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Title: Siri checks in: Welcome to Starwood’s hotel room of the future Post by: HCK on May 16, 2015, 03:00:21 pm Siri checks in: Welcome to Starwood’s hotel room of the future
<article class="slideshow"><figure class="slide"><figcaption>Proof of concept</figcaption><img data-imageid="100585310" src="(http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2015/05/starwood-spg-keyless-100585310-gallery.png)" data-thumb-src="(http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2015/05/starwood-spg-keyless-100585310-square.png)" alt="starwood spg keyless"/><div class="slideBody"><p> Starwood Hotels, parent company of well-known hotel brands like the W, St. Regis, and Sheraton, likes to be on the cutting edge of hotel tech. Though the company’s various hotel chains don’t yet accept Apple Pay (lagging behind properties like the Cosmopolitan hotel-casino in Las Vegas), Starwood is usually all-in with Apple products. The company was first to offer keyless hotel room entry (http://www.macworld.com/article/2844021/forgot-your-hotel-room-key-use-your-iphone-instead.html) by letting guests wave their iPhones (or Apple Watch) to check in. Starwood’s SPG app was available for the watch (http://www.macworld.com/article/2893367/how-developers-are-making-apps-for-an-apple-watch-they-havent-seen-yet.html) on launch day.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2922409/siri-checks-in-welcome-to-starwood-s-hotel-room-of-the-future.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Siri checks in: Welcome to Starwood’s hotel room of the future (http://www.macworld.com/article/2922409/siri-checks-in-welcome-to-starwood-s-hotel-room-of-the-future.html#tk.rss_all) |