At the event, we will be showcasing live demonstrations of Respo's various features, along with detailed service introductions by our team. We will also provide in-depth explanations about the reservation management system, which became free in October 2024.

If you’re looking to solve challenges related to online reservations, POS systems, or self-ordering in restaurant management, we invite you to visit our booth and experience Respo firsthand.

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## Event Details
1st Restaurant Management EXPO Tokyo

Venue: Makuhari Messe (5-minute walk from JR Keiyo Line's "Kaihin-Makuhari Station")
Dates: November 20 (Wed) – November 22 (Fri), 2024
Hours: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM daily
Booth Location: 13-24 (Please refer to the venue map on the day of the event)

[Advance registration](https://www.foodtechjapan.jp/tokyo/ja-jp/register.html?code=1177872296655479-PL5) is required for attendance.

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 We will be exhibiting at the 1st Restaurant Management EXPO Tokyo from Wednesday, November 20 to Friday, November 22!

The recently announced free access to the reservation management system "Respo."

Why did we decide to make it free at this particular moment? What feedback from the field triggered this bold move?

We dive into the true intentions of the business leader who made this significant shift in direction.

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You can read the full article [here](https://note.com/helloinc/n/n30242844c203).

　Revealing the Story Behind Free Reservation Management: "The Bold Move to Shape the Future of Dining"

## The Respo by AutoReserve reservation management system

![Respo-pr](//images.ctfassets.net/x0lx6207qomw/5eP4KkMBa6wzTtbhji6d2s/b8d4a99c92cf4a38e9fe2d0dec870dc2/20241016_Respo_PR_1200_675_2.png)

Respo by AutoReserve is a business support service for restaurants provided by Hello Inc., offering an all-in-one solution to streamline operations and reduce costs by digitalizing tasks such as reservation management, order processing, payment handling, and sales analysis. Respo can be customized to meet the specific needs of each establishment, featuring tools like reservation management, POS systems, and self-ordering systems.

The reservation management feature is seamlessly integrated with AutoReserve, a restaurant booking platform with users in over 100 countries. This allows restaurants to manage reservations and attract customers through a single tool. A reservation page is automatically created on AutoReserve, minimizing initial costs, and reservations made through AutoReserve incur zero referral fees.

Respo Homepage: [https://autoreserve.com/for_restaurants](https://autoreserve.com/for_restaurants)

## About Making the Reservation Management System Free
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All existing restaurants, including those already using the paid version, can access Respo’s reservation management system for free if certain conditions are met.

To use Respo for free, the following conditions must be satisfied:

Utilize AutoReserve’s online reservation system.
Use our reservation management system as your primary platform.
If these conditions are not met, the system remains available under the previous pricing: ¥5,000/month (or ¥10,000/month with the site controller feature).

For more details, please contact us via the link below.

Respo Contact Form：[https://autoreserve.com/ja/for_restaurants/contact
](https://autoreserve.com/ja/for_restaurants/contact)

## Free with Respo! What is a Site Controller?
The site controller feature is a system designed to centralize reservation data from multiple booking platforms. It enables restaurants to:

- Monitor reservation statuses across platforms in real time.
- Prevent double bookings.
- Automatically adjust reservation availability.

Respo’s reservation management system includes this powerful site controller feature, and now, all features—including the site controller—are available completely free of charge.

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Typically, reservation management tools charge additional fees for site controller features, often as paid add-ons with initial setup costs or monthly fees. However, with Respo, all features—including the site controller—are completely free, making it a unique and cost-effective solution for restaurants.

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　All reservation management features are now free! We’ve also updated the service name.

## ◆What is AutoReserve?
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AutoReserve is a service that leverages AI to facilitate restaurant reservations both within Japan and internationally.

Even outside of restaurant business hours, users can search for their desired venue through AutoReserve and make online reservations.

It eliminates barriers to restaurant reservations, such as being unable to book during business hours while commuting or working, or difficulties faced by non-native speakers or those with hearing impairments who cannot make phone reservations.

