"Your Table is Waiting" at OpenTable.com; Company Offers First Online, Real-Time Restaurant Reservations in Seattle.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dec. 1, 1999-- OpenTable.com announces the first real-time online restaurant reservations in Seattle. The company is building a network of the world's finest World's Finest may refer to:
OpenTable.com's breakthrough service enables diners to search for availability by cuisine type or neighborhood, get instant confirmation, relay special instructions to the restaurant, invite guests via the Internet, and view maps online. The service is free to diners, and reservations made online are instantly confirmed. At the restaurant, both phone and Internet reservations are booked directly into OpenTable.com's proprietary electronic reservation book (ERB). Through the Internet, the Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, industrial and financial corporations of all sizes, and commercial enterprises ERB provides real-time, guaranteed reservations for diners -- and new reservation management capabilities and unique marketing solutions for restaurants. "The OpenTable.com system has enabled us to not only increase our level of efficiency but spend more time catering to the needs of our customers," said Jim Malevitsis of Axis, Adriatica and Ponti. "The electronic reservation book has enabled us to remember all of our repeat customers and to easily recognize our VIPs and regulars, and to enhance their dining experience," he said. "We are excited about the enthusiastic response from Seattle diners and restaurateurs to online reservations, " said Chuck Templeton, OpenTable.com founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "People here are very Internet-savvy, and restaurants in Seattle put a lot of value in creating strong customer relationships. We expect the Seattle area to quickly become one of the largest on our network," he said. About OpenTable.com OpenTable.com, Inc. is building a network of the world's finest restaurants and their patrons. The company's real-time dining reservation system harnesses the power of the Internet for restaurants, while giving diners online access to available reservations twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. OpenTable.com simplifies the reservation process for consumers, while integrating reservation and table management systems and providing powerful new marketing and operational tools to restaurants. Founded in 1998 by Chuck Templeton, OpenTable.com has partnered with restaurants from Ark Restaurants Corp., the Lark Creek Group, Kimpton Group, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises (LEYE) is an empire of approximately 70 restaurants founded by Rich Melman and Jerry A. Orzoff in Chicago, IL in 1971. History , Inc. and the Real Restaurant Group. OpenTable.com is based in San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation). The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] , and has offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Chicago, Washington D.C. and Seattle. For more information about OpenTable.com or its online restaurant reservation network visit www.opentable.com or call 877.327.9328. |
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