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Smart Hotels are on the Rise

posted by martyb on Sunday November 18 2018, @02:50AM   Printer-friendly
from the automate-the-world dept.

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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?

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  • (Score: 2) by xorsyst on Monday November 19 2018, @10:47AM

    by xorsyst (1372) on Monday November 19 2018, @10:47AM (#763842)

    Room temperature - that can just be a thermostat, not sure why you'd want that remotely controlled at all, and when you're in the room it hardly matters what it is - but sure, still it on the "room computer" that manages everything else.

    I've stayed at a number of hotels where the room was massively too warm or cold when I first went in. It's ok if I'm just dropping bags before going out for dinner or something, as I can adjust the thermostat and it will be fine when I come back to sleep. But if I'm checking in late and it's wrong, it can totally screw up my sleep.

    Why wouldn't I want a system where I can specify the room temperature I want the room to be on my arrival?

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