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Embracing the Future: Key Trends Shaping the Restaurant, Bar, and Hospitality Industry in 2025

Modern Restaurant Management

As we step into 2025, the restaurant, bar, and hospitality industries are experiencing transformative shifts driven by evolving consumer preferences, technological innovation, and economic dynamics. As we navigate these changes, one theme stands out: innovation.

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Twenty Years of Change: How Hospitality Tech Evolved and What’s Next

Modern Restaurant Management

Twenty years ago, hospitality looked very different. Yet even then, operators were innovating—often quietly and creatively. Over the last two decades, I’ve worked alongside operators in just about every hospitality setting—independent cafés, high-end dining rooms, food halls, and regional chains.

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5 Examples of Customer Service Innovation in Hospitality

Social Hospitality: Restaurants

The hospitality industry constantly changes and evolves in the face of new industry and consumer trends. Customer service is at the core of innovation and good business practices. Customer service is at the core of innovation and good business practices. Customer service drives the hospitality industry forward.

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How Restaurants Deliver Great Hospitality with Contactless Ordering and Payment

Modern Restaurant Management

Hospitality operators are rapidly turning to contactless ordering and payment solutions to help navigate the long road back to normal from COVID-19’s impacts. While it’s a smart innovation that some say is long overdue, the reality is operators are responding to customer demand.

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2025 Restaurant Outlook: A Recipe for Success with Risk Management

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2025, the restaurant and broader hospitality industry finds itself at a critical juncture. While corporate travel is expected to pick up, helping offset a predicted slowdown in leisure spending, the broader hospitality sector must grapple with economic and operational risks. restaurants broke records with projected sales of $1.1

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Contactless Dining: Exploring the Intersection of Hospitality and Technology

Modern Restaurant Management

A restaurant operating at the intersection of hospitality and technology can experience significant impact from increasing margins to enhancing the dining experience to streamlining operations. One would think mixing technology and hospitality is like mixing oil and water… it doesn’t work.

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Understanding Gen Z Eating Habits: Authenticity and Tech-Savvy Preferences

Modern Restaurant Management

Trend-driven yet deeply value-conscious, they want personalized nutrition, ethical sourcing, and innovative packaging. Restaurants that offer diverse and innovative menu options can attract this group. Gen Z isn’t just eating out; they’re building relationships with brands that reflect who they are.