## 2 Million Bookable Restaurants Achieved!
AutoReserve has surpassed 2 million bookable restaurants!

In addition to Japanese restaurants, the platform features a wide selection of international venues, with over 2.25 million restaurants available for reservations worldwide as of September 2024.

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## Registered Users in Over 100 Countries Worldwide!
As of September 2024, AutoReserve’s registered users have expanded to over 100 countries! With users in more than half of the 196 countries worldwide, it’s clear there is significant demand for a service that facilitates phone reservations with restaurants.

In fact, the increasing inbound tourism has led to a growing number of foreign visitors using AutoReserve each year. This trend is driven by the unique challenge that many Japanese restaurants only accept reservations by phone, creating a high demand among international visitors for assistance with such bookings.

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## What’s next for AutoReserve?
Currently, AutoReserve offers reservations for restaurants in 13 countries.

In the near future, we plan to add restaurant listings from countries like France and Spain, aiming to expand to 40 countries by the end of 2025.

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◆Countries Listed (As of September 2024)

Japan, USA, South Korea, UK, Canada, Australia, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam

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"AutoReserve," the AI-powered reservation service, hits 2M bookable restaurants across 100+ countries!

## What is AutoReserve Affiliate?
AutoReserve offers an affiliate program where you can earn rewards based on the number of customers who make reservations through a special link placed in blog posts or media articles that introduce restaurants.

## Easy to introduce restaurants and earn through affiliate programs on social media!
The AutoReserve Affiliate Program issues a unique URL that tracks reservations, eliminating the need for complicated ad setups or code embedding. This also makes it possible to introduce restaurants simply by sharing the link on social media.

As a result, individuals who don't have a website can now monetize by recommending restaurants through social media.
*As before, it’s also possible to partner by embedding the link on blogs or websites.

## AutoReserve
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[https://autoreserve.com/](https://autoreserve.com/)

AutoReserve will continue to free customers from various constraints such as language, time, and location, helping them discover delicious restaurants around the world that they have not yet encountered.


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We are launching an affiliate program that allows you to monetize just by sharing links on SNS and blogs.

## Background

AutoReserve aims to be a restaurant reservation service that updates "Reservations" to "Connecting 'Delicious' and 'Want to Eat' around the world". In anticipation of increased demand for restaurant reservations during the year-end and New Year holidays, we have renewed our reservation function. We will improve and enhance the service to eliminate the stress and trouble of making reservations and to provide a smoother experience for both delicious restaurants and people who want to eat.

## About AutoReserve
AutoReserve is an AI-based restaurant reservation service for Japanese and international restaurants. With over one million restaurants available for reservations, users can search for restaurants they want to visit and make reservations online, even after hours. The AI will make reservations while traveling, in a meeting, after hours, or by a foreign speaker.

## What is AutoReserve's **Candidate Reservation Feature** that allows you to send reservation requests to multiple restaurants for a specific date?

AutoReserve sends a reservation request to a restaurant via AI when a reservation request is sent by the person making the reservation. If the reservation request is successful, the restaurant can be used at the reserved time, but if the reservation request is not successful, the restaurant must be rebooked. On the other hand, if you register a second choice, a request will automatically be sent to your second choice if your first choice is not successful. You can add as many stores as you like as candidates.

This reduces the time and effort required to make multiple reservations due to unsuccessful requests, and makes restaurant reservations smoother by allowing them to be completed in a single reservation.

AutoReserve will automatically recommend the restaurant based on the last desired restaurant information and the reservation date and time.

**AutoReserve↓**
https://autoreserve.com/

AutoReserve will continue to free customers from various constraints such as language, time, and location, and help them discover delicious restaurants around the world that they may not have encountered before.

**About Hello Inc.

Hello, Inc. is a company with a mission of "Goodbye past, Hello future." Hello, Inc. is working in a large market with a potential business value of more than 1 trillion yen.

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Renewed "Candidate Reservation" function that allows users to send reservation requests to multiple restaurants.

## Make a reservation with AutoReserve and post "#AutoReserve Dining Out Day" with X!

the operator of the AI-powered restaurant reservation service AutoReserve, is holding a campaign to give away a gourmet card worth 30,000 yen to three lucky winners between Wednesday, November 22 and Thursday, November 30, 2023.

