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Hilton Worldwide has introduced its Connected Room, a digitally enhanced hotel room that allows guests to control their environment from their Hilton Honors app and owners to track property functions and information from a mobile device.
The technology intends to provide a platform of software solutions including, on the guest side, digital key technology, which the company has installed in about two-thirds of its more than 5,100 properties (the rest will be added next year), and the ability to control room temperature and lighting, among other things ? contributing to lower energy usage by, for instance, syncing lighting and air cooling or heating with their schedule. Other functionality includes the ability to work the TV and stream content without needing to use a remote control. On the owner side, a ?mission control? dashboard tracks property information like energy consumption, guest room maintenance needs and housekeeping functions. Digital networks within the hotel gather information and track performance on connected devices.
The room is currently in beta testing. It?s been installed in guest rooms at the Hilton Garden Inn in Memphis, Tennessee, near a Hilton development team that works in the area. Seven more are in the process of deploying the technology, and the goal is to launch in 2018, said Joshua Sloser, senior vice president of digital product.
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