Chope

This article is about the restaurant booking company. For the British politician, see Christopher Chope. For the bridal embroidery, see Phulkari.
Chope
IndustryInternet
FoundedJune 15, 2011 (2011-06-15)
FounderArrif Ziaudeen
Headquarters
Singapore
Area served
Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Shanghai, Bali, Phuket, Jakarta
Key people
Arrif Ziaudeen - CEO
Dinesh Balasingam - CBO
Jean Wee - GM
ProductsOnline restaurant reservations

Chope is a real-time restaurant-reservation booking platform that connects diners with its partner restaurants. The name “Chope” was inspired by the term chope spoken colloquially in Singapore. Chope charges restaurants fixed and per-diner fees for the use of its table booking system.[1]

Chope was founded on June 15, 2011, with the intention of providing a real-time online service for the process of table reservations.[2]

At the time of its startup, restaurateurs and café owners had been known to be slow to adapt to technological advancements. However, aided by the rise in internet access, this trend has been slowly changing.[3] In July 2012, Chope announced that its application had grown to be used by over 1,000,000 diners.[4]

  1. ^ Mahtani, Shibani (November 2011). "Chope Adds Personal Touch to Online Booking". Retrieved on 8 April 2015.
  2. ^ TAE Team (July 2014). "Interview with Ariff Zaiudeen". Retrieved on 8 April 2015
  3. ^ "Four up-and-coming trends in the restaurant business".Tech in Asia. Retrieved on 8 April 2015
  4. ^ Tay, Daniel (August 2014). "Having sat over 10 million diners in Hong Kong, Chope expands to mainland China". Tech in Asia. Retrieved on 8 April 2015