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A girl on the street reads SMS on a smartphone and smiles

Restaurant SMS Marketing: What Works and What Doesn't

Own your guest data and engage with them

Are You Renting Your Guests or Actually Owning Them?

Review examples for restaurants

Smart Ways to Get More Online Reviews for Your Restaurant

Benefits of a digital reservation management system

Running a waitlist vs. accepting reservation for restaurants

Guests waiting for their table at a restaurant

Smart Ways to Reduce Waiting Time in Restaurants

Guest waiting for their meal

Tools and Technologies for Reducing Waiting Time in Restaurants

Nice table to offer customer the best experience

The Restaurant Customer Journey: What Most Operators Overlook

Tables set for an event managed by Hostme App

A Complete Guide to Restaurant Event Planning: Checklists and Tools for Success

Multilocation restaurant management

How to Effectively Manage Multiple Restaurant Locations

Restaurant showing how they improved their revenue

What the Data Says: Why Restaurants That Use Online Waitlists Perform Better

tariffs trade war cargo

How the U.S.-EU Tariff War Is Reshaping the European Restaurant Industry

Online ordering exemple

Advantages of Online Ordering for Restaurants: Boosting Efficiency and Customer Satisfaction

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Top 10 Restaurant Marketing Trends for 2025

Picture with dishes impacted by tariffs

How Tariffs May Impact the Restaurant Industry and How to Adapt

Hen with her eggs

Rising Cost of Eggs: What Restaurant Operators Can Do About It?

Woman adding her name to a restaurant waitlist from a self-service kiosk

Top 5 Self-Service Kiosks for Restaurants in 2025

Woman reading a blog with news about the restaurant industry

Top 10 Blogs for Restaurant Owners to Follow

Immigration workers in the restaurant industry

How Trump’s Immigration Policies Are Impacting Restaurant Owners

Guest psychology behind restaurant reservations

The Psychology of Booking: Understanding Customer Behavior in Restaurant Reservations

Chef checking his online ordering app to prep for the day

Restaurant Food Safety — Trends for 2025

Restaurant Accepting Reservation Deposit

The Complete Guide to Restaurant Reservation Deposits

Inflation impacts on restaurants and how restaurant owners can face it to protect profitability

The Inflation Survival Guide for Restaurant Operators

Restaurant staff working in the kitchen

How Many Employees Does a Restaurant Need?

Restaurant owners checking at his POS system

Best Restaurant Point of Sales 2025

Successful events using Hostme event management app

Maximizing Revenue: How Bars and Clubs Can Increase Revenue Through Event Monetization

Restaurant owner calculating the true cost of using OpenTable reservation management system

The true cost of OpenTable (thinking outside the box)

Restaurants maximazing strategies during the holiday season.

Maximize Your Restaurant Revenue During this Holiday Season

Manage reservations in a restaurant

How to manage reservations in a restaurant

ChatGPT for restaurants

ChatGPT for restaurants: 42 Ways ChatGPT Can Help with Operations, Marketing, and More

Restaurant online ordering system opened on a computer on a table

Guerrilla Marketing Tactics for Restaurant Owners!

Robot embodying AI showing how to use AI to boost restaurant marketing

How Restaurant Owners Can Elevate Marketing with ChatGPT

OpenTable Costs for Restaurants

Understanding OpenTable's game plan and how to cut your bill without losing customers

Quirky chef attracting new guest for his restaurant

10 Innovative and Quirky Ways to Attract New Customers to Your Restaurant

Guest checking the restaurant social media page

How Restaurants Can Use Social Media to Boost Business

Paris restaurant guest experience

Unveiling Paris' Best Culinary Experiences: From Top Bakery to Bistro and More

Gen Z restaurant server

Managing Gen Z workers in the restaurant industry

Successful events management for bars

Mastering the Art of Hosting Unforgettable Events: A Guide for Restaurant Managers

Independent restaurants and their booking management software

Empowering Small Businesses: Affordable Reservation Systems for Independent Restaurants

retaining restaurant staff

Make Your Best Employees Stay

Efficient Restaurant Menu for a kitchen and bar

How do I build a successful menu for my restaurant?

