The rise and rise of cheap hotels has bred a new variant of smart hotel where the door and the room can be controlled by a mobile phone application. With no room service, selectable coloured interior lighting, no fridge, and no door key Mi-Pad in New Zealand may be an indication of what hotels will be like in the future. With a smartphone app to control the front door, lighting, order room service, room temperature, and message other guests the hotel truly offers self service. If this catches on, how many other hotels will switch to automated service to save money on staff wages?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 18 2018, @01:07PM
Yep, very similar experience here in the middle of the mountains in Utah. At the exit there was a small sign, Gas 10 miles "Thataway". Crossed my fingers and made it with the low fuel warning light on...well after midnight. Credit card worked. When I got home I sent them a short thank-you letter for leaving the pumps on overnight.