Aplauso for events

Let guests recognize the whole team behind a memorable event.

Aplauso creates a clear, optional recognition moment for servers, bartenders, captains, coordinators, and behind-the-scenes teams, even when the host settled the invoice long before.

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Built for shared serviceSeparate from required chargesEvent-level context

Designed for both sides of service

Connected

For solo professionals

More ways for great work to be recognized

For guests

A simple way to say thank you

For operators

Permitted service evidence

For the brand

Governed recognition context

The connected product loop

Recognition, service context, and supported follow-up.

Where the opportunity lives

Recognition gets lost in the moments banquets and catering teams create every day.

Aplauso belongs at the point where the guest feels the value, not only where payment happens.

During the celebration

Keep the recognition path visible without turning the event into a checkout experience.

At the bar or service station

Give guests an optional way to recognize the people serving them directly.

After the event

Let the host or guests recognize the team while the service memory is still fresh.

Beyond the final invoice

Keep voluntary appreciation distinct from deposits, labor charges, and required service fees.

Product proof

Shared recognition needs a policy before it needs a promise.

Authorized users can review eligibility and simulate a complete 100-share-unit policy before publishing it for future tips; Aplauso does not turn the guest into the workforce allocator.

Aplauso Business Tip Sharing simulation showing governed allocation across an illustrative event team — Product preview · Illustrative event-team Demo data

The people behind the experience

Let guests recognize the work the way it actually happened.

Aplauso can direct recognition to an individual, role, or shared team without asking the guest to understand the organization behind the service.

Servers

Bartenders

Event captains

Coordinators

Culinary support

Shared event teams

What the interaction connects

The optional tip and its service context stay connected.

Guests get a cashless recognition path while permitted operators receive a service signal with evidence and boundaries.

Recognition beyond the invoice payer

Give people at the event a path to recognize service even when they are not the invoice payer.

Defined shared recognition

Match the experience to a person, role, or defined event team.

Clear event feedback

Connect the response to the specific service moment and team.

Event-specific evidence

Understand what guests and hosts valued with the event and team context attached.

A rollout you can learn from

Start with one event type where the service handoff is easy to see.

A focused banquet, wedding, or catered event creates a clean baseline without changing every workflow at once.

Choose the event type

Select a repeatable format with a clearly defined service team.

Clarify the recipient

Explain whether recognition belongs to an individual, role, or event pool.

Review trust and participation

Look at guest use, team understanding, feedback, and distribution clarity together.

Straight answers

Questions banquets and catering teams ask

Is an Aplauso tip the same as a service charge?

No. Aplauso is an optional recognition path. Required charges and contractual gratuities should remain clearly separate.

Can guests recognize a whole event team?

Yes. The experience can support a defined shared team or an individual role depending on the event model.

Do event guests need an app?

No. They scan a code and use the mobile web experience.

How should a catering operator start?

Begin with one event type or service team and expand only after the first rollout is clear to guests and staff.

Keep exploring

A better service moment starts here

Make great banquets and catering service easier to recognize.

Try the guest experience, then shape a focused rollout around the service moment where appreciation is strongest.