## November 23 is Food Service Day

Food Service Day was established in 1984 by the Japan Food Service Association to commemorate the association's 10th anniversary. The day was set on November 23, which is Labor Thanksgiving Day, to encourage people to appreciate those who prepare meals at home, and to make people more aware of the enjoyment of eating out.

AutoReserve, an AI-based restaurant reservation service that connects "delicious" and "want to eat" around the world by "updating reservations," will hold a campaign to give away a gourmet card worth 30,000 yen to celebrate Dining Out Day.

## Campaign Overview

Three winners will be selected by drawing from among those who make a restaurant reservation on AutoReserve and post their AutoReserve registration ID and #AutoReserve Dining Out Day on X (formerly Twitter) to receive a Jeff Gourmet Card worth 30,000 yen.

- Period: Wednesday, November 22, 2023 10:00 - Thursday, November 30, 2023 23:59
- Number of winners: 3
- Prize: JEF gourmet card worth 30,000 yen (redeemable at 35,000 participating stores nationwide)
    - Please search and confirm the stores where the card can be used from the following link.
        - https://www.jfcard.co.jp/shopinfo/use.php
    - Please note that there are some restaurants where the JEF Gourmet Card cannot be used even if you can make reservations via AutoReserve.
- Campaign Conditions
    - Make a reservation at a restaurant using AutoReserve
    - Post your AutoReserve ID and #AutoReserve Dining Out Day to X (formerly Twitter)
        - Check "Account" for the ID you set yourself starting with @.
        - *Anyone who has made a reservation on AutoReserve and posted X during the period is eligible. It does not matter if the order is before or after.
        - Please check the notes for detailed conditions.

## Enjoy dining out by making restaurant reservations with AutoReserve!

AutoReserve is a restaurant reservation service that uses AI to make reservations at restaurants in Japan and abroad. AutoReserve allows you to find restaurants you want to visit and make reservations online, even outside of restaurant hours. AI adjusts and makes reservations while traveling, in meetings, outside of restaurant business hours, and even when reservations are made by foreign language speakers.

-**AutoReserve connects "Delicious" and "Want to Eat" around the world

AutoReserve connects "Delicious" and "Want to Eat" around the world, helping you discover delicious restaurants around the world that you may not have encountered before. AutoReserve will continue to create new encounters with "Delicious" around the world by updating the search and reservation experience, which is the key to the encounter between customers and restaurants.

**AutoReserve↓**

[https://autoreserve.com/](https://autoreserve.com/)

## Winning Results

Winners will be contacted by @auto_reserve via the X (formerly Twitter) direct message function by 23:59 on Monday, 12/11/2023 to inform them of the registration form to send their gifts.

If you do not respond with the required information by the deadline (23:59, Monday, 12/18/2023), your eligibility will be cancelled.

*No contact will be made to those who were not selected.

## Precautions

Entrants must agree to all of the following before entering this campaign.

Please contact us by direct message on the official AutoReserve X (formerly Twitter) account (@auto_reserve) if you have any questions regarding this campaign. Please note that we may not reply depending on the content of your inquiry.

If you have blocked direct messages, we will not be able to contact you and you will not be eligible to win.

If you are not following the official AutoReserve X (former Twitter) account (@auto_reserve) at the time of notification, your eligibility may be cancelled.

If you do not have an AutoReserve account ID at the time of notification of winning, your eligibility may be cancelled.

If you make your X (formerly Twitter) account private, you will not be eligible for the drawing.

We will not be able to respond to inquiries regarding the method of determining who is eligible to receive the prize or the odds of winning.

Entry to this campaign is only possible via X (formerly Twitter).

Winners' rights are non-transferable.

Entries using multiple accounts or multiple entries in one day will be disqualified from the drawing.

This campaign is subject to change or cancellation without notice.

We may conduct similar campaigns in the future. Please understand that similar campaigns may be conducted in the future.

