LONDON, July
19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, TGI Fridays, Oracle
and Mastercard announced the launch of Bar Tab at their Leicester
Square location. Bar Tab is a new function within Mastercard's Qkr!
payment app that allows consumers to set up, manage and pay bar
tabs using their smartphones. The application will be integrated
into Oracle Hospitality's restaurant management platform and
Masterpass, the digital payment service. After today's initial
debut, TGI Fridays plans to deploy the app to 80 additional
locations in the UK by the end of 2017.
Customers can easily manage their tab through a designated
four-digit PIN that connects orders in the restaurant management
software to the Qkr! payment account. This means customers can
easily manage the rounds that they are in with friends and split
the bill. There is no need to hand over a payment card to bar
staff, and no need to use a card machine.
"We're always looking for ways to improve the unique
Fridays experience for our guests," said Jeremy Dunderdale, Head of Business Solutions,
TGI Fridays UK. "With Bar Tab, we're able to offer our diners the
freedom to settle their bills on-demand, with this quicker and more
convenient payment platform. Enabling self-service payments also
allows our team members to focus on engaging guests in more
meaningful ways – which is what we're all about at
Fridays."
Betty DeVita, Chief
Commercial Officer for Mastercard Labs, said: "Nobody wants to hand
over their card to a bartender. Your card should be with you at all
times, so it's natural for people to leave a pub without having
closed their tab. This is a common problem we wanted to solve
through Qkr! For bar staff themselves, we have removed the headache
of card storage and admin."
"Oracle Hospitality's restaurant management platform allows the
food and beverage industry to innovate by creating a single view of
operations," said Dale Grant, Senior
Vice President Food and Beverage Oracle Hospitality. "With Oracle
Hospitality solutions at the core, restaurants and bars can easily
integrate additional solutions like Mastercard's Qkr payments
platform to reinvent their customer experience. By implementing Bar
Tab, TGI Fridays can now offer its customers a quicker, more
convenient experience that empowers staff to provide more welcoming
bar experiences while reducing the number of unpaid tabs at the end
of the night."
About Oracle Hospitality
Oracle
Hospitality develops hardware and software solutions
that work together to help produce tailored guest service for
hotels and F&B establishments. By addressing every facet of the
business, Oracle Hospitality solutions help optimize operations
across the board to deliver the speed, agility and efficiency
required to meet customers' unique needs.
About Oracle
The Oracle Cloud offers complete
SaaS application suites for ERP, HCM and CX, plus best-in-class
database Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a
Service (IaaS) from data centers throughout the Americas,
Europe and Asia. For more information about Oracle
(NYSE:ORCL), please visit us at oracle.com.
About Mastercard
Mastercard (NYSE: MA),
www.mastercard.com, is a technology company in the global payments
industry. We operate the world's fastest payments processing
network, connecting consumers, financial institutions, merchants,
governments and businesses in more than 210 countries and
territories. Mastercard products and solutions make everyday
commerce activities – such as shopping, travelling, running a
business and managing finances – easier, more secure and more
efficient for everyone. Follow us on Twitter
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Blog and subscribe for the latest news on the Engagement
Bureau.
About TGI Fridays
TGI Fridays offers authentic,
contemporary, and full-flavoured American food, signature
cocktails, and a lively, personalised experience. With
a continually evolving menu overseen by award-winning executive
chef Terry McDowell, it's the
perfect stop for free-poured, personalised cocktails served by
Fridays® Master Bartenders, a quick tasty bite, or a longer dinner
with friends. Fridays® opened its first UK restaurant in
Birmingham in March 1986. There are now 80 Fridays open in the
UK.
For more information visit www.tgifridays.co.uk or
www.fridays.com. Like us on
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Twitter, or visit our YouTube
channel.
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