Press Release

We have some really exciting news to share at Stampede! We achieved excellent recognition at the Boutique Hotelier Awards 2025, winning the 'Best Tech Product (Under 100 Employees)' category, which was announced at the awards ceremony in London in October. 

The award win highlights our technology innovation and how it is helping hotels and restaurants streamline operations, boost revenue, and enhance personalisation. It also commemorates our success as a fast-growing firm delivering measurable results across our customer base, including extremely high marketing opt-in rates and ROI for our clients, even in the early stages of campaigns.

What the Boutique Hotelier Award is and why it matters

The annual Boutique Hotelier Awards acknowledge excellence in the UK and Ireland hospitality industry, celebrating outstanding businesses in the sector, as well as achievements within employee and employer performance, staff and innovation. 

Given this is an important sector for us, we are honoured and proud of our team to have won the Best Tech Product (Under 100 Employees) category, which praises suppliers who have developed an innovative solution that streamlines operations and drives bookings within the hotelier industry.

Patrick Clover, Founder & CEO of Stampede, expressed his delight, saying, 'Stampede's win of the Best Tech Product (Under 100 Employees) category is a wonderful nod to our innovative approach to building a successful and seamless guest engagement platform for the hospitality sector. Recognition with such an esteemed award truly reflects the hard work and dedication of our entire team. I'm proud of the team and our work!'

Why our technology deserves to be award-winning

Stampede's technology supports restaurants, boutique and independent hotels in unlocking the full potential of their guest data. Our unified, AI-driven platform enables businesses to manage guest engagement, automated marketing, and data-driven growth from a single intuitive dashboard, meaning that campaigns, online review generation, and loyalty initiatives can be implemented efficiently and in a coordinated, consistently branded manner.

This has a real-world impact on hotels. Workflows are automated, and ROI is evidenced even in the early stages of campaigns. For example, our technology has been shown to:

• Drive repeat guest visits by up to 50%

• Achieve marketing opt-in rates as high as 95%

• Generate up to 7x more guest feedback through automated review systems 

• Empower teams to focus on guest experience rather than admin

A look at the bigger picture – the importance of technology innovation in hospitality

The Boutique Hotelier Awards highlight how continued technological innovation is essential to drive the hospitality sector forward. The recent 2025 UHY Hacker Young report echoes this sentiment. While it focuses mainly on restaurants, hotels form a key part of the picture too, and the report indicates that the key measures driving sales and profitability for businesses in the hospitality sector include investment in technology, the use of data tools to forecast demand, and the enhancement of customer booking and ordering systems. 

For example, the report says that the UK's Top 100 restaurant groups' profits have jumped 18% over the past year to £365m in 2025*, up from £308m in 2024 – and technology investment forms a key part of this growth. It is clear that the businesses successfully adapting in today's volatile landscape are those investing in smart technology to directly boost income and guest loyalty, whether it's through cutting no-shows with deposits, driving pre-payments, or using data to personalise offers.

Patrick adds, 'Rising costs mean hospitality businesses can't afford to be passive. The winners in this battle are those shifting from a transactional mindset to a customer-first strategy, turning every interaction into long-term value, and taking advantage of technology.

The Boutique Hotelier Award takes pride of place at Stampede

We are delighted to display our Boutique Hotelier Award in the Stampede office. We would like to thank everyone who voted for us and express our gratitude to the award organisers for their support. Recognition like this reminds us of why we do what we do, and to continue striving for excellence every day.

If you're interested in hearing more about how Stampede could enhance your guest engagement, book a demo with the team today.