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Pita Pit USA Appoints Longtime Employee to COO

🏨 Guestline, part of Access Group, enhances its GuestStay with AI-driven self-service options, streamlining hotel operations and guest experiences. The portal allows guests to manage reservations, modify bookings, and pre-order services like breakfast or parking. AI integration into the Property Management System automates actionable requests, boosting efficiency. ResDiary's integration facilitates restaurant bookings. In trials, corporate travelers favored the self-service for its convenience. Guestline properties report about 25% of their table bookings via the portal, with plans to add more upsell features in 2024. Digital registration averages 31%, doubling real guest email collection, promoting direct repeat business over OTAs.
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Guestline Integrates ResDiary and AI to Boost Sales of Ancillary Products via Guest Portal

💸 Guestline, part of Access Group, enhances its GuestStay product with self-service options and AI, saving time for hotel staff and elevating guest autonomy. The platform lets guests manage reservations, order services like breakfast or parking, and secure restaurant bookings via ResDiary integration. Trials show corporate travelers enjoy the ease of use. Some properties report 25% of restaurant bookings through GuestStay, with plans to add more upsell features in 2024. Digital registration completion averages 31%, and hotels collect more real guest email addresses, encouraging direct repeat bookings over OTAs.
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Two Industry Vets to Join Denny’s C-Suite

🏢 Oslofjord Convention Center in Norway, Europe’s largest event village, automates over 30,000 bookings annually with RMS Cloud's property management software to streamline and error-proof the process. The venue hosts up to 12,000 guests with a variety of accommodations, including cabins, cottages, hotel rooms, and suites. The new system, implemented in February, enhances upselling capabilities and is user-friendly for the fluctuating staff numbers, ranging from 300 to 10,000. RMS Cloud was selected after analyzing 15 vendors and offers competitive pricing and functionality.
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CASE STUDY: Franchisee Turns to Tech to Save on Utilities, Improve Sustainability

🏫 Budderfly installed smart sensors at Hart's Sonic Drive-In locations, enabling remote HVAC control and energy savings of 3-5% per month. Hart's average spend is over $5,000 monthly per store, totaling around $300,000 annually. Savings per percent equal $3,000. Hart plans to add solar panels with Budderfly's financial and operational support, and expresses interest in future EV charger installations.
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Jon Gustin Appointed Vice President of Operations for Commonwealth Hotels

🍚 Beef 'O' Brady's operates in 20+ US states and is collaborating with SoundHoundAI for phone orders. SoundHound's voice AI answers 100% of calls and can handle multiple orders, allowing staff to focus on service. Nearly 80% of US diners expect AI to dominate food ordering soon. SoundHound's AI is deployed in over 10,000 locations and the company recently acquired Allset to expand its reach. Beef 'O' Brady's emphasizes innovation for customer satisfaction, integrating AI to streamline ordering.
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Bottle Rocket, Olo Join Forces to Help Restaurants Create Better Digital Experiences (PRNewsfoto/Bottle Rocket)

📣 Beef 'O' Brady's, operating in more than 20 US states, partners with SoundHoundAI to introduce voice AI for phone orders. The tech is live at all corporate locations, set for franchise integration, and efficiently handles 100% of calls—even during peak periods like the 2024 Summer Olympics. SoundHound's AI can manage orders, answer menu queries, and cover FAQs, offering seamless ordering for customers. SoundHound AI's solutions are used in over 10,000 restaurants and recently acquired the Allset ordering platform, signaling a growing trend where 80% of US diners expect AI voice assistants to dominate food ordering soon.
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Lessons From the Global Tech Outage

🛑 Today's global tech outage was caused by a software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, impacting organizations using Microsoft Windows, notably in the airline, financial, healthcare and broadcasting sectors. Hospitality and foodservice were also affected, highlighting the need for businesses to understand technological dependencies, have a business continuity plan, and embrace redundancy with manual procedures and backup systems to ensure operations can continue during such incidents.
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