Restaurants stories
Winning nations have historically seen markets outperform around the tournament, though wider forces can easily outweigh any football-related lift.
Brands and agencies can now track footfall trends with cleansed, fraud-checked data across more than 940,000 venues in North America.
Visitors to Baku's UNESCO-listed Old City may soon use one app for navigation, tickets and payments under a new digital services pact.
Managers in retail, hospitality and healthcare could save hours as the AI tool automates rosters and timesheets while flagging breaches.
Families managing allergies can now scan foods in seconds, with the app flagging risks across more than 40 languages on Apple's App Store.
The deal gives hospitality operators more self-service ordering and payment tools as labour shortages and wage pressures persist across the sector.
More than half of UK and Irish hospitality businesses fear AI could expose customer and company data, a new survey shows.
Missed calls at small firms are becoming a bigger revenue risk as Newo expands its AI receptionist tools beyond the US and into Europe.
Cost-of-living pressure is pushing households towards cheaper indulgences, with personal care, digital goods and travel holding up best.
Businesses can now manage devices, listings and email in one Apple platform, ahead of a planned Maps ads roll-out in North America.
Only 12% of Australian operators say now is a good time to open a venue, as rising costs and weaker spend squeeze margins.
Tight margins and labour shortages are pushing cafés, restaurants and bars to automate receipts and invoices, cutting hours of admin work.
The funding will help the hospitality software group hire, expand AI tools and buy smaller rivals as venues face rising costs.
Customer patience can snap within minutes of card failures, leaving shop and hospitality staff to absorb abuse during outages.
Labour shortages and soaring power bills are pushing Australian venues towards robots, automated coffee kiosks and smarter energy controls.
A tougher fee regime is pushing the payments firm to offer SMEs more services, from POS and broadband to bookkeeping, beyond EFTPOS.
Diners in New Zealand can now skip several booking sites as Search surfaces tables with live availability and links straight to reservations.
Australian venues are turning to mobile-first systems to cut labour pressure, reduce errors and lift spend per table amid tight margins.
With margins under pressure across hospitality, the data platform has added Jane O'Riordan to guide strategy as it targets UK and overseas growth.
Hospitality operators could see faster guest logins and better data capture, as the system links public Wi-Fi access with marketing tools.
