Guestroom / In-room

High speed internet access is becoming a necessary amenity for any hotel. Get the scoop on the five HSIA innovations that you need now.

The annual Hotel Visionary Awards recognize hotel companies on a basis of innovation, thought leadership, and forward-thinking vision. Peninsula Hotels, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts and MTM Luxury Lodging take top honors in 2008.

When Nintendo's Wii Fit became the latest piece of technology to be tested at University of Delaware's X-Room, a new notion about how to engage hotel guests while in the guest room was born.

Seattle's Hotel 1000 opened in 2006 with one of the industry's first fully-converged IP networks, and since then has continued to exceed guest and industry standards for IT innovation. In this exclusive interview with the hotel's management company MTM Luxury Lodging, HT offers the inside scoop on how Hotel 1000 is leveraging its network with new applications that wow guests and offer many happy returns.

The MotorCity Casino Hotel's installation of KoolConnect's Intrigue brings a wave of "industry firsts" to Detroit's gaming industry. Key functions include on-demand videos and an integration of property and customer management applications.

As the average hotel guest enjoys a wide array of the most current technological advancements at home, hotels are struggling to keep up with their in-room technology. What do hotels need to do in order to stay ahead of the curve and increase the rate of guest returns

Hotels can now broadcast the departures of neighboring airports onto their guest TV network.

The Holiday Inn Express Hotels & Suites becomes the first hotel in Halifax to use ILCO's Contactless locks and front desk unit.