Finally. A local who’ll actually tell ye where to go.

Finally. A local who’ll actually tell ye where to go.

Eck’s been wandering these cobbles his whole life. Aggie’s been stealing chips since before ye arrived. Between the two of them, they ken every close, every pour, and every view worth the climb.

Eck’s been wandering these cobbles his whole life. Aggie’s been stealing chips since before ye arrived. Between the two of them, they ken every close, every pour, and every view worth the climb.

AskEck — Edinburgh’s human-vetted AI concierge, built for boutique hotels.

AskEck — Edinburgh’s human-vetted AI concierge, built for boutique hotels.

Hotel partnerships.

Collaborate with us to give guests instant, characterful advice — from the places tourists walk straight past to practical directions.

Collaborate with us to give guests instant, characterful advice — from the places tourists walk straight past to practical directions.

Collaborate with us to give guests instant, characterful advice — from the places tourists walk straight past to practical directions.

Seamless integration.

Plug AskEck right into your guest journey. Enhance hospitality with a warm, local touch.

HOW IT WORKS

What your guests actually experience

What your guests actually experience

What your guests actually experience

A guest checks in. They want to know where to eat before a show, somewhere quiet on a Sunday morning, a walk that doesn’t take them past the same three tourist spots. They open the chat on their phone and ask Eck. Eck doesn’t search the internet. He draws from a curated library of places that have already been judged — by someone who actually knows Edinburgh — and he answers in the voice of a local who’s been asked this question a hundred times. Quick, dry, useful.

A guest checks in. They want to know where to eat before a show, somewhere quiet on a Sunday morning, a walk that doesn’t take them past the same three tourist spots. They open the chat on their phone and ask Eck. Eck doesn’t search the internet. He draws from a curated library of places that have already been judged — by someone who actually knows Edinburgh — and he answers in the voice of a local who’s been asked this question a hundred times. Quick, dry, useful.

A guest checks in. They want to know where to eat before a show, somewhere quiet on a Sunday morning, a walk that doesn’t take them past the same three tourist spots. They open the chat on their phone and ask Eck. Eck doesn’t search the internet. He draws from a curated library of places that have already been judged — by someone who actually knows Edinburgh — and he answers in the voice of a local who’s been asked this question a hundred times. Quick, dry, useful.

They ask

any question about Edinburgh, any time of day, in any language

Eck answers

from a vetted, human-curated knowledge base, never from raw internet results

You benefit

fewer front desk interruptions, more satisfied guests, better reviews

FOR YOUR HOTEL

What AskEck does for your business

What AskEck does for your business

What AskEck does for your business

Guest satisfaction

Guests who feel genuinely looked after leave better reviews. AskEck gives every guest access to the kind of local knowledge that used to depend entirely on who happened to be on the front desk.

Staff time

The same questions arrive every day. Where should I eat? What’s worth seeing? Is the weather going to be awful? AskEck handles all of them, consistently, at midnight as well as midday.

Genuine Edinburgh knowledge

Not a generic AI widget. Every recommendation has already been vetted against a real standard — independently of what’s trending on TripAdvisor or ranking on Google.

THE ASKECK PRINCIPLE

We don’t let the AI decide what’s good. We decide that first.

We don’t let the AI decide what’s good. We decide that first.

We don’t let the AI decide what’s good. We decide that first.

Every place AskEck recommends is human-vetted, not scraped or algorithmically ranked. The AI only narrates what we already know to be good—it never invents facts. That’s the real difference from a generic AI concierge widget.

Every place AskEck recommends is human-vetted, not scraped or algorithmically ranked. The AI only narrates what we already know to be good—it never invents facts. That’s the real difference from a generic AI concierge widget.

Every place AskEck recommends is human-vetted, not scraped or algorithmically ranked. The AI only narrates what we already know to be good—it never invents facts. That’s the real difference from a generic AI concierge widget.

Eck’s rule: if he wouldn’t send a pal there, it’s nae on the list.

Eck’s rule: if he wouldn’t send a pal there, it’s nae on the list.

Eck’s rule: if he wouldn’t send a pal there, it’s nae on the list.

Human-vetted, always

Every place is checked in person, never scraped or auto-ranked.

Genuinely local

Recommendations come from real Edinburgh knowledge, not algorithms.

Built for your guests

Designed to feel like a warm, personal concierge tip.

Edinburgh’s human-vetted AI concierge · askeck.co.uk

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