
Virdee, whose name is a play on VRD, saw an urgent need for solutions to help hotels achieve operational efficiencies and cost savings in a contactless environment. Its growing popularity shows the hospitality industry has taken note.
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Six Ways Hospitality Can Make a Post-Pandemic Pivot to Leisure

Hoteliers need to change the way they think about their business—customer experiences, marketing, sales, customized content, loyalty programs, and both the “pre-travel” and “post-travel” phases of the customer journey.
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CASE STUDY: Contactless Dining Features Help The Hilton Omaha Hotel Optimize F&B Operations

Hotel sees 240% increase year-over-year in F&B revenue during pandemic and significant reduction in menu printing costs.
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Touchless Temperature Stations Helps Staff,Customers Feel Safer

Touchless temperature stations allow people to take personal responsibility quickly and efficiently requiring no contact to operate the system.
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'Request-a-Driver' Tool to Help Restaurants Grow Delivery Teams

DriveFreedom acts as the matchmaker between restaurants and pizzerias and drivers looking for delivery gigs.
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Flexible Daily Routines Help to Boost Visits to Restaurants During Late Afternoon, Evening-to-Dawn Snack Periods

Late afternoon and after-dinner snack visits — the p.m. snack daypart — have increased, reports The NPD Group.
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Saladworks Signs Deal with Ghost Kitchen Brands to Open 90 Locations

Partnership will double brand’s footprint with 60 kitchens in the US and 30 in Canada by the end of 2021. Many of these new kitchens will live inside Walmart stores.
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Dee Dixon Named CIO at Celebrity’s Soul Food

Dixon serves asCIO and CFO and will be guiding the brand as it expands across North America with franchise opportunities.
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Booking.com Fined $560k for GDPR Violation

Booking.com took 22 days to report a data breach in 2019 when GDPR mandates that data breaches must be reported within 72 hours.
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Talos Global to Distribute Bodhi Building Management Platform in Latin America and the Caribbean

In guestrooms, Bodhi works with the property management system to trigger ‘welcome’ scenes with ideal lighting, shading, temperature, audio and video for when guests arrive.
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