The innovative mobile key service and system, developed by Zaplox AB, is now part of turnkey supplier HoistLocatel’s offer towards the hospitality business.
Marriott hotels may have "teleporters" but augmented reality on your smartphone could be the way of the future.
The guests who check in a hotel can set up a communication circle through HelloTel to connect with friends, strangers nearby as well as business partners.
With the development of the Internet and mobile devices, many hotels introduce hi-tech devices to meet the customers’ needs. Now let’s conclude the the world’s most hi-tech hotels.
As a leader in your business, you are the one responsible for navigating the technology jungle and determining which products are worthy of investment. You should ask the following six key questions when considering the wisdom of purchasing a technology-driven product.
Focusing on the mobile guest experience will become key to commercial success in the hotel industry in the next five years, and will trump traditional product innovation.
Your hotel’s digital media gallery is filled with photos, videos and sometimes even virtual tours – but is it filled with eye-catching descriptions?
Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine in Spain’s Duero wine region, has spanned nearly a millennium of history with a new amenity for guests:Google Glass.
Guest Experience Manager Janine Mallia, one of the first members of staff at The Montcalm to receive Google Glass training, said: “It’s been a really good experience learning how to use this new technology. It’s fun to use and by having so much information literally right in front of our eyes, we will be able to offer our guests an even better service.”
A San Francisco-based cybersecurity expert claims he has hacked and taken control of hundreds of highly automated rooms at a five-star Shenzhen hotel.
Innovation along several mobile platforms is allowing hotels to operate more efficiently and acquire guests through more touch points.
The inability for hotels to adopt technology that turns big data into actionable plans is holding hoteliers back.
UniKey has developed a proprietary Touch-to-Open™ Passive Keyless Entrysystem that will be integrated into MIWA’s hospitality lock solutions,providing unparalleled convenience for hotel guests.
Minibar operations are entering a new dimension with Mobile Simple’s new ’patent-pending’ cloud-based mobile solution drastically shaking up two decades of minibar management.
From improved air quality to duct-free systems, PTACs are rolling out a host of tweaks aimed at improving the guest experience.
The newly opened Hotel Hugo has implemented VingCard Elsafe’s Signature RFID guestroom door locks.
Energy controls assisted by guest detection sensors will detect when a guest enters a room, and either heat or cool it to a comfortable degree until they leave.
For Statesman, the aim is to offer both expert professional advice at the travel office, while at the same time deploying technology that will become the traveller’s ‘on-the-go’ personal travel agent
Consumers are becoming very sophisticated about technology in their professional and personal lives and this in turn raises their technology expectations from hotels.
Technology holds the key to the challenges of hospitality This blog looks at five significant themes
We are currently in a digital age. The proliferation of new technologies and the uptake of them by guests is changing the booking landscape so quickly.
One fifth has an app that allows clients to book travel with them, more than one third uses online tools to drive compliance and almost two thirds believe mobile technology can help them keep travellers within policy.
2014 will see a strong shift away from servers and workstations, and to apps and wireless services in the cloud.
"If you want to be successful and grow and perform well, you really have to understand the technology and what’s out there,” said Cees Bosselaar, who presented findings on “Travel innovation & technology trends: 2013 and beyond” report in London.