Springwise shares how Sheraton Hotels is using technology to turn deserted hotel lobbies into activity planning centers for guests. Launched last week in Sheraton’s Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Seattle hotels, 30-inch displays using Microsoft’s Surface technology allow guests to find local attractions.
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I like the idea if Microsoft taking an active roll in bringing hotels into this new technolgy world. Microsoft did something similar with The Hotel Sax Chicago when they built an adult interactive game room. It really is pretty amazing to see such technology appearing in hotels these days.
http://www.hotelsaxchicago.com
Very interesting, Fred. Thanks for sharing – I think I’ll post about this…