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Meet 15 Game-Changing Start-Ups at MURTEC

🏦 RTN's Start-Up Alley debuted at MURTEC 2020 in Las Vegas with winners: PathSpot (2020), Hellometer (2022), Landed (2023), and Expo (2024). The event celebrates innovative solutions for the restaurant industry, addressing challenges like AI-driven automation, data analytics, and guest engagement. Tammy Hanson, RTN’s Membership Experience Manager, highlights the finalists' inspiring creativity. Judges include Cacy Bedoka (Jack in the Box), Susan Lucas (Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant), and Stephanie Nardini (Jersey Mike's). The top three finalists will pitch on the MURTEC stage, with the winner decided by live attendee votes. MURTEC 2025 attendees can register for the event online.

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FuturePlus Adds 84 Hotels to Its IMPACT CERTIFIED List

🏡 FuturePlus, a sustainability management and ESG reporting platform, has added 84 hotels to its IMPACT CERTIFIED ecosystem, addressing travelers' preference for sustainable stays despite 70% feeling overwhelmed by the booking process. Over three years, FuturePlus has integrated sustainability into the lifecycle of hospitality assets. With a robust technology platform and expert advice, hoteliers can improve their environmental and social impact. Currently, 65% of travelers prefer accommodations with trusted certifications, and 67% support standardized accreditation processes. The FuturePlus IMPACT CERTIFIED badge, a mark of continuous improvement and transparency, is backed by partnerships with Booking.com and Travalyst Compliance. FuturePlus clients have set more than 4,200 sustainability goals, achieving over 2,700, including 750 goals by the 84 IMPACT CERTIFIED hotels. TROO Hospitality started its sustainability journey with FuturePlus in September 2022, focusing on Education, Collaboration, and Empowerment. Atlas Hotels, managing 58 hotels including Europe’s largest Holiday Inn Express franchise, leverages the FuturePlus platform for structured sustainability initiatives.

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Maestro PMS Unveils 22025 Tech Roadmap

📑 FuturePlus added 84 hotels to its IMPACT CERTIFIED ecosystem, responding to travelers' sustainability concerns—70% feel overwhelmed booking sustainable stays. For three years, FuturePlus aids hospitality with environmental/social governance using technology, sustainability frameworks, and expert advice. A trusted badge, IMPACT CERTIFIED, guarantees hotels meet progressive environmental and social criteria. The platform supported TROO Hospitality's sustainability strategy since September 2022. Atlas Hotels, with 58 UK locations, benefits from FuturePlus for a unified, targeted sustainability program. FuturePlus clients set 4,200+ sustainability goals and achieved 2,700+, with 750 goals achieved among the 84 certified hotels.

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2025 State of Retail Media Report

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📰 The "Advertising: Who Cares?" launch event will take place at the Royal Society of Arts in London on September 12, starting at 2pm. Aimed at addressing advertising industry challenges, the event features five workstreams led by experts, including Michael Farmer and Jenny Biggam. Among the speakers are Lucy Jameson, Jessica Lovell, and Pippa Glucklich, with a closing conversation between David Wheldon and Sir John Hegarty. Tickets are available at cost, with profits benefiting NABS, avoiding sponsors to ensure open dialogue.

How Starbird Gained 250K Social Media Impressions

🍗 Starbird Chicken, in partnership with GiftAMeal, launched a social media-based charity initiative in late 2023 in Los Angeles, which expanded systemwide in 2024. Customers scan a QR code and share a meal photo, prompting a donation to a local food bank. This program has already provided 10,000 meals and generated over 250,000 social media impressions. Starbird's program reaches seven local food banks in Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas. The initiative is linked with Starbird’s guest feedback platform, Tattle, showing higher satisfaction scores from participating guests.

GK Software Acquires Deep-Tech, Computer Vision Firm

💰 Boostly, an SMS marketing solutions provider for restaurants, secured $22 million in a Series A funding round, following a $5.6 million Seed round six months prior. The capital will accelerate innovation and expansion for restaurant owners to enhance revenue using first-party customer data. Boostly's platform, with over 1,200 restaurant locations in the U.S. and Canada, offers a marketing system with engagement rates 10x higher than standard texts and accelerates SMS subscriber opt-in 5x faster than traditional methods. The company was founded by Shane and Mikey Murphy, who have a background in restaurant technology. Boostly emphasizes easy use with automated campaigns generating millions in revenue and thousands of customer reviews.

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Safara Acquires Skipper and Secures New Funding from Defy.vc & Sequoia Capital to Revolutionize Hotel Booking

💻 PPDS, exclusive provider of Philips Professional Displays, unveiled the Philips Interactive 3000 Series, their most advanced multi-touch displays, at ISE 2025 in Barcelona, Feb 4-7. The series, available in 24", 32", 43", and 55" models, features PCAP touch technology, 24/7 operation capability, a 30-degree tilt option, anti-glare and anti-fingerprint coating, with model-specific brightness up to 350 cd/m2 or 450 cd/m2. It runs on Android 13 with 4GB RAM and 32GB ROM, supports remote management via Philips Wave, and is designed for sustainability with reduced power consumption and automatic backlight control. The series is now globally available and will be demonstrated in PPDS Studio showrooms worldwide.

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VDA Telkonet Releases 2025 Tech Report: Key Findings on Energy Management Systems in Hospitality

📈 PPDS announces the Philips Interactive 3000 Series, an advanced range of multi-touch displays, to be showcased at ISE 2025 in Barcelona (Feb 4-7). The series includes 24”, 32”, 43”, and 55” models, featuring PCAP touch technology, anti-glare and anti-fingerprint coating, with brightness levels up to 350 cd/m2 for smaller models and 450 cd/m2 for larger ones. Equipped with Android 13 SoC, 4GB RAM, and 32GB ROM, the displays offer remote management via Philips Wave and reduced power consumption for sustainability. Available globally with demonstrations in PPDS Studio showrooms across EMEA, North America, and India.

Subway Partners with FreedomPay to Drive Payment Efficiency

🛏 Eradicating bed bugs in a 50-room hotel emits as much CO₂ as 229 one-way London-New York flights. A 50-room hotel undergoes one bed bug infestation annually, leading to the fumigation of five rooms and an annual full-property chemical treatment, resulting in 70.8 tons of CO₂ per year. Valpas CEO Martim Gois advocates for a non-toxic, digital solution to replace harmful chemicals. Valpas aims to expand its 'hospitality standard' to 2 million beds by 2030, following a €4m seed funding round led by Zenith VC.

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