About Us

About Us


Introducing HGEM

Our Story

Software with a Service

HGEM has been a pioneer for over 20 years. In 2003, we were the first to use the term ‘mystery dining’ as a specialist form of mystery shopping. It reflected the deeper and longer experiences that are typical in hospitality, as compared with retail. Hot on the heels of the dot.com explosion, we were the first to use the internet to provide next-day reporting.

Fast forward to the mid-2010's, and there are many more ways to gain insights from guests from surveys and reviews. We embraced these and were the first to use the term ‘Guest Experience Management’ (GEM). Our mission was to establish this as a core business discipline for hospitality businesses and to be the best source of expertise and tools. That mission has been achieved.

Now, in the mid-2020s, HGEM's award-winning platform, The Hub, is used by tens of thousands of venues, large and small. Guest Experience Managers with operations and marketing roles use it to engage with guests and gain insights that help them to grow sales.

But our growth is not just fueled by our amazing software. Because working in partnership with our clients comes as standard. We act as an extension to your team, interested in your strategy and playing our part to help you achieve it. It's how we learn and innovate. Many of our team have had careers in hospitality, so we understand the terminology and the challenges. We call this 'Software with a Service' and you won't find it anywhere else.

Let's see what we can achieve together!


Get to know the people behind HGEM

We’re incredibly proud of the work we do with our hospitality clients to improve guest experience through our insights platform, The Hub — but that’s not all we’re about. At our core, we’re a team of people, passionate about exceptional experiences. Check out who we are and why we’re obsessed with hospitality.

Come and meet our team...

Charlotte King

Charlotte King

Implementation Coordinator

Benedicte

Benedicte

Multilingual Mystery Guest Advisor

Being bilingual allows me to support our diners on both sides of the Channel. I enjoy ensuring the reports we send to our clients are of a high standard.

Pradnya Nimbalkar

Pradnya Nimbalkar

Software Engineer

I care about continuously improving the quality of my work in the organisation and delivery of well designed, easy to use software which is enjoyable and simplifies users' life.

Rhiannon Godding

Rhiannon Godding

Support Coordinator

I enjoy how different every day can be, and it’s great to help clients build the right solution for their business!

Lucy Marshall

Lucy Marshall

Client Success Manager

I really enjoy working alongside a wide variety of clients & love helping them track and improve their overall guest experience.

Charlotte Fisher

Charlotte Fisher

Senior Client Success Manager

I enjoy diving into the data on the Hub to understand customer habits and dining experiences to support our clients to be the best they can be – all while working with an amazing team!

Anna McDonagh

Anna McDonagh

Marketing Manager

Joanna Habgood

Joanna Habgood

Mystery Guest Advisor

I love how helpful and supportive the rest of the team are.

Paul Watts

Paul Watts

Technical Lead

Leading the technical team to design and build fantastic software to help our clients have the very best insight into their business.

Mia Jaques

Mia Jaques

Implementation Coordinator

I really enjoy onboarding clients and creating a partnership with them. It's also great to see how the data can give them insights into their guests experiences.

Emily Batten

Emily Batten

Business Development Executive

I enjoy building relationships with our clients, discussing current challenges and creating solutions to improve the guest experience across so many brands. Every day brings something new and exciting, and I have the best team to share it with!

James Cottrell

James Cottrell

Senior Software Engineer

What I care and treasure about my role, is the opportunity to work with incredibly talented and positive individuals to create cutting edge technology.

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Our Mystery Guests

At HGEM we are fortunate to have a fantastic community of mystery guests that we try hard to nurture and support as stakeholders in 'empowering hospitality'. In return, they go the extra mile to provide detailed and practical feedback on their experiences. If you are interested in becoming one of our mystery guests, please go to mysterydining.net.

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