplier specialized in web application development.
The Healthy Home
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The Healthy Home is a health and wellness-based company that provides hygiene & sanitization solutions.
International Medical Center
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International Medical Center is a multi-disciplinary hospital that features specialty centers providing a treatment for health problems.
Action Hotels
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Action Hotels is a owner, developer and asset manager of branded three and four star hotels in the Middle East and Australia.
Hassoun Travel
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Hassoun Travel is a travel agency and offers its customers complete travel solution.
Hotelier Middle East
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The online home for hospitality industry professionals in the Middle East
Kuwait Resorts Company
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Kuwait Resorts Company engages in creation and management, operation, investment and renting hotels, health clubs, motels and guest houses.
Sariryah Medical
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Sariryah Medical specializes in operating and managing hospitals, medical centers, and polyclinics.
Easy Pan
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Easy Pan provides a joyful cooking experience by offering exotic recipes with fresh pre-portioned ingredients.
COCONUT
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The leading social recruitment community in the hospitality world
Valtrans
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Valtrans specializes in transportation systems and services that offer traffic, car and valet parking management solutions.
Yas Marina Circuit
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Yas Marina Circuit is the most exciting sporting and entertainment multi-purpose venue.
RDK Group of companies
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RDK Group of companies specializes in real estate development, construction, facility management, hospitality, and building management.