Are Virtual Gifts the Future of Brand Loyalty? The hospitality industry is becoming increasingly more innovative as technology advances. While some brands are slower to adopt change than others, the growing pressures to provide personalized and environmentally-friendly experiences have even the slowest adopters welcoming change. Loyalty programs are ripe for reimagination. While perks, points, and…
The Best Digital Menu Experiences of 2021 After 2020, we have seen countless ways the hospitality industry has been utilizing technology for a safe and clean dining environment. Digital menus for restaurants, whether they are scanned from a QR Code or embedded in an iPad, have become the new standard and we’ve been seeing them…
Uptown Network has been surprised to learn how many restaurants attempted to rollout digital menus in the early days of the market without success. This is a shame as these restaurants should have been rewarded as being the first and leaders in the industry. We have learned that in those early days there were many…
Instant Virtual Gifts for Valentine’s Day As things are looking up for health in 2021, many are still taking the precautions for a safe Valentine’s Day. Whether that’s sending your close friends a fun treat for Galentine’s or spending quality time with your loved one on February 14th, we have the perfect list of instant…
Instant Virtual Gifts For The 2020 Holiday Season As we enter the 2020 holiday season, we are reminded almost daily of how this season will look different. Even so, people around the world are rising to the challenge of spreading holiday cheer. We’ve put together a list of gifts that can be given from anywhere…
George Miliotes, Master Sommelier at Wine Bar George, and Uptown Network Founder and CEO Jack Serfass discuss contactless dining, hosted by The Restaurant Technology Guys: Featured Highlights The switch to BYOM™ (Bring Your Own Menu) QR code menus:
By Jack Serfass, CEO and co-founder of Uptown Network As restaurants continue to reopen, the whole world is watching. Before the pandemic, little attention was paid to restaurant menus that were touched over and over again. Now, disposable paper menus or “touchless” technology alternatives are often specified by regulators governing reopenings. Packaged technology offerings and…
Written by Jack Serfass, CEO, Co-founder As restaurants begin to reopen, a great deal of focus and anticipation is on how we give guests the confidence to come back. Before the pandemic, little attention was paid to restaurant menus that were touched over and over again. Now, many companies are rapidly announcing offerings for this…
Uptown Network cuts the cost of its “Bring Your Own Menu” service by more than 80% and makes it available immediately to all restaurants NAPLES, FL / ACCESSWIRE / May 6, 2020 / Uptown Network has released a new mobile app designed to help restaurants succeed as they re-open in a world yearning to reconnect over a…
Here we are at the forefront of another holiday season. Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite time of the year. Some of us have a whole day of cooking and parade watching to attend to. Not to mention dog shows, I love the dog shows. Others are counting down to Black Friday or Cyber Monday; and…