OpenTable, the leading provider of online restaurant reservations, seated more than two million diners around the globe on Valentine’s Day, making it the highest volume day in the company’s history. The company also announced that approximately half of the diners it seated on Valentine’s Day booked via their mobile devices.
“It’s exciting to play a key role in helping more than two million diners around the globe find the perfect restaurant for Valentine’s Day,” said Matt Roberts , Chief Executive Officer of OpenTable. Valentine’s Day is one of the most important, operationally-intensive days for our restaurant customers, and we’re incredibly proud to be an ingredient in the joy they bring to their guests on February 14th and throughout the year.”
Approximately 45 percent of these diners booked their reservations during the week leading up to Valentine’s Day, and more than 10 percent booked on Valentine’s Day, the day diners consulted OpenTable at a peak rate of 400 searches per second.
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