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Odoo Middle East Partners With Hotdesk Technologies
The collaboration will benefit small to medium businesses by combining Odoo’s ERP solutions with Hotdesk’s flexible workspace offerings.
Odoo Middle East, an ERP provider enabling companies to streamline operations, boost efficiency and facilitate improved decision-making, has announced an official partnership with Hotdesk, one of the world’s premier flexible workspace providers.
This partnership combines the two firms’ expertise to foster digital transformation and drive innovation. By leveraging Hotdesk’s robust suite of workspace solutions and hybrid work management technologies with Odoo’s CRM, accounting, and e-commerce software, the duo will be able to provide unparalleled services tailored to the unique needs of Middle Eastern businesses.
In addition, Odoo will also benefit from integration into Hotdesk’s flexible workspace solutions, allowing them to access over 650 coworking spaces, and service over 200,000 existing users across the region.
Hotdesk subscribers will benefit from a number of technical and commercial benefits from the partnership with Odoo, giving businesses of all sizes a significant advantage. Odoo will provide Hotdesk users with regular industry-specific workshops, both online and in-person, along with a free trial of the company’s software services.
To cement the new partnership, the two companies will also embark on a multi-country workshop tour. The events will be hosted in different coworking venues, while special events will also take place in the headquarters of both Odoo and Hotdesk.
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“This collaboration represents a crucial step in integrating advanced enterprise resource planning with versatile work environments. By aligning our services, both Odoo and Hotdesk would be able to offer more dynamic and responsive solutions and allow SMEs to increase revenue, cut costs, innovate, and enhance their business as a whole,” explained Pavitra Singh, Managing Director of Odoo Middle East.
“One of the key topics of the current startup scene is: how do you run lean, efficient operations? That’s what the Hotdesk x Odoo partnership is built around – our common mission of enabling startups and SMEs to scale lean with technology that optimizes and digitizes businesses from end-to-end,” added Mohamed Khaled, CEO of Hotdesk.
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AltoVolo Opens Orders For Limited Edition Sigma eVTOLs
Early buyers can now reserve build slots for AltoVolo’s 500-mile hybrid aircraft through a new online configurator.
AltoVolo has started taking pre-orders for its first electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, the Sigma, moving the startup closer to commercial rollout. Customers can now secure a build slot with a £860 deposit and customize every detail online — from paintwork to seatbelt stitching. It’s the first configurator of its kind for a civilian eVTOL, mirroring how luxury car brands let clients tailor performance models before production.
The Sigma runs on a hybrid-electric tilting jet system built for long range and low noise. It can travel up to 500 miles at a 220-mph cruise, and is over 80% quieter than a helicopter. The three-seater weighs just 980kg and can maintain stable flight even if one jet fails. Safety systems include triple-redundant controls, thrust-vectoring stability and a ballistic parachute.
“We will be delivering an ultra-refined hybrid electric aircraft,” said founder and CEO Will Wood. “We believe there are thousands of customers for this type of cutting-edge technology”.
The first 100 units will come with exclusive materials and finishes. AltoVolo is also setting up a global service and maintenance network, with early planning for overhaul schedules already underway. The company’s focus on ownership experience echoes its ambition to anchor itself alongside established aviation brands rather than pure tech ventures.
To help new owners train, the company has built a full-scale simulator that replicates the Sigma cockpit in carbon fiber and leather. Pilots can log time toward a license using the system, aligned with the new US MOSAIC rules that ease certification for powered-lift aircraft. Certification work in Europe and the UK continues in parallel, signaling growing international alignment around light sport and eVTOL regulation.
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Noise inside the cabin has become another design focus. Engineers are refining internal vibration levels and developing a responsive soundscape that shifts with each jet’s power load — part feedback, part theatre.
Urban air mobility projects across the Gulf and elsewhere are pushing regulators and manufacturers to meet in the middle. Dubai, Riyadh and Doha have each outlined plans for air taxi corridors this decade. AltoVolo’s hybrid Sigma, sitting between electric promise and aviation realism, looks built for that middle ground.
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