For restaurants
Event Captain finds the corporate planners near your restaurant, gets them familiar with your space, and follows up until they're ready to book.
Trusted by 150+ businesses across North America, from multi-location restaurant groups to independent pubs.
The problem
When a company plans an event, hotels show up in RFP platforms with dedicated sales teams behind them. Restaurants, the places groups actually want to go, are invisible in that process.
So corporate bookings come down to luck: a regular who happens to work at a big company, a Google search that happens to find you. Meanwhile your slowest nights, Tuesday through Thursday, sit half empty at the exact hours companies want to book.
Event Captain fixes the top of the funnel. We identify the corporate planners at companies near you, get them familiar with your space, and follow up until the timing is right, so your team gets conversations with people who already know your name.
How it works
We find the planners, run the outreach, and bring past guests back. Your team just closes.
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We identify the corporate planners at companies near your restaurant: office managers, executive assistants, and HR people. Then we get your space on their radar.
02
Personalized emails introduce your restaurant from warmed sending domains. Nothing touches your domain reputation, and nothing lands on your plate.
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Your warmest leads already booked with you once. We run re-engagement campaigns from your own domain, so repeat events come back without your team lifting a finger.
04
Interested planners reply straight to your team. You run the tour, you quote the menu, you close.
Your dashboard: every company on your list, every reply, every booking.
Proof
Bar and restaurant, 4 locations
Cold outreach plus follow up with past guests now runs without the team lifting a finger, freeing them up to run the venues.
"We were spending a lot of time using platforms such as Instantly AI or Zoominfo to find and engage cold leads on our own."
Anna Jones, VP of Sales and Catering, Tipsy Putt Brands
Public house, Vancouver
Consistent outreach turned into larger, higher value corporate events with recognizable brands booking the room.
"I would 1000% recommend Event Captain to other venues. In fact, I have already referred a few venues to the platform."
Michael Macdonald, General Manager, Library Square Public House
Social house
After launching, corporate event inquiries picked up measurably, building a steadier pipeline of private bookings.
"After starting with Event Captain, we saw a measurable uptick in corporate event inquiries."
Ian Smith, Bearded Social House
What books
Corporate planners book restaurants of every size for more than dinner.
The bread and butter. Teams of 10 to 40 celebrating wins, welcoming new hires, or just getting out of the office.
High value, booked months ahead. Companies pay premium rates and the same groups come back every year.
Sales teams and execs hosting clients want a room that impresses. Your best tables become their closing tool.
The biggest checks in the business. A company takes the whole room on a Tuesday you'd otherwise be half empty.
Boards and exec teams need private tables and quiet rooms. High spend, and the annual ones come back every year.
Recurring team socials that turn into a standing weekly booking when the experience is right.
FAQ
A 20 minute walkthrough of how our outreach turns nearby companies into bookings for your restaurant.
Trusted by 150+ businesses across North America
