GoTab Launches Payments SDK Powered by Bespoke API to Elevate Reservation-Based and Entertainment Commerce Workflows
The GoTab Payments SDK leverages the Bespoke GoTab API Platform to deliver deeper control over reservations, deposits, and pre-authorized payment methods without sacrificing security, flexibility, or the guest experience. With the GoTab Payments SDK, operators can streamline the entire guest journey, from booking to onsite purchase.
ARLINGTON, VA — November 12, 2025 — GoTab, the leading Entertainment Commerce Platform powering next-generation hospitality and high-volume experiences, today announced the release of its Payments SDK, a new developer toolkit that enables operators and technology partners to seamlessly embed GoTab’s secure checkout, guest verification, and deposit workflows directly into their own applications.
The GoTab Payments SDK leverages the Bespoke GoTab API Platform to deliver deeper control over reservations, deposits, and pre-authorized payment methods without sacrificing security, flexibility, or the guest experience. With the GoTab Payments SDK, operators can streamline the entire guest journey, from booking to onsite purchase.
“Modern hospitality and entertainment venues need technology that meets guests where they are, sometimes before they arrive, when they check in, and throughout their experience,” said Tim McLaughlin, CoFounder and CEO, GoTab. “Our Payments SDK gives operators and technology partners the control and flexibility they need to deliver seamless, secure, revenue-driving experiences.”
Purpose-Built for Reservation-Driven Venues & Entertainment Concepts
Designed for cinemas, golf and pickleball venues, immersive entertainment destinations, hotels, and large-scale events, the GoTab Payments SDK unlocks:
Seamless Deposit Management
API-driven deposit creation and retrieval
Enforced matching of deposits to specific event or reservation tabs
Secure application via POS or back-end system
Pre-Arrival Tab & Payment Authorization
Create future-dated “day-of” tabs via API
Pre-authorize payment methods ahead of arrival
Automatically surface reservation tabs in GoTab POS
Modify orders before the visit and fire to kitchen at the right fiscal day
Guest Identity & Embedded Checkout
Generate secure payment sessions tied to a unique guest
Embedded checkout with venue-branded UI (no GoTab branding)
Guests can add/remove payment methods in a secure GoTab wallet
Real-time success/error callbacks for state updates
The SDK provides full control over branding and user experience, while GoTab handles PCI-compliant payment processing, tokenization, and secure session management. This ensures operators can maintain a unified digital experience without taking on risk or compliance burden.
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The GoTab Payments SDK is available now for select partners and enterprise operators. Broader access and documentation will roll out in early 2026.
About GoTab
GoTab is the Entertainment Commerce Platform built to power high-volume hospitality and experiential venues. From full-service restaurants and breweries to entertainment concepts like pickleball clubs, cinemas, and food halls, GoTab helps venues improve service, drive revenue, and deliver frictionless guest journeys through flexible ordering, payments, and partner integrations.
Situated “in the heart of it all, yet tranquil enough to make you feel away from it all too,” The Limelight Hotel Snowmass offers 99 hotel rooms and 11 residences, as well as footsteps-to-gondola access in winter and summer — right in the middle of Snowmass Base Village.
The Situation
Especially over the last few years, the Limelight Hotels IT team had witnessed a significant shift to contactless technology in the hospitality industry. After evaluating friction points in the guest journey, aligning with modern technology platforms in their restaurant was determined to be an effective way to offer elevated contactless dining experiences to their guests while also evolving their technology platforms to continue to support long-term company goals. Limelight Hotel partnered with GoTab to provide an enhanced on-demand dining experience on par with the brand’s reputation for exceptional guest service.
The Solution
Reducing Staff Touch Points Without Sacrificing Guest Experience
Guests are now able to begin a tab from their room or the property’s restaurant by scanning a QR code, texting a link to friends or family members on the ski slope to add in their orders, then meeting up together at the patio or lodge to enjoy their meal and après ski festivities without interruption. By streamlining tasks like inputting orders and processing payments, this eliminates friction for hotel staff and allows them to focus on delivering renowned guest service for a memorable experience. Since partnering with GoTab, Limelight Snowmass has consistently seen higher check averages and sales.
“We found the Point of Sale platforms we were looking at offered the guest and staff limited opportunities to further reduce touch points or improve the traditional restaurant experience. The GoTab platform enabled the guest to take an active role over the flow of their experience while simultaneously reducing touch points and further streamlining restaurant operations.”Nick Giglio, Manager of Hotel IT Operations, The Little Nell Hotel Group
According to the Limelight Hotels team, some of the other platforms that were evaluated were either missing some of the pieces they were looking for, had weak customer support models, or had little willingness to develop integrations to existing hotel platforms already in place. To that end, GoTab integrated with cloud-based platform, Infor. Together, GoTab and Infor are providing dynamic solutions to support central, efficient service across hotel amenities and deliver exceptional guest experiences.
“Previously, guests would call down to the restaurant to begin an order from their room or while they were out enjoying the ski slopes. Using GoTab, guests can now place orders from anywhere on the resort, giving them the on-demand service they want without interrupting their day. GoTab empowers us to give control to the guest, reducing touch points and streamlining overall restaurant operations, making Limelight Hotel the resort of choice for Snowmass.”Nick Giglio, Manager of Hotel IT Operations, The Little Nell Hotel Group
Since introducing GoTab, The Limelight Hotel has seen a consistent level of upsells and items sold per check resulting in additional revenue capture. They have been able to maintain service levels in their restaurants during periods when there was reduced staffing available without significantly diminishing the guest experience.
The Benefits
Eliminate Phone Orders – Take Orders from the Slopes. Guests can start a tab from their room or on the mountain without interrupting the flow of their day.
Future-Proofed Technologies – Delivering elevated contactless ordering via integration with the Infor hotel management platform.
Eliminating Friction in the Guest Journey – Maintaining service levels during periods of reduced staff without diminishing the guest experience.
Eliminating Friction in the Guest Journey – Maintaining service levels during periods of reduced staff without diminishing the guest experience.
Eliminating Friction in the Guest Journey – Maintaining service levels during periods of reduced staff without diminishing the guest experience.
Eliminating Friction in the Guest Journey – Maintaining service levels during periods of reduced staff without diminishing the guest experience.
Eliminating Friction in the Guest Journey – Maintaining service levels during periods of reduced staff without diminishing the guest experience.
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