QikServe, a mobile order and payment company, has launched QikServe 5, which is designed to speed up the integration of mobile ordering and payment technology in the hospitality sector.

QikServe's patented "Waiter in Your Pocket" technology lets guests order and pay for their food and drinks directly from their smartphones, according to a company press release.

"We understand that many hospitality businesses will have already made some investment in mobile applications, so asking customers to use a separate app for ordering doesn't make sense, and developing their own ordering capability is a complex and costly undertaking," said Daniel Rodgers, the COO of QikServe. "QikServe 5 presents a quick and cost-effective solution that can be seamlessly built into their existing app and is already fully integrated with leading POS and back-end systems."

QikServe has previously been available as a standalone app or a "white-label" version that can be fully branded by the operator. With QikServe 5, the introduction of a software development kit enables businesses to build QikServe's mobile ordering and payment capabilities into their existing mobile applications. 

For example, a hotel with an online booking app or a restaurant with an existing loyalty application may wish to introduce mobile room service capabilities or food and drinks ordering into the same application. 

QikServe 5 also provides an option for businesses looking to quickly introduce a web-based ordering system into their website or implement a tablet-based ordering system. The QikServe web application brings all the ordering and payment capabilities of the mobile app to a simple HTML web interface that can be easily integrated into any website.