This campaign is sponsored by Hello Inc. and is not sponsored by Apple Inc., Apple Japan LLC, or X (formerly Twitter) Inc.

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Win a gourmet card worth 30,000 yen! Campaign to Commemorate Dining Out Day [AutoReserve].

An interview with Yuki Hariguchi of our company was featured in the November issue of "Restaurant Management," a restaurant management magazine whose concept is to accurately convey the "now" of foodservice, focusing on market trends in the restaurant industry and interviews with top executives of major to mid-sized chains.

The six-page spread discusses restaurant management in the post-Corona society from the perspectives of price range, inbound, and DX with Shiro Yamazaki, owner of the Japanese restaurant Yamazaki in Nishi-Azabu, which was awarded one star in the Michelin Guide Tokyo 2019.

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An article by Yuki Hariguchi, President of our company, was published in the November issue of "Restaurant Management.

## Background
### Demand for efficiency improvement due to labor shortage in category 5 and beyond
In contrast to the trend of increasing sales in restaurants from category 5 onward, challenges due to labor shortages are becoming more apparent. In order to cope with this, inquiries from restaurants considering the introduction of a self-ordering system to streamline their operations are increasing, and the number of cases in which the system is being used is growing.

### Smoothness of one-stop service and inexpensive price plans have been well received.
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__ <Smoothness through one-stop service
Since "AutoReserve for Restaurants" is operated entirely by Hello Corporation, including the reservation ledger, POS cash register, and self-ordering system, there is a single point of contact for support and inquiries. The company has also strengthened its support center system, which has been well received for its speed and careful management. Also, since multiple services can be used with a single terminal and application, there is no need to set up linkage between services, and smooth operation is also supported.

__ <Low price plans
The introduction of a reservation management system, POS cash register system, or self-ordering system for restaurants requires initial and monthly fees, but "AutoReserve for Restaurants" is easy to introduce with the following fee plans.

- Example 1) POS Cash Register + Handy + Kitchen Printer
    - Initial cost: 30,000 yen and up
    - Monthly fee: from 5,000 yen
    - Handy: Any number of handhelds can be used at no additional charge
- Example 2) POS cash register + Self-ordering + Handy + Kitchen printer
    - Initial cost: 50,000 yen
    - Monthly fee: from 7,000 yen
    - Handy: Any number of handhelds can be used without additional charge
- Example 3) Reservation ledger
    - Initial cost: 0 yen (during campaign)
    - Monthly fee: 0 yen

飲食店の業務を効率化するサービス「AutoReserve for Restaurants」を運営する株式会社ハローは、2020年7月のサービス開始以来、2023年8月時点で「AutoReserve for Restaurants」の累計契約件数が1,000件を超えたことをお知らせいたします。

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AutoReserve for Restaurants service subscriptions exceed 1,000

# AutoReserve, an AI-based restaurant reservation service, releases infographics to commemorate the 5th anniversary of its launch.

**Number of connections between "Delicious" and "I want to eat", AutoReserve's 5th anniversary in numbers**.

Ltd., operator of the AI-based restaurant reservation service "AutoReserve," celebrates its 5th anniversary in October 2023. To commemorate this anniversary, we are releasing infographics that look back on AutoReserve to date.

## 5th Anniversary in Numbers: The Number of "Delicious" and "Want to Eat" Connections

Since its launch in 2018, AutoReserve has made it possible to make reservations for restaurants not only in Japan but also abroad online, without having to call the restaurant. AutoReserve aims to reach 40 countries by the end of 2024.

## **When "Delicious" and "I want to eat" are connected**.

The following are some of the "Delicious" comments from "Want to Eat" customers from around the world who have visited a restaurant using AutoReserve.
*Some of the comments are summarized below.

## **Overview of AutoReserve** !
AutoReserve is an AI-based restaurant reservation service for Japanese and international restaurants. More than 2 million restaurants can be reserved. Even after hours, you can use AutoReserve to find a restaurant you want to visit and make a reservation online.

AI adjusts and makes reservations while traveling, in a meeting, outside of restaurant business hours, or by foreign language speakers.


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