uWink Wins Hospitality Technology's Breakthrough Award for Overall Technological Innovation
September 22 2008 - 6:54PM
Business Wire
uWink (OTCBB:UWKI), an entertainment and hospitality software
company and operator of an interactive restaurant concept,
announced today that it has won Hospitality Technology Magazine�s
Breakthrough Award for overall technological innovation. Brent
Bushnell, uWink�s CTO and architect of uWink�s award-winning
technology, accepted the award on Thursday, September 19, 2008 at
Hospitality Technology�s Restaurant Executive Summit in Los
Angeles. The Breakthrough Awards, now in their fourth year, are
presented annually at Hospitality Technology�s Restaurant Executive
Summit. The awards seek to honor restaurant companies for their
outstanding achievement in increased business growth and innovation
within the last year. The awards are judged in three categories by
Hospitality Technology�s editorial staff: Overall Technology
Innovation, Excellence in Guest Services, and Brand Growth. �The
pool of nominees for the Breakthrough Awards grows in size and
stature each year and, despite current economic challenges, this
year is no exception. The restaurant industry continues to innovate
and strive for excellence. It is our pleasure to recognize these
restaurant operators for their outstanding vision and execution,�
said Abigail A. Lorden, editor of Hospitality Technology. Overall
Technological Innovation: This award is presented to a company that
has leveraged technology beyond standard practice, and has achieved
proven results. Technologies can include both back-of-house and/or
front-of-house implementations, as well as guest- and/or
employee-facing technologies. �uWink is a harbinger of what is to
come in the hospitality industry,� said Nolan Bushnell, CEO of
uWink. �We have demonstrated that our customer-facing self-service
and entertainment technology injects speed and fun into the
restaurant experience while significantly improving labor
efficiency. We are very gratified that our vision and results are
validated by this award.� Past Breakthrough Award Winners include:
Legal Sea Foods (2007), Ruth�s Chris Steakhouse (2007), Kahala �
Cold Stone Creamery (2007), Jason�s Deli (2006), Noodles & Co.
(2006), Buca, Inc. (2006). About uWink�s technology: uWink�s
customer-facing interactive digital content operating/display
system and real-time, multi-player game platform allows intuitive
and easy access to and interaction with various forms of digital
content and custom applications including menus, games, videos and
music. The software also allows patrons to take control of many
aspects of the dining experience, including check-in/checkout and
food/drink ordering using uWink�s tabletop touch interface. About
uWink: uWink develops digital media entertainment and hospitality
software and an interactive restaurant concept that allows
customers to order food, drinks, games and other digital media at
the table through proprietary touch screen terminals. uWink is led
by entertainment and restaurant visionary Nolan Bushnell, founder
and former CEO of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese (NYSE: CEC). For more
information: www.uwink.com.
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