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Employee apps for hospitality businesses: what they are and who makes them
hospitality-specific employee apps, intranets with a frontline mobile app, communication channel platforms, workspace-bound intranets: Speakap, Jostle, Oak Engage through Jalios.
Types of employee apps for hospitality businesses
Hospitality-specific employee apps
Products with a page or customer set built around hotels, restaurants and venues. Speakap is the clearest example here. Their pages speak about shift cover, menu changes and recognition, and the buyer still has to confirm languages and seasonal licensing.
Intranets with a frontline mobile app
A classic intranet for head office plus an app for crews, such as Oak Engage and Interact. Strong when managers and floor staff need one shared source of policy and schedules, weaker when the crew app feels like an afterthought bolted on.
Communication channel platforms
Tools that push messages through email, intranet and digital signage, with Poppulo as the example. Staff-room and kitchen screens help crews who cannot hold a phone during service, but shift talk and cover requests are usually handled in a separate tool.
Workspace-bound intranets
Intranets that sit on top of Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 or Slack, such as Happeo. Fine for office teams that already log into those accounts every day, but crews without work accounts may need another route into the app, such as a shared kiosk.
Facts at a glance
| Tool | Publisher | Based in | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speakap | Speakap | Not stated by the vendor (offices in the US, Netherlands, UK, Germany and Belgium) | Paid + API |
| Jostle | Jostle Corporation | Canada | Trial + API |
| Oak Engage | Oak | United Kingdom | Paid + API |
| Interact | Interact Software | United Kingdom | Paid + API |
| Poppulo | Poppulo | Ireland | Paid + API |
| Happeo | Happeo Oy | Finland | Paid + API |
| Claromentis | Claromentis | United Kingdom | Paid + API |
| Jalios | Jalios | France | Paid + API |
