Distil.ai

22/01/2026

The future of hospitality isn’t about collecting 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 data.

It’s about turning the data you already have into foresight - early enough to act.

Introducing the OpenTable x Distil.ai partnership, which powers Distil Diagnostics.

By combining Distil’s intelligence engine with booking patterns, search demand and performance benchmarks from 60,000+ OpenTable restaurants worldwide, we've unlocked:

• Sharper five-week cover and revenue forecasts
• A clear view of availability blockers before they cost covers
• A single, up-to-date picture of performance across every location

Early modelling shows a 10-15% revenue uplift and up to 30% less time spent on HQ reporting, both within reach 🔥

Because when every cover counts, this level of visibility helps teams move from reacting to demand... to anticipating it.

We’d love to show you around. https://distil.ai/distil-ai-partners-with-opentable-press-release/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_feed_post&utm_campaign=otxdistilpress

The integration delivers revenue forecasting through access to demand data and benchmarking insights from 60,000+ OpenTable restaurants.

05/11/2025

🚀 Restaurant Forecasting is about get its AI glow-up! 🌟

Still doing your restaurant forecasting with spreadsheets, manual data extracts, and gut feel?

Why not - it’s got you this far, right?

Now it’s time for an upgrade!

✅ Smarter forecasts powered by more data
✅ Greater accuracy in every number
✅ More time back in your day to focus on what really matters

Forget the AI hype - this is forecasting built on the rhythm of your own restaurants, layered with rich, ever-changing data sets that no single spreadsheet could ever handle.

🎥 Watch Gerry McNicol, Distil.ai Founder and Chief Data Scientist, explain how AI is changing restaurant forecasting (in under 4 minutes).

02/10/2025

We had an absolute blast at Hospitality Tech Expo 2025 🎉

We loved talking to everyone who came to find out more about Distil.ai - meeting new friends and seeing on-screen faces attached to their people!

If you missed CEO and Founder Gerry McNicol speaking on AI in Restaurants and where to find the ROI in the hype - stay tuned, the replay is coming shortly ▶️

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30/09/2025

That's a wrap on a cracking first day! 🚀

If we saw you at Hospitality Tech Expo today, thanks for stopping by. 👋

And if we haven't seen you yet - there's still tomorrow!

If you're visiting on Wed 01 Oct, you can also catch CEO, Founder and Chief Distil.ai Data Scientist Gerry McNicol on the stand and speaking on data and AI in Hospitality.

📍12.45pm Seminar Theatre 8 (next to the Distil stand).

Don't miss it!

30/09/2025

We've got the badges 🎟️
we've plugged in the lights 💡
and we're drinking the coffee ☕ ☕☕

Hospitality Tech Expo is a go!

See you there from 10am 👋

23/09/2025

Covers reports eating up your week? ⏳
Forecasts out of date before you can use them? 🤯

Save the hours of manual labour so you can do what you do best: growing your business and creating unforgettable guest experiences.

And the best part? That’s just the first bite - there’s a whole menu of data magic waiting ✨

See you there 👇

🔹 Stand HT1166, Hospitality Tech Expo
📍 Excel London, 30th Sep - 1st Oct 2025
🕘 10:00 - 16:00

19/12/2024

Happy Mince Pie Season! 🎄🥧 😋

Love them or hate them, they're part of the festivities - just like dodgy Christmas jumpers and weird Secret Santa gifts (iykyk).

While we're busy sampling the best of the batch this holiday, we're still on hand for any urgent data-related questions before the New Year rolls in.

Get hold of us on support [at] distil.ai and we'll (only a bit reluctantly 😉) put down the mince pies down to help.

