{"id":121494,"date":"2018-12-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-review2.sapaad.com\/sapaad-at-saudi-horeca-2018-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T08:17:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:17:14","slug":"sapaad-at-saudi-horeca-2018-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www-dr.sapaad.com\/us\/sapaad-at-saudi-horeca-2018-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sapaad at Saudi HORECA 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Riyadh, Saudi Arabia hosted one of the biggest HORECA events in the region on November 27th-29th, 2018, and&nbsp;Sapaad was thrilled to be a part of it.<\/p>\n<p>The eighth edition of Saudi HORECA showcased the latest culinary concepts, and hospitality and F&amp;B trends. It also featured the first Saudi barista competition with a panel of international judges. With over 200 exhibitors and 23,000 visitors, Sapaad was delighted to connect and network with restaurateurs and hospitality experts in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>A few takeaways from Saudi HORECA 2018:<\/p>\n<p>1. Technology is the future of the hospitality and F&amp;B industry. Restaurants need to embrace the latest advances in technology to stand out.<br \/>\n2. Food trucks and pop-up restaurants are an emerging and successful business model in Saudi Arabia. It is crucial to keep an eye out for these restaurant trends.<br \/>\n3. With technology on the rise, people want access to on-demand food. Busy lifestyles and the ease of access to technology gave rise to online food delivery options. Point-of-sale (POS) systems integrated with an online ordering channel and local food aggregators are key to a restaurant\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to visit Sapaad at Saudi HORECA next year to learn about the latest innovations in restaurant management and the hospitality industry.<\/p>\n<p>You can also find out how Sapaad helps streamline your business\u2019s operations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapaad.com\/us\/sapaad-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Start your free 14-day trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sapaad was delighted to connect and network with restaurateurs and hospitality experts in the industry in the 8th edition of Saudi HORECA that took place in Riyadh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":103049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trade-shows"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-dr.sapaad.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-dr.sapaad.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-dr.sapaad.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-dr.sapaad.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-dr.sapaad.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www-dr.sapaad.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121495,"href":"https:\/\/www-dr.sapaad.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121494\/revisions\/121495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-dr.sapaad.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-dr.sapaad.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-dr.sapaad.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-dr.sapaad.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}