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Inntelo AI opens Dubai office at DIFC AI Campus to support Middle East expansion
Headquartered in London, Inntelo AI is the first AI-native platform unifying guest experience, operations and realtime personalisation for hospitality and real estate. Its technology is live across Europe and the Middle East, supporting hotels from boutique independents to largescale developments.
The new office reflects Inntelo AI’ s long-term commitment to Dubai and the wider MENA region, supporting regional expansion across the Middle East while strengthening the company’ s growing global footprint.
Inntelo AI, a UK-based AI hospitality start-up, has opened a new office in the United Arab Emirates, based at the Dubai International Financial Centre( DIFC), one of the region’ s leading hubs for Artificial Intelligence and innovation.
The Dubai opening follows a period of strong momentum for the company in the region; Inntelo AI is currently powering live deployments at TRYP by Wyndham Dubai and Ciel Dubai Marina, which recently was recognised by Guinness World Records as the world’ s tallest hotel.
Asif Alidina, Co-founder and CEO of Inntelo AI, said:“ Dubai has firmly established itself as a global hub for AI-driven innovation and adoption, making it the perfect launchpad for scaling our AI-native hospitality platform. Being based at DIFC allows us to work even more closely with our partners as we support hotel teams, enhance guest experiences and help operators run smarter, more efficient businesses.”
In 2025, Inntelo also announced a portfolio-wide partnership with Dubai-based The First Group Hospitality, as well as adding industry luminary Tariq Valani as Co-founder and Chief Product Innovation Officer.
Teya selects YouLend to expand financing offers for merchants across the UK and Europe
YouLend, a leading global embedded financing platform, has partnered with Teya, a financial services provider supporting local businesses across Europe, to expand its credit offering and simplify access to flexible funding for Teya’ s growing community of more than 30,000 members in the UK, ahead of further launches into Teya’ s other European markets in 2026. The partnership introduces Teya Cash Advance, powered by YouLend, a simple funding solution that makes it easy for merchants to apply for, accept and renew funding.
Through this partnership, Teya will offer a streamlined capital solution to more merchants. Eligible merchants can access between £ 1,000 and £ 2 million directly through the Teya app or portal, with pre-approved offers generated from anonymised payment data. The seamless application and approval process enables merchants to receive funding in as little as 24 hours.
Repayments are automatically linked to each merchant’ s card machine sales, so businesses only repay when they earn. This helps merchants manage cash flow more easily and grow at their own pace.
Teya selected YouLend for its scalable, multi-market funding platform and its proven track record of supporting over 370,000 businesses globally with a repeat financing rate.
The partnership has launched in the UK and will expand across Europe in the coming months. Together, YouLend and Teya are working to close the funding gap for small and local businesses and extend funding to as many eligible merchants as possible.
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