TimesCity partners with Mobikon, enables real-time table reservations for foodies

times internetNew Delhi & Singapore, September 24, 2013: TimesCity.com, the leading online & mobile lifestyle destination has entered into a partnership with Mobikon, India’s number one customer engagement platform for restaurants that allows food enthusiasts to book  reservations directly through the site .Mobikon’s Konekt platform integrated into the TimesCity discovery tools will enable a real-time match between consumer intent and availability at restaurants ensuring that both, consumers and restaurants have assurances. The online booking service will make it fast and efficient for users to find available tables that meet the desired criteria for cuisine, price, and location at any given time.

The association creates a win-win opportunity for fine dine restaurants on account of TimesCity.com bringing in new patrons, and at the same time Mobikon’s Konekt platform will serve as a CRM tool for restaurant owners to better understand consumer behaviour and provide greater engagement for consumers via customised couponing and directed digital marketing.

Mobikon, which operates out of India and Singapore, has presence in 5 countries, works with 500+ leading restaurant brands, engages over 1.5 Million customers and powers over 50,000 plus reviews every month.

Mobikon founder and CEO, Samir Khadepaun said on the occasion. “This partnership with TimesCity enables restaurants to do more by opening up new avenues in terms of customer acquisition, gain better consumer insights through our integrated CRM solutions and at the same time provide a greater engagement for their customers”

Miten Sampat, Business Head of TimesCity.com, said, “As busy people, we all want the assurance of being welcomed as and when we arrive at restaurants, and with this partnership we are empowering our users to have a hassle free dining experience. Discover great restaurants, and be assured of a table well before you arrive.”

About TimesCity.com

TimesCity is India’s premier city destination and a comprehensive guide on Food, Nightlife, Movies and Event options in your city.Based on the popular Times Food Guide and Times Nightlife Guide,TimesCity further provides the user with essential details on ambience, service and location. TimesCity features reviews and ratings from a renowned panel of food critics & passionate foodies, and is also the first restaurant reviews site in India to feature video reviews. In addition to restaurants & nightlife, TimesCity also has the latest movie trailers, reviews and theatre listings to help you plan thatperfect weekend. Timescity is currently available in 11 cities, Delhi/NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata,Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Ahmadabad, Jaipur, Chandigarh and Goa. Get the TimesCity app for Android, iOS, or visit us on the web at TimesCity.com

 About Mobikon

Mobikon is a leader in Restaurant Management & Intelligent Customer Engagement Solution. ‘Konekt’ Mobikon’s cloud platform provides easy to deploy apps to capture customer feedback, profile, reservations, engage in real time, deeper analytics and multichannel campaign management. Mobikon currently engages 1.5M customers, powers 50,000+ reviews every month across 500+ outlets and 60+ brands in over 5 countries. Mobikon has offices in Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Singapore.