Bagh Chal
Nepal · c. 1500 CE
The greatest games ever played, on the phones your guests already have. Free in your lounge while you sponsor the venue.
What it does for you
01
Early arrivals, late checkouts, delayed transfers. The dead time a hotel cannot avoid is time a guest will happily spend on a game.
02
Nobody swims for four hours. Between the water and the bar there is a long, quiet afternoon, and a guest with something to play is a guest who orders another drink rather than going up.
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The evening after dinner is the longest part of a stay. A family with the lights low and nothing on television has the greatest games ever played between them, and none of them are yours to buy or replace.
04
Guests who settle in the lounge for a game are guests who order from it. The longer the stay, the more that matters.
How it works
Free, on iPhone and Android. You will need an account, which takes about as long as it sounds.
Open Venues and search for the hotel by name. It is probably already listed — we build the map from public place data.
Your hotel
It sits at the bottom of your venue page. Choose six or twelve months and pay through the App Store or Google Play. The venue is yours straight away — no paperwork, nothing waiting for approval.
Tap the code on your venue photo and save it to your phone. Put one at reception, one on the lounge tables, one by the pool — and one in each room if you print enough. Guests scan it with the camera and your hotel is added to their app.
Your café
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From that moment every game played in your lounge is free for whoever is sitting there, and your hotel sits at the top of the list nearby players see.
Your hotel
PREMIUM
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Further reading
Why a handsome lounge stays empty, and the furniture and timing that change it.
For the bar and coffee side of the business — most of it applies to a lounge too.
Before you ask
Yes, and without a card. Ask us for a trial code and we will text you one that gives your venue a month of Premium. Redeem it in the app on your venue page. Note it has to be used before you subscribe, not on top of a subscription.
Nothing. While your venue is sponsored, every game played at your tables is free for whoever is sitting at them — no account upgrade, no per-game charge.
No. Guests play on their own phones. The only physical thing is a printed QR code on your tables, which you generate and print yourself from the app.
Through the App Store or Google Play, inside the app, in six or twelve month terms. There is no invoice to chase and no card details for us to hold — and because the store manages it, cancelling is in your hands, not ours.
Two ways. Players nearby see it in the app’s venue list, and anyone at your tables can scan the QR code to add it instantly. Sponsored venues appear at the top of that list.
Minutes. Search for your business, tap “Is this your business?”, subscribe, and print the QR code. Nothing is queued for approval and nobody has to visit you.
Yes. Anyone at your venue can see the open games there and join one, which is how two strangers waiting on the same delayed transfer end up playing.
Something else on your mind? The form below reaches a person.
Or start with a free month
Tell us where you are and we will text you a code worth a month of Premium for your venue. No card, no call, no obligation.
