Yahoo! News / May 29, 2012... Using SmartCellar technology, diners will initially be able to flick through wine and spirit lists compete with detailed description, before a fuller menu experience is added later in the year. ...
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Taste Terminal / May 14, 2012... Ramsay uses the iPad in tandem with SmartCellar (created by Incentient) in hopes of educating his guests on their selections. ...
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Taste Magazine Cincinnati / May 10, 2012... Restaurateurs can now access a world of wine data, courtesy of SmartCellars by Incentient. ...
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The Las Vegas Food and Beverage Professional / April 2012... A Chat with Jennifer Martucci, Founder of Incentient and Creator of SmartCellar ...
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The Plain Dealer / March 27, 2012... Patrick Martucci, chief executive officer of Incentient LLC., is installing touch screen food and beverage menus on iPads, thanks to an enterprise software license with Apple. Already, the three-year-old Plainview, N.Y. company is in 16 countries. ...
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Hospitality Technology / March 16, 2012... SmartCellar delivers interactive guest experience via the Apple iPad, making Coach Grill’s expansive collection of wine, spirits, and menu offerings available to guests at the touch of a finger. ...
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Restaurant Management / March 15, 2012... Back Bar USA is now the exclusive distributor for Incentient’s SmartCellar wireless systems throughout Nevada and Atlantic City, New Jersey. ...
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CBS Detroit / March 13, 2012... Goodbye printed wine lists and menus. Hello SmartCellar. Thanks to SmartCellar, an Apple iPad system, these restaurants by Chef Symon will make their vast collections of wine and spirits available to guests at the touch of a fingertip. ...
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Hospitality Upgrade / January 20, 2012... With just a touch of a fingertip, Quicken Loans Arena (“The Q”) suite holders are entering a new dimension of service excellence. ...
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Crain's / January 17, 2012... Quicken Loans Arena has unveiled a new technology allowing suite customers to use touch-screen technology to place orders. ...
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Venues Today / January 17, 2012... Incentient’s SmartTouch technology puts an iPad with ordering capabilities in every suite at Quicken Loans Arena ...
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Market Watch / January 13, 2012... Cleveland Cavaliers and ARAMARK Provide In-Suite Guests with iPads to Order Food, Tickets, Merchandise and More in Real Time ...
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Yahoo! Finance / January 13, 2012... Cleveland Cavaliers and ARAMARK Provide In-Suite Guests with iPads to Order Food, Tickets, Merchandise and More in Real Time ...
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Las Vegas Business Press / November 28, 2011... Exec describes how apps for iPad will change hospitality in Las Vegas and beyond. ...
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GeekWire / November 4, 2011... Customers of the waterfront restaurant now can browse more than 600 wines on an iPad, an experience that Palisade calls the "city's first-ever paperless wine menu." ...
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Las Vegas Sun / October 11, 2011... The venerable leather-bound wine list is undergoing a digital transformation at some Las Vegas restaurants. Walk into a number of high-end eateries on the Strip, and a waiter will hand you an iPad. ...
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Scotland on Sunday / July 24, 2011... iPad menu could give the opportunity to give further details on where food comes from and how it is produced. ...
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Pacific Business News / July 29, 2011... Traditional restaurant menus are making way for digital menus on high-tech devices such as Apple’s iPads and the trend is catching on here in Hawaii. ...
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Las Vegas TSG Business News / July 25, 2011... iPad-Based Solution Enables Consumers to Engage Proactively in Their Wine-Selection Experience ...
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KHON2 / July 14, 2011... Incentient's Smart Touch and Smart Cellar technology is a proprietary software made specifically for the hotel and restaurant industry. Jameson says an Ipad menu gives customers a lot more information, which helps the business. ...
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Wine Enthusiast Magazine / August 1, 2011... The 21st-century wine list makes its mark at Manhattan's SD26....
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FoodChannel.com / May 15, 2011... SmartCellar is #5! The Food Channel crew has roamed the aisles of the National Restaurant Show, attended session after session, and talked with company after company checking out the food trends at the Show....
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WineBusiness / June 10, 2011... The creators of SmartCellarSM debuted their revolutionary new technology that allows fine diners to make wine selections from an Apple® iPad® industry-wide at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago this week....
