A celebration of connection across the short-stay ecosystem

Evening Connect is Short Stay Circle’s flagship networking format and this March edition marks a key moment for the community.

This event brings together Trusted Partners, Short Stay Circle members, and operators in one room for the first time, to celebrate the official launch of the Short Stay Circle membership hub and the ecosystem behind it.

It’s a night designed around conversation, familiarity, and momentum, finally putting faces to names, businesses to brands, and relationships to the wider network shaping short stays and guest experience across Dubai.

Alongside the evening’s networking, we’ll host a short fireside chat with Remy Al Hafez, Co-Founder of Yalla Wrap It, sharing the journey behind building and scaling the business from the ground up. The conversation will explore the early days, the turning points that shaped the company, and the lessons learned along the way, offering insight for anyone building within fast-moving industries like short stays, property, and hospitality.

Who It’s For

This Evening Connect is for:

• Short-term rental operators, holiday home hosts, and property managers.
  
• The businesses, services, suppliers, providers and products that feed into and/or work with the short stay space.
  
• Founding members and early supporters of Short Stay Circle
  
• Professionals working across the wider short-stay and guest-experience ecosystem

If your work sits anywhere within the short-stay space and relationships, partnerships, and visibility matters, then this evening is for you.

Why Attend

Short Stay Circle has always been about bringing the short stay ecosystem together.

This event gives you the opportunity to:

• Meet the people behind the brands and platforms you see across the platform.
  
• Build new relationships and strengthen existing ones in a relaxed, social setting.
  
• Connect with fellow short stay operators and/or Trusted Partners and experience the full ecosystem in one room.
  
• Hear directly from founders building businesses within the property and service sectors through our short fireside conversation.
  
• Be part of the membership & platform launch moment and hear moore re: the direction ahead for 2026

This is about meaningful connection that leads to collaboration, referrals, and long-term alignment.

What to Expect

• A strategic mix of short stay operators, hosts and business owners, alongside Trusted Partners
  
• An engaging fireside chat with Remy Al Hafez (Co-Founder of Yalla Wrap It) sharing his journey behind building the business
  
• Two complimentary drinks per guest
  
• Light bites throughout the evening
  
• Open, strategic networking opportunities with space to move and connect
  
• A raffle prize draw including the announcement of the winner of a one-night stay for two at a Dubai hotel
  
• Three hours complimentary parking
  
• A relaxed, celebratory atmosphere marking the first of four Evening Connect events in 2026

Future Evening Connects will introduce different formats and focuses.

This one is about bringing the community together and setting the tone for the year ahead.