Innovation - 10 Minutes News for Hoteliers - Page 396

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STAAH and The Clarks Hotels & Resorts Sign MoU with New Zealand PM in Attendance

🏩 Global hospitality technology firm STAAH signed an MoU with The Clarks Hotels & Resorts in New Delhi, witnessed by New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at ITC Maurya, Delhi. The Clarks Hotels & Resorts, established in 2005, has over 135 hotels in 120 destinations across India and three countries. The partnership focuses on adopting STAAH’s advanced distribution technology to enhance hotel operations. The MoU reflects India's fast-growing digital economy and New Zealand's increasing role in it, aiming to foster economic ties and shared prosperity.

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Great Wolf Resorts Selects Shift4 as Their Global Payments Provider

📈 Yum! Brands, with over 61,000 locations worldwide, has partnered with NVIDIA to integrate AI across its global restaurants. NVIDIA's AI and microservices, including NVIDIA Riva and NIM, will enhance drive-thru and call center operations, optimize efficiency, and provide analytics for Yum! Brands' restaurants like Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, and Habit Burger. Following successful pilots in select U.S. locations, a broader rollout to 500 restaurants is planned for the second quarter. This strategic move aims to improve operations, customer experiences, and shareholder returns with scalable, customized AI technology.

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Qu’s 2025 State of Digital Report: How Restaurants Can Win with Direct Ordering, Smarter Tech and Unified Data

💸 Qu released its 2025 State of Digital Report, highlighting trends for 170 brands across 85,000 fast casual and QSR locations. Key findings: 40% of brands see first-party digital sales as the biggest growth potential, 64% are simplifying their tech stack, loyalty program participation is low with 85% of guests not engaged, 62% of brands are adding kiosks, 70% cite order accuracy and productivity as challenges, and digital sales have plateaued at a 4% increase over three years. Unified data is emphasized as vital for future success.

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Yum! Brands to Accelerate AI Innovation in an Industry-First Collaboration With NVIDIA

🍕 Qu's 2025 State of Digital Report, based on data from 170 brands across 85,000 locations, indicates a shift from third-party to first-party ordering in the fast casual and QSR industry. Key trends include 40% of brands seeing first-party digital sales as their biggest revenue growth potential, with 55% of QSRs and 36% of fast casuals prioritizing direct digital channels. The report highlights a 64% move towards consolidating tech systems, 62% adoption of kiosks in QSRs, and 70% of brands focusing on smart kitchens for accuracy and productivity. Digital sales have plateaued, increasing only 4% in the past three years, prompting a pivot to profitability and efficient data use. 🍕

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How AI-Driven Personalization is Transforming Revenue Growth in Hospitality

📱 73% of hospitality guests are willing to spend up to 30% more for personalized experiences. AI-driven marketing is enhancing customer engagement, optimizing real-time campaigns, and increasing revenue in hospitality. Yum Brands uses AI for precise marketing, improving engagement and purchase rates. Starbucks, AccorHotels, and me&u also leverage AI for personalized offers, boosting sales and customer satisfaction. AI complements traditional marketing, driving revenue growth and higher ROI for adoptive brands.

The AI Dilemma in Hospitality: Efficiency vs. Experience

🏨 🏨 40% of consumers are open to using chatbots; an equal percent feel unfavorable toward them, often due to mistrust of AI. Hospitality brands aim to balance AI and human interaction, where AI's efficiency complements human connection, like handling admin tasks after establishing trust. For example, AI can facilitate personalized dinner reservations while ensuring the guest's dietary needs are addressed. AI also helps in real-time sentiment analysis and workforce optimization, improving guest satisfaction and operational efficiency. Raffaella Bianchi, Ph.D., Global Chief Revenue Officer at Covisian Group, emphasizes a balanced, human-first approach to customer experience in hospitality.

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“A store and more”: How convenience stores are feeding SE Asia’s QSR & snacking demands – DM

📝 Saladplate, part of Informa Markets, serves as the hospitality, food and beverage industry’s content hub, offering weekly news updates, a monthly newsletter, and a bi-monthly e-magazine. It provides a supplier directory with over 10,000 brands and updates from over 35 international trade events.

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Economic Outlook: Key Macro Trends Shaping the QSR Industry in Southeast Asia – DM

🥘 Saladplate, part of Informa Markets, serves as the official content and engagement hub for the Hospitality, Food and Beverage sectors. It offers weekly news updates, a monthly newsletter, and a bi-monthly e-magazine. The platform features a supplier directory with over 10,000 brands, companies, and products, and provides updates and registration for more than 35 international trade events.

PickPad’s Order Pickup System Wins RTN Start-Up Alley 2025

📱 At MURTEC 2025, PickPad emerged as the winner of the RTN Start-Up Alley competition, featuring 15 start-ups, with a final "pitch off" against All-Day and Livelytics. Based in Chicago, PickPad's order pickup system utilizes sensors and machine learning to automate pickups and integrate with existing POS systems. The event, celebrating its 30th anniversary, was sponsored by SageNet. Judges from Jack-in-the-Box, Cooper’s Hawk, and Jersey Mike’s contributed to the competition's success.

Fishbowl, Onosys Partner to Elevate Restaurant Marketing, Online Ordering

📌 GTT Communications, Inc. has been chosen by Radisson Hotel Group to enhance their global network's security and performance, connecting 800+ hotels/offices in Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and Africa with GTT Secure Connect (SASE). Radisson celebrated over 300 new signings and openings in 2024 and operates across 100 countries and 10 brands. GTT Secure Connect provides SD-WAN, distributed security architecture, and 24/7 managed services, including co-management and monitoring. The service model offers flexibility and price stability for Radisson's hotels.

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