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CNBC / May 20, 2011... NEW TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES SALES WITH NO REQUIRED CAPITAL INVESTMENT BY RESTAURATEURS. The creators of SmartCellar(SM) debuted their revolutionary new technology that allows fine diners to make wine selections from an Apple(R) iPad(R) industry-wide at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago this week....
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CNBC / March 8, 2011... As Apple ascended to the top ranking of Fast Company's recently published 2011's Most Innovative Companies In The World, Incentient, the developer of the industry leading SmartCellar interactive wine listing software was listed as Number 29 on the esteemed list of 101 Apple-affiliated Achievers, recognized in their work with Apple-based technologies that are changing our life, our work, and our world....
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Fast Company / March 2, 2011... Incentient is proud to be featured in Fast Company as a leader in Apple innovations; and included on the Apple 101 list of the world's most innovative companies!....
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New York Post / March 1, 2011... Celebrity chefs Joel Robuchon and Todd English are getting smart -- as in Smartcellar, an interactive, digitized wine list that is delivered tableside to diners on iPads....
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Restaurant News Resource / February 22, 2011... Catch has created a custom iPad application exclusively designed to navigate its extensive wine list. The new iPad wine list features the SmartCellar application designed by the New York-based company Incentient....
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Hospitality Upgrade / February 15, 2011... The SmartTouch easy-to-use glass touch-screen panel allows guests to control their hospitality experience from within the privacy of their guestrooms....
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Reuters / February 14, 2011... A Chicago steakhouse is among the latest in a growing list of eateries around the globe that have scrapped conventional wine lists and instead are offering diners an iPad loaded with wine information....
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Global Vision Magazine / February 2, 2011... From seasoned connoisseurs to less-in-the-know patrons in search of a fine wine to pair with their dish, making a selection from the lengthy, leather-bound traditional wine list may often prove to be a daunting task for restaurant patrons. Enter SmartCellar....
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The Toronto Star / December 14, 2010... E11even is the first Canadian client of Incentient. The New York-based company started taking wine lists digital several years ago — for restaurant websites, inventory systems and the like — but the arrival of the iPad in April boosted its business considerably. This isn’t surprising, given that the Apple tablet is about the same size as a conventional wine list, and that celebrity chefs Gordon Ramsay and Todd English have started waving iPads a...
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Wine Enthusiast Magazine / December 9, 2010... Chicago Cut Steakhouse (Chicago) has done away with its paper wine list. Instead, wines both by the bottle and the glass are presented on one of the restaurant’s 40 iPads,encased in a sleek leather and suede holder. Diners then look for the drink of their choice by region,type, vintage, name or price using custom-designed software....
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Inc / October 11, 2010... Using Incentient's SmartCellar software, customers can instantly sort by price and type, as well as read a paragraph of text about each wine...
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Newsday / October 5, 2010... With the iPad, you can view wines organized by name, by country, by grape, by price. Red wines are further divided into such helpful subcategories as "lighter and fuller," or "rounder, softer and more medium-bodied."...
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Palm Beach Illustrated / September 27, 2010... The beauty of the SmartCellar iPad application, apparently, is interaction. Customers have access to all the standard information---grape variety, region, price---along with additional features such as winemaker’s notes, critic’s ratings and food pairing suggestions....
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Wired / September 16, 2010... For the customer, digital menus are interactive, searchable, and can easily incorporate text with images. For the restaurant, digital menus can be edited on the fly, reflecting new items, prices, specials, and availability (or lack thereof) without having to launch an entire reprinting....
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NY Times / September 13, 2010... Incentient, a Long Island company that makes wine-list software for the iPad, has received orders from 40 restaurants, up from 5 a few months ago, said Jennifer Martucci, the vice president for product development, sales and marketing. Celebrity restaurateurs like Gordon Ramsay and Todd English are among the pioneers....
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Long Island Business News / September 9, 2010... When entertaining clients, don't let that wine list intimidate you. Instead, you might simply consult the SmartCellar. The oenophile meets the technophile in the SmartCellar, a handheld digital device designed by Plainview-based Incentient Transaction Services to make wine-ordering fun, educational and, above all, simple....
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Next Magazine / August 27, 2010... Featuring iPad’s interactive, high-definition color touch screen, SmartCellar not only tells patrons everything they ever wanted to know about the major wine regions and varietals, but also keeps them updated when a particular wine of interest has run dry at South Gate, thus alerting them to select another bottle....