Artificial intelligence and data science for restaurants

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Modern Restaurant Reservations

Host changing the sign at a restaurant from close to open for reservation

Let a Restaurant Management System Streamline Your Host Stand

CRM booking system

Modern Restaurant Essentials: Technologies Shaping the Culinary Landscape

Restaurant owners discussing the complexities of managing a restaurant

The many trials and tribulations of the restaurant owner

Phone interface showing Facebook Ads for restaurant

Facebook Ads for Restaurants: A Step-by-Step Guide

Cook and chefs getting the food ready for the daily service

Navigating the Labor Shortage: A Guide to Recruiting Top Restaurant Staff

Well behaved service dog waiting at his owner feet at a restaurant

Service Dogs in Restaurants: Legal Guidelines and Best Practices

Welcoming and warm restaurant decor

Eating Out with a Twist: Embracing the Quirks of Restaurant Culture

Trendy restaurant table set with a modern twist

The Evolution of Fine Dining: Latest Trends in High-End Restaurants

Restaurant owner happy to see how the waitlist system is helping her operations

The 3 current plagues of the restaurant industry

Restaurant guest checking his phone for updates on his reservation

Mastering Restaurant SMS Marketing: Best Practices to Engage with Customers

Spooky restaurant out of an horror story

Real Restaurant Horror Stories: When Dining Out Takes a Terrifying Turn

new restaurant technology

7 tips to successfully roll out new technology

Happy restaurant employee enjoying his great benefits

Enhancing Employee Satisfaction: The Best Benefits to Offer Restaurant Staff

Restaurant Guests writing reviews about their most recent experience

Navigating the Digital Landscape: Mastering Online Customer Reviews for Your Restaurant

Restaurant owners working on mobile optimization for his website

The Most Common Mistake of Restaurant Websites: Neglecting Mobile Optimization

Restaurant owners optimizing his restaurant website

How to avoid common restaurant website mistakes

Data Analytics for Restaurants

Lessons on making Big Data work for your restaurant!

Women discussing the feedback they are going to leave to a restaurant

Managing and Responding to Customer Feedback in Restaurants

Restaurant Owner reviewing his opening checklist

How to Create the Opening and Closing Lists for Your Restaurant

Fancy winery setting

Why a Reservation System is Good for Wineries and Breweries

Busy restaurant benefiting from a table turnover optimization

Improve Table Turnover: Tips and Tricks for Busy Restaurants

Restaurant owner smiling that they found the best technologies for their business, from POS to reservation management software

The Top Three Restaurant Technologies to Implement Today

The National Restaurant Association Show aerial view

Why should a restaurant owner attend the National Restaurant Association Show?

well-trained and motivated restaurant server

What restaurant staff wishes their bosses knew!

Staff talking to restaurant guests to improve customer satisfaction

How to build customer loyalty at your restaurant

Business consultant speaking on the phone with a restaurant owner.

Benefits of hiring a Business Consultant

Woman Recording Social Media Campaign in her Restaurant

Restaurant Marketing Trends for 2023

Guests getting on the waitlist on the restaurant waitlist system

New Trends in Restaurant Reservation Technology

Restaurant key performance indicators

Be SMART — There is more to life than KPIs!

Restaurant guest making a reservation on Hostme restaurant reservation system.

How You Can Access Hostme

Customer placing an online order via Hostme online ordering app.

Square POS becomes a world-class payment processing option for Hostme restaurants

Screenshot of a online restaurant page updated with Yext

Hostme and Yext announce strategic partnership to help restaurant owners boost their online presence

Guest enjoying her meal without stress because she made her reservation on a booking system for restaurant

Restaurant Marketing Trend for 2022

Restaurant closed sign during covid

Bouncing Back Stronger Than Before

digital transformation in the restaurant industry

What is digital transformation and why should you care

Restaurant owner taking a reservation over the phone and entering that reservation into Hostme restaurant management system

Restaurant Marketing Trends for 2020

Restaurant table open for reservation through the location reservation management app

Useful Definitions

Restaurant Staff using IPAD

And then, there was Google

Valentine's day restaurant reservation

Boost your reservations on Valentine's day!