ABC 7: Viewing The Digital Menus at Deep Lagoon in Naples Highlighted Quotes: “If you’re ever intimidated by a wine list, you don’t have to anymore because it will tell you everything you’ll need to know. You can touch it [BYOM™], it’s interactive.” – Chef Nic “You can see the bottle and you know what…
The Future Is Virtual Gifting As COVID-19 restrictions loosen up and life begins to resemble “normal” again, businesses are reevaluating which of their social distancing technologies are here to stay and which will be reverting back to the way they were. Technology kept businesses going and provided new ways for people to interact, and we…
Reduced COVID cases have ushered in a new season of hope for the hospitality industry, and society is eager to get out and explore after a year of lockdown. Hotels now face the challenge of creating long-awaited memorable experiences while also continuing health and safety precautions. The big question at hand is: “How?” Uptown Network…
MURTEC 2021: How Augmented Reality Can Enhance Restaurant Revenue Recovery Check out the full MURTEC 2021 interview with Robert Firpo-Cappiello, Editor-in-Chief of Hospitality Technology, and James King, CEO of Titan Hospitality, as they discuss Uptown Network’s innovative solutions that include the experiential component for guests while also adding revenue recovery for restaurants: Highlighted Quotes: “Anytime…
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…
How Can I Support Restaurant Relief Efforts In 2021? Through the past year of lockdowns, restrictions and health concerns, restaurants have been very creative in the ways they continue to survive through this crisis. Their tenacity to push through has inspired us all. Restaurants such as FESTIVÁL NYC and others got creative and set up…
How the Industry Can Help Bring Back the Experiential Component of Hospitality Restaurants and hotels are major players in the experience economy, which refers to the market wherein consumers don’t just want a simple product. They also want a memorable event to go with it. Fine dining restaurants don’t just offer food — they make…
MarketScale’s The Main Course Podcast: Gift Cards Don’t Have to be Boring, Use AR to Virtually Gift an Actual Item Author: Barbara Castiglia April 8th, 2021 Excerpt from The Main Course Podcast: Gift Cards Don’t Have to be Boring, Use AR to Virtually Gift an Actual Item Serfass, whose background includes launching software companies and…
Nation’s Restaurant News featured BYOM™ QR code menus, powered by Uptown Network, in their article: Nation’s Restaurant News: Tech Tracker: Wendy’s and Five Guys first to adopt Coca-Cola Freestyle Contactless Pouring. Excerpt From Nation’s Restaurant News: Tech Tracker: Wendy’s and Five Guys first to adopt Coca-Cola Freestyle Contactless Pouring QR codes enjoy…