In-room technology can be used to unlock the entertainment and educational benefits of any hotel room.
Q: What was the first piece of in-room technology that really impressed you?
Chevalley: I am a tech nerd, but more than that I have a passion for marketing and concepts. So technology in itself is not enough — it has to “wow” the user and be so intuitive and useable that the user doesn’t even think about how things are done. I think the InnSpire air-mouse is an example of this — when we were able to finalise this, I was really impressed. It works like your kids’ Wii-remote, but is even easier to use — just point and click — and flip it over, and there’s your qwerty keyboard!
Fernandes: MediaHub Connectivity Panels lets me connect any, if not all, my gadgets. When travelling, I always have my smartphone, laptop and camera with me among other things. I then use the media hub to charge, to play my own music from my Smartphone to the TV speaker, watch my own videos and see the pictures I have taken on the TV.
Dumas: It has to be the humble WiFi! It opened up to so many possibilities for guests during their stay, whether business and leisure, making hotel stays much more easy and stress free. I know it did for me.
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Jeffery: When iRiS first began there wasn’t anything that existed on the hospitality market that really brought together TVs, telephones and other gadgets effectively. This is what inspired us to create a solution and something that would actually impress guests and simplify the process for the hotel.
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