Tuesday, January 08, 2008

A Different 'Xperience'

A new trend in some full service hotels is offering "The X Room". The X Room not only features the most current technology expected by the average traveler, but it also has technology that the hotel guest can expect 3-5 years from now. The following is a list of in-room amenities that a X Room has at the Courtyard by Marriott Newark-University of Delaware for its future technology minded guests.





  • GDA-700 - bartech's duel-door minibar system uses 23 FFID and infrared sensors and can hold items for sale and guests' personal items.



  • Digital Door Viewer - First (View) Security's electronic video system acts as a high-tech peephole that allows guests to see the entire area outside the door.



  • AnyFill - TeleAdapt's universal fast charger automatically charges 95% pf mobile battery powered devices.



  • Clocky - Nanda's alarm clock on wheels runs away and hides if guests aren't ready to wake up and start their day.



  • Digital Frame - Edge tech corp's high-resolution digital picture frame allows guests to decorate the walls with their personal pictures. It also has an MP3player.



  • Flameless Candles - Flame free candles Inc.'s LED luminaries produce a soft, flickering flame that illuminate just like a real candle



  • DD 46/2 - Inncom's Guestroom Digital assistant let guests use a touchscreen display to control climate, lighting, drapes and other aspects of the guestroom.



  • Wii - Nintendo's video game console lets guests play games wirelessly and to do light workouts in the room.



  • RealTimeREX Suite - RealTime Date Solutions' software suite provides the hotel with monitoring of hundreds of processes and systems.



  • Lighted Hair Dryer - Andis' environmentally friendly hair dryer has a quiet turbo motor and diffused night light.



  • Tri Spa Showerhead - Oxygenics' system introduces air into the shower creating a powerful oxygenated spray.

Personally, Id like too have a white-noise machine in my room. Being a lite-sleeper, a white-noise machine would be a feasture that I'd pay extra for.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow, this is pretty high-tech! Do you think that most people would pay extra for these features & are many hotels moving to this type of thing?