Eat, drink and be merry from us all at Distil 🎄🍾 🥂

21/11/2024

We did it! Not once, but twice!! 🏆 🏆

You're looking at the latest Hospitality Tech Partner of the Year and overall Tech Partner of the Year 🥂🍾 🎉

We couldn't be more proud of the work we've done together with Dotdigital and John McBriarty for our clients in the last year. Just goes to show how impactful marketing comms can be when powered by the precise application of customer data 🎯

A few further thoughts from us https://distil.ai/double-award-win-for-distil/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_feed_post and here's to the next 12 months! 🚀

17/04/2024

Data is the new competitive frontier for restaurants 🔥

It unlocks gains in marketing effectiveness, customer acquisition, loyalty, and operational efficiency, all of which add up to bottom-line revenue goals.

But let's back up a bit - where do customers come from in the first place?

Well, chances are that OpenTable is part of your booking acquisition strategy.

So, what data can you get on how to maximise bookings from this channel?

Through Distil.ai, the answer is now a lot!

We call it 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 and it opens up insights into:

✳️ Venues that had capacity vs missed diner searches
✳️ The reasons why restaurants missed out on searches
✳️ Which service, venue, day, party size and reasons contributed to the most missed searches.

It's how restaurants are going to optimise their presence on OpenTable and maximise their bookings.

Check it out ➡️ https://distil.ai/restaurant-operational-analytics-dashboards/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_feed_post -demand-report-amp-forecast-dashboard

Using data from OpenTable, restaurants can supercharge bookings, forecast covers and optimise demand.

09/04/2024

Let's talk data for restaurants - about as tasty a topic as a well-done steak you might say? 🫣 Not so.

In fact, for restaurants on OpenTable, data just got a whole lot more tasty.

Distil now connects directly with OpenTable to draw out tasty morsels like:

🍓 Which customers are your best customers and how much on average they spend
🍉 Which restaurants utilise the most capacity and what dining trends look like in different locations across the group
🍒 What bookings look like in the week ahead and whether or not you're on track to hit target.

It's a veritable fruit salad of sweet success!

Get stuck in ➡️ https://distil.ai/10-things-restaurant-groups-opentable-data/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_feed_post

To data lovers like us here at Distil, collaborating with OpenTable means fantastic data insights and analytics for our Restaurant customers. Just imagine the business actions you're able to unlock when you connect booking, diner and operational data sets, with a layer of AI over the top guiding you...

03/04/2024

What is a Single Customer View, really? It's just a list of customers, right?

Wrong!

Having your customer data to hand is a good start, but there's so much more to it.

In order to 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 be a single customer view, it needs 3 things:

1️⃣ Bring in data from multiple sources to create a complete picture of your customers - data from just one platform isn't gonna cut it

2️⃣ Have a kick-ass identity resolution algorithm that can piece together fragments of data from all the sources into one record per individual

3️⃣ Connect with your marketing, finance, analytics and operations platforms so the entire team has access to the same resolved customer data.

A true Single Customer View is one of the most powerful tools in your business intelligence toolbox.

It will unlock business optimisations, improve ROI and power new initiatives like loyalty, automated comms, marketing personalisation... the list goes on.

Read more here ➡️ https://distil.ai/single-customer-view/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_feed_post

Imagine bringing all your customer data together in one space, combining fragments of data from multiple sources. That's the Single Customer View. Read more

20/03/2024

Attribution in GA4 got you 🤯 😵‍💫 😖 or downright 🤬?

That's probably because the data-driven model isn't working for your business.

Getting a clear understanding of your marketing performance is vital for every business - whether CFO, CMO or Marketing Manager, you need to know these things.

So, how about some clarity on the subject?

💡 Distil offers a 30 or 90-day linear attribution model
💡 Every channel gets an equal portion of the total value delivered
💡 Direct and Unknown traffic split for increased granularity

And because we're a customer data platform (CDP) underneath - we can tie in LTV, purchasing behaviour and customer segments to advertising spend.

That means questions like, "Which channels and campaigns lead to our long-term high-value customers?" can finally be reliably answered.

Check it out ➡️
https://distil.ai/attribution-ga4-distil-analytics/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_feed_post