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Catering & Services Booking :

RESOURCE BOOKING SYSTEM FOR MICROSOFT 365

Catering & services booking

Overview

Advanced resource booking

Office-based meetings often call for additional services such as catering, AV equipment, seating layouts, visitor passes, parking, etc.

Our workspace and resource booking system builds on Microsoft 365 to save everyone time, create a great impression and prevent waste.

It can also be managed by your facilities team, without burdening your IT department.

BENEFITS

Add service requests to your Microsoft 365 workspace bookings

Order catering & additional services from Microsoft 365

  • Let FM tailor and manage their service options without IT team involvement
  • Automatically append request request forms to native Outlook & Teams room bookings
  • Set policies that use existing Microsoft Groups.

Make complex bookings in under 2 minutes

  • Forms make it easy to select the services, resources & equipment on offer
  • Select catering options & service times
  • Provide cost codes
  • Note allergens & accessibility needs
  • Arrange visitor badges, parking spaces, etc.
  • Get reminders & easily amend requests to prevent waste.

Streamline service provisioning

  • Manage catering requests into a single portal
  • Easily swap out choices
  • Apply policies (e.g., auto-approve PA & manager requests, block last-minute catering)
  • Keep track of costs & avoid waste
  • Understand trends: Least popular catering choice? Busiest location?, etc.

FEATURES

What to look for in a resource booking system

RESOURCES

Resource booking systems for Microsoft 365

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What our customers have to say about us

What our customers have to say

“Essential has transformed our workspaces and car parks into intuitive, easily navigated interactive maps, making it simple for our people to select and book their ideal places when scheduling their office days.”

Ryan Arif Workplace Improvement Lead HRD & Facilities, Ageas

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