Kiosk Solutions Aug-Sept 2016 | Page 42

hospitality kiosks Cammax Cafeteria solution was built so that specific menus could be selected, which would reflect prices based on whether the kiosk user was a member of staff or a club visitor by using either a staff or visitor card to log on to the kiosk. Items could be selected including hot or cold food and drinks, which would be put into a shopping basket allowing the user to see the running total cost. Payment could then either be made by using a Credit / Debit card (Chip & Pin or Contactless) or staff cards. As part of this requirement, Cammax also built a web portal allowing staff to load credit onto their staff cards to eliminate the need to carry credit / debit cards. In other hospitality sectors we are also seeing hotels starting to adapt their businesses and install kiosks to help aid their customers and improve customer satisfaction rate. The most popular are the self-check in systems, allowing guests to check-in themselves meaning hotel staff can concentrate on making sure guests have a comfortable and enjoyable stay. Many of the selfcheck in kiosks offer a 24 hour service, so no matter what time you are needing to check-in, so if a member of staff isn't available then you are able to check in independently. Other features proving popular from kiosks are room reservations or an option for any walk-in guests to select their own rooms and check in. With kiosk software always advancing, features such as room key dispensing, airline check in and boarding pass printing are now available for customers to use. Although these businesses are just a small section of the hospitality industry the success of the kiosks within restaurants, hotels, coffee shops, pubs and clubs could promote an even bigger expansion of businesses who use kiosks, and even different ways as to how kiosks are used to offer many different services to customers. www.cammaxlimited.co.uk 42 KIOSK solutions