MI SALES COMPANION E-Menus

PURPOSE: Define and explain the various areas of the MI Sales Companion E-Menu platform

E-MENU DASHBOARD DEFINITIONS

Profile
Where you update all of your
personal information, can add
and remove properties, and
update your hotel’s
information (such as currency,
service charge, and tax rate)

Language
This field in your Profile,
allows you to select the
language in which you prefer
to view the MI Sales
Companion site.

This field in Create E-Menu,

allows you to select the
language in which that
particular menu will be
displayed.

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Currency
In your Profile, under Selected
Properties, select the
currency appropriate for your
hotel location. Begin typing
to search for your local
currency.

E-Menus
Global Brand Menus
are sample menus to use as
inspiration. These show the
various page layouts, how to
highlight signature items,
showcase photos. These can
be duplicated and used as a
starting template for your
property E-Menu.

Property E-Menu
are created with the intent of
using them to represent your
hotel’s food and beverage
offerings. All Property Sales
and Property Events
Associates have access to
create and edit.

My Custom E-Menus
are menus for a specific
customer or event. Only you
and those with whom you
collaborate have access to
see these menus.

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Menu Type
When clicking Create E-Menu,
a selection must be made for
creating a Property or Custom
E-Menu.

Property menu should be

selected for any hotel-wide
menu (e.g. banquet menu,
wedding menu, Thanksgiving
menu, etc.) that is intended to
be shared once Published.

Custom menu should be

selected when creating a
specific specialty menu for a
customer, group or event.
Once in Publish status, it is
not visible to other hotel
users; however, the link for
the Custom E-Menu can be
shared.

Section
Once you’ve begun creating a
new E-Menu, on the right side
of your screen, there is the
ability to Add Section. It is
recommended a new section
is added to your menu for
each new portion of your
menu (e.g. Breakfast, Lunch,
Reception, Dinner, Beverage,
General Information, etc.)

When clicking the + icon

above Add Section, a drop-
down menu will appear
allowing you to select the
page layout preferred for the
new section.

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Subtitle
A subsection within the larger
section. Subtitles will display
on the table of contents
customer view. (e.g.
Breakfast, Plated Lunch,
Lunch Buffet, etc.)

Menu Item
A single item and its
description (if applicable).
Each menu item should have
a price associated with it.
These are individual items in
which a customer can select
and add to their cart.

Menu List
These are a list of items in
which a customer can select
and add to their cart. Add the
item price at the end of each
line. (e.g. Coffee Break
Enhancements) Price should
be written as a whole number,
no decimals or commas, no
currency symbol. Include any
pricing considerations for the
customer – per dozen, per
gallon for example.

Image
Add an attractive photo to the
page

Text
Only to be used as a
qualifying note or share
information. Not intended for
menu items!

Footnote vs SAMPLE:
Global Footnote
Footnote – text that appears
at the bottom of a particular
page or section.
Global Footnote – text that
appears at the bottom of
every page of the E-Menu.

Footnote

Global Footnote

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Preview Icon
When editing an E-Menu in
the toolbar at the bottom of
the screen, clicking this icon
allows you to view the menu
in the customer view.

Save
When editing an E-Menu in
the toolbar at the bottom of
the screen, clicking this
button saves your current
work.

Publish
When editing an E-Menu in
the toolbar at the bottom of
the screen, clicking this
button will pop open a
second window confirming
the action. Publishing a
property menu, allows access
of the menu to all Property
Sales and Events Associates
and can then be shared with
customers.

Status
On the E-Menus home page,
in each type of menu, there is
a Status column. An E-Menu
status will either be Draft,
Published, or Changed .
Draft
indicates that the menu is still
being edited, is not final, and
is not available to share with
customers.
Published
indicates an E-Menu is
available to share with others.
All Property Sales and Events
Associates can view the E-
Menu, and a link can be
shared with customers to
view the E-Menu. Published
does not mean that the E-
Menu is visible on your
hotel’s website.

Changed
indicates a previously
Published menu is no longer
Published and edits have
been made to it.

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Information Icon
When hovering over this icon,
it will Indicate who last edited
the menu.

Default
Once a Property E-Menu is
published, the Default column
allows you to toggle Y (yes) or
N (No) if you want a particular
E-Menu used as the primary
menu. It is an indication to all
who have access to the
published menus.

Duplicate
Clicking this button replicates
an existing menu and opens a
pop-up window that allows
edits to be made/selected.

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Delete
Click the red X icon to delete
a menu. Clicking this button
will open a pop-up window
confirming the action of
permanently deleting the
menu.

Additional Actions
Edit
opens that E-Menu and
allows you to edit its
contents.
Manage Collaborators
opens a pop-up window and
permits you to add
colleagues who will then
have access to make
changes to the menu. In
order to add collaborators to
a menu, they must have
Property Sales Associate or
Property Event Associate
selected as their Role in their
Profile. You can also remove
collaborators here.

Download E-Menu
opens a pop-up window and
allows you to select if you’d
like to save the E-Menu in
Lower Resolution or Higher
Resolution.

Share E-Menu
only appears as an additional
action if the E-Menu is in
Published status. A pop-up
window will appear that
permits you to copy the link
to share the online E-Menu.