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155 | Modern Messaging for Hotel Teams and Guests with Sudheer Thakur
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Sudheer Thakur is the founder and CEO of HelloShift, an integrated messaging platform for hotel teams, managers, guests, and website visitors. Prior to HelloShift, Sudheer worked for Oracle and was the founding member of a number of Silicon Valley startups. Hoteliers named HelloShift the #1 Staff Collaboration software in the 2018 HotelTechAwards.
In This Episode, Sudheer Reveals:
- The vision behind the HelloShift, the problem they’re solving, and who you serve.
- Why a better communication solution is important, and how they’re different than other communication platforms out there.
- How HelloShift integrates within the existing technology infrastructure at the property, whether integration required, and whether the platform is app-based, web based or both.
- The cost for their services.
Resources & Links
Sudheer Thakur
- sudheer@helloshift.com
HelloShift
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