An unexpected appreciation
HITT Amsterdam: AI and robots are the new hospitality helpers
HITT & The Sustainable Hospitality Challenge:
Two student teams presented their ideas
Presented an innovative wall system for hotels: Marco Palamara and Rahul Dahiya from the University of West London.map
It was a first for the HITT Think Tank and for Hotelschool The Hague, the initiator of the now global student sustainability competition. Over 70 universities are taking part and this year the young creatives presented their ideas on three regional stages: in Europe (Montreux), in Asia (Bangkok) and in the USA (Miami). Paul Griep, lecturer in The Hague and the lead networker between the industry and young and former students, brought three students from the European semi-finals of the ongoing competition to the Think Tank.
"Algi" generates oxygen from 1,000 trees every day. This was one of the key sentences to understand the invention of Andrei-Mihai Iftimie, Marco Palamara and Rahul Dahiya from the University of West London. At HITT, Marco and Rahul explained their modular but stylish wall system, which uses algae to reduce energy costs, improve air quality and better insulate rooms. A great idea that has already been registered for a patent and is now looking for an investor to implement it.
Joachim Chamerski from the Thomas More University ipresented an integrated heating, ventilation and AC system.map
Joachim Chamerski represented the three-person team of inventors from the Thomas More University of Applied Sciences in Belgium (the two team colleagues Ries Anderson and Siebe Goormans were not present in Amsterdam). With "EcoQanat", Joachim presented an integrated heating, ventilation and air conditioning system. This new cooling system, together with the hardware and software components, is designed to regulate the air flow in various rooms, maintain the desired temperature and optimise energy consumption. A technically sophisticated idea, but one that literally hits a "hot" spot in view of global warming.
The entrepreneurial spirit of the students and the innovative power of the young people certainly inspired everyone and some of the HITT experts gave the talented young people valuable tips to take home with them. Good luck for the final in Dubai (30 September to 2 October)! / kn
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Kirsten Posautz
studied comparative literature in Mainz, completed a traineeship and then worked for specialised publishing houses and companies as well as freelance journalists for print media and PR agencies. The hotel industry crystallised early on as her focus. She dedicated herself to this industry at the trade magazine Top hotel, later also as co-author of a B2C hotel guide series and as project manager of spa and wellness books. Most recently, Kirsten Posautz was deputy editor-in-chief of the trade magazine hotelbau before moving to hospitalityInside.com in the same position in February 2024.
Beatrix Boutonnet
is a Hotel manager, graduate in business administration (FH) and as a business journalist our real estate and fund specialist. Apart from that, she loves cooking and everything French and Japanese.
Maria Pütz-Willems
is a passionate writer who travelled to over 40 countries and got to know the media world from many perspectives. She has been reporting on the international hotel industry for over 30 years and founded hospitalityInside.com in 2005. She finds her balance with fresh air, sports, cooking and sociable friends.