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: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Sunday November 18 2018, @09:46PM (3 children)
I commented above about Queenstown, but if you missed it, Queenstown is one of the most expensive places in New Zealand to live, and wages have not even nearly kept up with housing cost.
If they're paying the perky blonde $15 per hour, she is living under a bridge.
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Monday November 19 2018, @12:34AM (2 children)
If I'd given and Aus or NZ average hotel employee wage, the US readers would have expressed disbelief or accused me of lying.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Monday November 19 2018, @01:32AM (1 child)
Oh? Wow. I had not thought of that.
You might be right.
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Monday November 19 2018, @02:09AM
New Zealand rates [employment.govt.nz]
randomly picking San Diego, where $32,000pa [glassdoor.com] is "noErmal".
Loos like $16 would have covered both..!
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex