Saturday, December 03, 2011
Hotel Key Cards A Thing of the Past?
A new technology being tested at a Stockholm hotel allow guests to go
straight to their rooms without checking in with the hotel front desk.
Developed
by Near Field Communication (NFC), a guest's room at the Clarion
Hotel Stockholm is unlocked simply by the guest swiping their cell
phone in front of their room door. When checking out, the guest swipes
their cell phone at a designated point in the lobby before exiting.
Don't expect it to become available by next year, as the technology
currently requires specialty phones to use. Still, I expect something
similar to this to be available in the next few years as hotels
experiment with new technologies to further enhance the travel
experience.
View a video of the technology in action here -
Edited on: Saturday, December 03, 2011 12:46 PM
Categories: Accommodations, Travel News