counts Telstra as being among its investors<\/a>. These include 2500 of the country\u2019s best restaurants, 1 million bookable tables and 500,000 verified diner reviews, along with expert reviews from Good Food Guide\u2019s, Terry Durack, Time Out\u2019s, Myffy Rigby and Gourmet Traveller.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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According to Premutico, the apps will also allow Dimmi to do a number of things it can\u2019t through its website.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe chose to build our apps in-house. We were very particular about what we wanted, so we decided not to go through an agency. Instead, we recruited a couple of the country\u2019s best engineers,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s all proximity based, so the powerful thing is it knows where you are. So the secret of the app is it shows you nearby restaurants that have availability.<\/p>\n
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\u201cLike Tinder you can quickly flick through the restaurants to find the one you want.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe other thing we heard from our customers is that when they make a booking they want to share it on Facebook or by SMS. After all, you never eat alone. So we\u2019ve made it very easy to invite people by social media, email and SMS.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Over the coming years, Premutico says there are significant growth opportunities for Dimmi in the Australian market.<\/p>\n
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\u201cLooking back at the past year, earlier this year we launched partnerships with Qantas and Trip Advisor for travellers from overseas, and in the past week we launched a partnership with Yelp. We are the first partner with Yelp for restaurant bookings outside the US.<\/p>\n
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\u201cDimmi handles 10% of restaurant reservations in Australia, and the rest is still done the old fashioned way, by phone.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSo in 2015, our focus is on three things. First, digitising restaurants, which means getting them to switch from using pen and paper to our platform. Second, to address the mobile opportunities with the new apps and some other exciting products. And third, we\u2019re hoping to get a partnership with Tourism Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n
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