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Marriott, Hilton Bring High-Tech To The Hotel Room

Marriott has just introduced an Internet of Things Guestroom lab and earlier this month Hilton Hotels debuted its Innovation Gallery.

Marriott’s prototype IoT guest room

BETHESDA, MD–Both Marriott International and Hilton Hotels are experimenting with advanced technology to stay competitive and keep abreast with their guests’ expectations.

This week Marriott International announced it has teamed up with Samsung and Legrand to launch an Internet of Things, or IoT, Guestroom Lab where the companies will be trying out such scenarios as a user asking a virtual assistant for a wake up call and while it is at it, to start the shower at the temperature the guest likes. Both voice commands and apps will be part of the mix, Marriott said.

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Erika Morphy

Erika Morphy

Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.

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