Innovating Business Travel, What’s Next?

Global business travel spending has increased by 47% year-on-year as the world recovered from the pandemic. In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the travel industry benefited from one of the strongest recoveries with arrivals in the Middle East reaching 83% of pre-COVID numbers. “While this uptick is expected to continue in 2024, businesses need to tap into technology to mitigate current challenges and take advantage of trends,” says Gabrielle Indrieri who recently spoke at the SAP Concur Day conference hosted in Dubai.

SAP Insights Report Confirms Data is King When it Comes to Building Business Resilience in UAE

Executives from the Emirates participated in a global survey on future-proofing, where 40% of companies said a reluctance to abandon business models is an obstacle for innovation

Dubai, UAE — December 19, 2023 — A new report from SAP Insights, the global technology’s research division, has revealed a formula for business resiliency, which includes access to data, innovation, optimizing processes and preparing the workforce for change. The insights were captured from a survey of more than 4,200 business leaders at medium and large organizations in 13 countries around the world, including the UAE.

SAP and ChangeMaker Xchange Highlight Importance of Youth-Led Climate Change in Run-Up to COP28

• More than 35 young ChangeMakers from the Middle East are participating in the world’s most critical climate negotiations  

Manos Raptopoulos, President of Southern Europe Middle East and Africa at SAP, says that the selection of the UAE as this year’s host is testament to the Emirates’ commitment to fostering dialogue, sharing expertise, and driving global climate action. Raptopolous points to the importance of the dialogue being inclusive, emphasising the impact of climate change on youth.

Referring to UNICEF’s latest Heatwaves report, which reveals that by 2050, more than 2 billion children worldwide will face heightened exposure to increasingly frequent heatwaves, Raptopoulos points out that this dire reality magnifies health vulnerabilities like undernutrition, low birth weight, asthma, and mosquito-borne diseases. An additional report by UNICEF highlights how 90% of the global burden of disease associated with climate change is borne by children under the age of five.

SAP and the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team Join Forces to Drive Efficiency On and Off the Racetrack

DUBAI, UAE  — November 22, 2023 — As the UAE prepares to host the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) has announced a multiyear partnership with the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team starting in 2024. As an Official Team Partner, SAP is teaming up with the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team to accelerate operational efficiency and unlock new data insights to deliver performance gains. SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition serves as the technology foundation for the team, enabling them to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud solutions from SAP can help inform and predict decisions, optimize resources and future-proof their IT infrastructure.

SCCC and SAP join hands to expedite the digital transformation process in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

• Innovative collaboration to enable businesses to make the most of global SAP ERP software in a secure infrastructure that is compliant with SCCC applications
• Partnership facilitates the achievement of the transformative objectives of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 25, 2023:  SAP and the Saudi Cloud Computing Company (SCCC), a subsidiary of stc Group, an engine of digital transformation, have recently formed a significant partnership focused on strengthening collaboration in the realm of digital transformation in Saudi Arabia. As part of this partnership, SAP solutions will be hosted locally in SCCC data centres, providing enhanced data security.