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Three ways to run Christmas party pre-orders, what good software should do, and how deposits, cut-offs and allergies fit in.
Eamonn Kelly
HTE 2026: plenty of AI, hardly any guest data
We analysed 696 LinkedIn posts about Hospitality Tech Expo 2026. AI came up in 114, guest data in 13. Why that gap matters, and five questions to ask vendors.
Eamonn Kelly
Connected isn't unified: why hospitality tech integrations don't give you one guest
Hospitality tech integration moves transactions, not guests. Why a connected stack still can't see your regulars, and five questions to ask any supplier.
Eamonn Kelly
Shipped in September 2026
Everything that went live across Stampede in September 2026.
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How to audit your restaurant tech stack: keep it, fix it or bin it
A restaurant tech stack audit in five steps: the Saturday night test, the guest test and the exit test, then one keep, fix or bin decision per system.
Eamonn Kelly
The whole menu, answered in one search
Menu search now reads names, descriptions and dietary tags, guests can ask the menu in a sentence, and the food-hall and QR settings around them.
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One menu, several venues, one payment
One menu across several venues and Square accounts, upgrades paid at the door instead of prepaid, and place cards printed from pre-orders.
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Is it better to use one hospitality platform or multiple separate systems?
Is it better to run one hospitality platform or several separate systems? A practical test for pubs, restaurants and hotels, and when each option wins.
Eamonn Kelly
Phone bookings answered by AI, now built into stampede
Missed calls stop being missed bookings. Stampede's voice AI agent answers the phone, books guests onto your live day planner and confirms in seven languages.
Shipped in August 2026
Everything that went live across Stampede in August 2026.
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One system, three surfaces in the stampede redesign
Three surfaces that looked like three companies, rebuilt on one design system. The research behind it, the decisions it forced and an honest account of what is actually live.
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Shipped in July 2026
Everything that went live across Stampede in July 2026, from Sonos controls on the bookings day planner to the rebuilt Audience Builder.
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