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Crain's Cleveland Business / August 23, 2010... The software also streams real-time updates on restaurants' ever-changing wine inventories, pricing and popularity so operators can better manage their complex wine collections. The product is a more eco-friendly substitute for long, text-heavy printed wine menus and forgoes the need for a sommelier entirely, if the restaurant so chooses....
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Wine Spectator / July 30, 2010... At South Gate, guests can tap through the iPad wine list, searching by glass or bottle, red or white, variety or keyword. Results can be sorted by multiple options, like price or name, with selections saved to a personal list....
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Hospitality Upgrade / Summer 2010... Finally, an elegant touchscreen solution that allows guests to directly access all of your hotel amenities and services....
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geek.com / July 28, 2010... Besides listing the regular printed wine list and pricing, SmartCellar ups the ante with high-quality wine label images, wine filters, a restaurant-branded interface, and more. What’s best, restaurant owners can easily change pricing, images, label names, and other aspects of their offering using a simple CMS interface....
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Hotel Interactive / July 26, 2010... South Gate has created custom wireless iPad wine tablets exclusively designed to navigate its extensive wine list. The new iPad wine tablet features the SmartCellar application designed by the New York-based company Incentient. ...
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Smarter Hotelier / July 1, 2010... In-room displays are arguably one of the best technologies for the delivery of targeted messages, special offers and pertinent guest information. The in-house guest has immediate needs and potential wants, many of which arise while the traveler is in his or her room. ...
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MSNBC / June 22, 2010... The SmartTouch system from Incentient LLC focuses on the bigger guest-services picture. Using its touch-screen panel, you’ll be able to access all manner of hotel services, from room service and the bell desk to on-site restaurants and spa facilities....
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Guestroom 20X / June 22, 2010... SmartTouch, developed by NY-based Incentient, is an in-room touchscreen that provides hotel guests direct access to all hotel services including room service, spa, concierge, bellman, valet and more....
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Grub Street San Francisco / June 16, 2010... The iPads have arrived at Barbacco, and thanks to a new app developed especially for restaurants, their entire wine cellar is now available to peruse in living, interactive, touch-screen Technicolor....
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Inside Scoop SF / June 1, 2010... Barbacco, the open-collared sister to the Financial District’s Perbacco, is unveiling a fleet of handheld touchscreen wine devices to help diners navigate its 105-bottle list....
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MonkeyDish / June 2010... Overlooking Madison Square Park in New York City, SD26 is bristling with the latest technology everywhere from the dining room to the kitchen to the ceiling. "We have been using computers in the back of the house for years. Now we are bringing that technology to the front of the house." ...
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Flickr / June 2010... This slick little device lets you easily browse an immense wine list. I could imagine a lot of restaurants switching to this sort of thing. ...
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Great Taste / May 2010... Incentient continues to revolutionize the dining experience with the convenience of SmartCellar, an eco-friendly and wireless wine list....
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NY Times / May 2010... The bar features PDA-like devices that display the entire 1,000-wine list, sorting by appellation, provenance and dryness....
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Food Network Magazine / March 2010... Diners t New York City's SD26 use a Game Boy sized device that sorts wine by color, country, varietal or price....
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Andrew Freeman & Co. / 4th Quarter 2009... Hotels and restaurants operate touch-screen interfaces for check-in, placing orders and user-guided guest education. Everything is paid for with the swipe of a card. Reach out and touch someone....
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New York Post / October 21, 2009... But the most compelling one has gone overlooked in the buzz over Marisa May's conversion to brunette; executive chef Odetta Fada’s "taste-testing" trip to Italy; the "soaring" design by Massimo Vignelli; and an electronic wine-list gadget that’s hard to stop playing with....
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Wolrd Interior Design Network / September 24, 2009... Using Incentient's patent-pending SmartTouch technology, SmartCellar is completely multi-lingual and can be reproduced in up to 150 languages for restaurants that cater to an international crowd....
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Canadian Pizza Mag / September 22, 2009... The SmartCellar makes wine selection simple enough for the novice, and detailed enough for even the most seasoned connoisseurs. The interface can be customized to meet the look and feel requirements of individual restaurants....
