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Welcome

Olivia Fitzgerald

Well, we’ve come a long way together. It’s been hard at times, and diners on limited budgets have pushed our relationship to reinvent itself over the last few years. Looking back though, we think it was definitely worth all the effort!

As you read on you’ll see that we’re moving office, because we’re literally bursting at the seams of the current one. We now have a total of 134 people in the Livebookings team, working with restaurants in 23 different countries. We send a web booking to one of our restaurants every 3 seconds and in the first quarter of 2010, we booked more covers online than in the whole of 2008.

Of course, this is partly because Livebookings supplies great services that are constantly evolving. But it’s also thanks in large part to the ground-breaking attitude of the restaurants we work with, so congratulations to all of you on a fantastic performance so far in 2010.

Olivia Fitzgerald
General Manager UK & Ireland

     
 
 

Hot Topic

We’re Moving

On 18th May, the Livebookings Head Office will be moving to a shiny new location. Although we are not moving a million miles away (one floor down!), there are a few significant details that you should be aware of, so please make a note of these.

New address:
5th Floor Elizabeth House
39 York Road
London
SE1 7NQ

New contact details:
Telephone: +44 20 7199 4300 (8am – 6pm)
Emergency Out of Hours Telephone: + 44 7879 400080 (6pm – 8am)
Fax: +44 20 7199 4301
Email: support@livebookings.co.uk

 

 

Events

Restaurant Networking Event:
Meet the Network Partners

Tuesday 25th May, 5 - 7pm, JUST ST. JAMES, London.

Come along to our free networking event in London next month and enjoy complimentary drinks on us. Book your place now.

It will be a great opportunity to catch up with industry colleagues, meet the faces behind some of the best restaurant listings websites that we work with and meet the Livebookings team to discuss ways that we can help you to increase your web presence, get involved with promotions through Partners and take more online reservations.

Feel free to bring your colleagues with you and…
register your place today!

 
 

Training

Free Weekly Webinars

Are you making the most of your Livebookings electronic reservations book? Every week, we run free, bite-sized webinars on topics including:

  • Overview of All Functions: A refresher session for you and your staff on how to use your diary
  • Guest and Mailings: Setting up offers and sending out email campaigns from within your diary
  • Table and Bookings Management: Improve your bookings management skills

The sessions are available for anyone to attend and all you need is a computer with access to the internet. Once you register, you will be sent instructions on what to do and when. Register today.
Electronic reservations book

Exclusive Livebookings Discount for Google Analytics and Google AdWords Courses

Livebookings has partnered with accredited Google consultant and training provider ivantage to offer an exclusive discount of up to 35% on their Google Analytics and Google AdWords ‘seminars for success’ courses.

If you currently use these tools, or are looking to take a crash course to find out how to use them effectively to increase bookings and analyse your website’s performance, you can take advantage of this discount.

How to Book
Select your preferred course and date/s from the links below and simply quote ‘Livebookings’ when booking your place:

Google Analytics
Google AdWords

Important Terms and Conditions
The 35% discount is applicable when booking the two day course and booking 45 days in advance. If you chose to book within 45 days of the course date, or only want to book one day, you can still claim a 10% discount by quoting ‘Livebookings’.

 
 

News

Livebookings Supporting the Industry

BHA 2010

We are excited to announce a number of new partnerships with some of the industry’s key organisations, namely Action Against Hunger, the BHA and Restaurant Association and Restaurant Magazine’s R150.

Over the coming year, Livebookings will be supporting and contributing to a number of initiatives with our new partners including entering a team into the Action Against Hunger Corporate Challenge 10Km run! If you have some willing volunteers in your restaurant, why not find out how you can register a team to take part.
ACTION AGAINST HUNGER RESTAURANT R150

Party Planning Service

Over the past year, many of our restaurants will have benefitted from group bookings delivered through the Livebookings Party Planning service. In order to move this service on to the next level, we have handed over the baton on this project to Janie Clarke of Capital Centric (so these bookings will now be delivered from Partner sites completely independently of your Livebookings services). As far as your customers are concerned, it will be business as usual.

If you'd like to find out about how party bookings can work for your restaurant, you can get in touch with Janie via info@capitalcentric.co.uk to find out more.

 

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Hot Topic

We're Moving!

Events

Restaurant Networking Event: Meet the Network Partners


Training

Free Weekly Webinars

Exclusive Livebookings Discount for Google Analytics and Google AdWords Courses


News

Livebookings Supporting the Industry

Party Planning Service

Livebookings Academy Calendar

Register Now!

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