Tech firm opens North American HQ hub

A SCOTTISH cloud service that allows customers to pay in restaurants, hotels and other hospitality outlets using a smartphone or other device has opened North American headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.

Edinburgh-based Qikserve, which describes itself as a “digital selfservice platform for hospitality”, has moved into the Atlanta Tech Village, the fourth-largest technology hub in North America, to offer customers program management and implementation support services.

The firm has secured a number of accounts in the USA in the last 12 months on the back of increased demand for digital ordering and payments options in the restaurant and travel hospitality sectors.

Daniel Rodgers, chief executive of Qikserve, said: “North America has rapidly become our largest geographic market and we are currently delivering several projects for some of the world’s most recognised hospitality operators, so opening a hub here was a no-brainer.

“Atlanta is well positioned strategically to serve our Us-based customers and this provides the perfect environment for a fast-growing tech company as we scale up our global operations.”

A team of six will be extended to eight over the next 12 months to support program management, operations, technical customer support, sales and account management functions.

Qikserve enables a wide range of operators to provide in-store solutions that give customers the convenience to order and pay for their food and drink whenever and however they want, using any device channel from kiosks and tablets to web and mobile apps.