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10 Inspirational Hospitality Industry Stories During COVID-19

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JetBlue and United Airlines: Free Flights for Medical Volunteers. Long Island City-based JetBlue and United Airlines are offering free round-trip flights for medical volunteers traveling to New York City to join the frontline in the battle against COVID-19. “I Donations of all sizes are welcome and appreciated.

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Restaurant Loyalty Programs to Boost Revenues

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Restaurants, retailers and airlines have been using loyalty programs to drive revenue for nearly three centuries. From their humble, though ingenious, beginnings as copper tokens and stamps, through the era of credit card clubs, to today’s mobile apps, loyalty programs have become indispensable marketing tools.

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10 Inspirational Hospitality Industry Stories During COVID-19

Social Hospitality

JetBlue and United Airlines: Free Flights for Medical Volunteers Long Island City-based JetBlue and United Airlines are offering free round-trip flights for medical volunteers traveling to New York City to join the frontline in the battle against COVID-19. “I Donations of all sizes are welcome and appreciated.

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Radical Reconsideration and the Behavior Change Opportunity for Restaurants

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Restaurants ranked as one the most dramatically impacted sectors of the economy during the pandemic, right up there with airlines, hotels, gyms and movie theaters. Even full-service restaurants had accepted the inevitable, seeing gains by embracing options like mobile ordering, curbside pickup and third-party delivery.

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Contactless Gives Guests Control of Their Own Experience

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collaborated with OneDine to curate a contactless yet personalized restaurant visit—creating a customized, platform that provides guests full control over ordering, speed of service, and payment. Guests will be able to browse the menu, order, and pay from their personal mobile devices. Guests can contact Eureka!

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Coca-Cola Research Reveals What Guests Want Post-COVID

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That was followed by airline travel (46 percent), attending live events (43 percent) and seeing movies in theaters (39 percent). Now, consumers expect to be able to pre-order and find new menu items online before entering the restaurant – and this desire will live on in a post-COVID world. Full-Service Restaurants. percent and 3.3

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5 Ways Self Order Kiosks Increase Restaurant Profits

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Self order kiosks have slowly been revolutionizing the way many industries do business. First, it was in the airline industry, then retail, and now, the hospitality industry has begun adopting this groundbreaking technology. Self order kiosks are veritable line-busting machines. Order Customization.