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Self Service World / September 21, 2009... At SD26, the electronic wine list will allow our customers to easily and intuitively navigate our expansive collection of more than 10,000 bottles. SD26's innovative approach to wine selection and SmartCellar's customizable wine program makes finding the perfect wine for every meal more enjoyable and accessible for all wine lovers...
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Long Island Business News / September 14, 2009... Incentient, the transaction services company specializing in bringing clients closer to their customers, today announced the launch of SmartCellar, the newest product in their SmartTouch(SM) series of touch-screen technology applications...
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Long Island Business News / September 9, 2009... A recently designed touch-screen wine list dubbed Smartcellar by the Long Island tech company will be presented to diners at an upscale Manhattan restaurant scheduled to open next week...
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NBC New York / September 3, 2009... Smartcellar gives diners and sommeliers a wealth of searchable information, including what region and vineyard a bottle of wine is from, its price, producer, and whether or not it's out of stock...
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Trends Updates / September 3, 2009... The handheld device called Smartcellar was designed by Incentient, New York, to keep track of inventory, but it quickly became more than that. This intuitive and simple to use device helps the diner to choose through categories: 'red', 'white', 'dessert', 'dry sparkling' and rose and gives information including vineyard, region, price, producer and whether it's in stock...
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NY Times / September 1, 2009... Stefano Milioni, the restaurant's wine consultant, said the computerized system, called Smartcellar, was designed by a Jericho, N.Y., company, Incentient, to instantly remove inventory when labels sell out...
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PC Today / September 2009... Incentient, which "designs and implements proprietary gateways" to enhance business-customer transaction experiences, has announced details of its new multilingual SmartTouch system for potential use in hotel rooms...
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Business Travel News / July 27, 2009... New York-based technology company Incentient has developed a new touchscreen device that provides hotel services without the need for human intervention. Guests can access a number of services from the panel, including room service, housekeeping, transportation services and meeting information...
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BPO Times / July 1, 2009... With a few touches on the screen, guests can order room service, schedule spa services, have their car retrieved from valet parking, request reservations at hotel-recommended restaurants, request bell services, request housekeeping to pick-up laundry, as well as access numerous other hotel services. Guests are provided real-time updates on the status of their service requests...
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Self Service World / June 30, 2009... The SmartTouch wireless glass panel is placed in the hotel room and offers rotating images of the hotel, selected food offerings based on time of day and an entire suite of services. Completely multilingual, the entire application can switch to the guest's requested language with a touch of the screen...
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Business Week / June 30, 2009... Incentient, the company bringing guest empowerment technology to the hospitality industry, today announced the launch of SmartTouch(SM), a glass touch-screen panel, utilizing proprietary software that allows guests direct access a full range of guest services without human intervention...
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CNNMoney Fortune / June 29, 2009... Incentient, a Jericho, N.Y., startup, aims to put a touchscreen terminal in hotel rooms. The touchscreen panel would give guests the ability to order room service, contact the valet, make a spa appointment or check out -- all electronically...
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USA Today / May 22, 2009... Online menus offer more detailed information about food choices, including photos and daily specials, and allow guests to bypass phone chats with kitchen attendants. For hotels, the new technology means freeing employees from the phones for other chores and creates opportunities for "upselling" with recommendations...
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NY Times / November 10, 2008... Yet one challenge for hotels is making sure guests are comfortable using the technology and not being forced to wrestle with products that are too complex. That is particularly the case with guestroom amenities, because customers staying for just a night or two do not have the time, or the patience, to master a complicated process to accomplish a generally simple task like finding a television channel...
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Financial Times Magazine / July 1, 2011... Incentient has developed a similar product, SmartCellar, which caters to restaurants and wineries. Instead of a paper menu, customers can read the wine list on a tablet device, navigating the menu by price, region, and so on....
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RestaurantNews.com / June 7, 2011... Wolfgang Puck’s critically acclaimed, award-winning restaurant CUT is proud to introduce its new iPad wine list in the Las Vegas location at The Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino....
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ShesDaily.com / February 12, 2011... From seasoned connoisseurs to less-in-the-know patrons in search of a fine wine to pair with their dish, making a selection from the lengthy, leather-bound traditional wine list may often prove to be a daunting task for restaurant patrons. Enter SmartCellar....
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