Tareq Bagaeen is founder of aQedina.com and a veteran hotelier with more than two and a half decades in the business. He previously worked for five different Ritz-Carlton properties, then with with Hyatt, Banyan Tree Hotels and The Rezidor Hotel Group, all in senior property and corporate leadership roles covering Asia, The Middle East & Europe.

In 2016, Tareq founded aQedina.com, a company that provides a comprehensive business development resource to hoteliers through commercial assessments, sales and upselling training programs as well aiding hospitality-focused technology companies in their quest to being successful within the Middle East & Asia-Pacific markets.