Home automation, ideal for private contexts, is also proving to be valuable in the hospitality industry: it offers easier remote management, monitoring of the hotel’s consumption, smart security and accreditation systems, and a more engaging and relaxing experience for guests in all environments, adapting to structures of all sizes.

Today, an increasing number of hotels, both large and small, choose to integrate smart devices into their environments, transforming them into interactive spaces capable of offering more information control and functionality to the guest and the hotel staff.

After all, there are just too many advantages, and the modern devices combine functionality and design like never before. They provide customers with elegant, refined environments and staff with effective and always up-to-date management tools, to enable reductions in costs and increase the efficiency of the structure.

Guests are the main focus and recipients of the solutions developed, curated and made available by those who design the environments in the hotel industry. The smart technology hotel offers them a more comfortable and independent stay.

The visible control plates for managing the smart functions of the rooms, relaxation areas and entertainment systems now meet aesthetic and design requirements of the highest levels. Glass, metal and other finished materials can be selected according to the style of the rooms and to enhance the interiors, becoming an integral part of the furnishings during the guests’ stay.

Automation in hotel rooms means quick and intuitive enjoyment of an environment that is able to adapt to different preferences via voice commands and tablet or smartphone.

Lighting control, air conditioning, window blinds, air quality, audio and video entertainment: all-important elements for well-being and a quality hotel stay, customisable to the last detail.

Even check in is simplified, it can be completed from a mobile device, saving queues at reception and streamlining guest access to the hotel and their room. Guests do not need to worry about keeping an actual key, a virtual one is always available on their smartphone ready for the latest generation of smart lock systems.

It is also important to ensure a truly homey experience; integrating the most popular voice assistants into the room automation system makes this possible, especially when configured specifically for hospitality, for a more precise and optimised voice control of the functions.

The benefits from smart hotel solutions are not all for the users of accommodation facilities. From smart energy management to remote access management, they can make a positive impact on many aspects of the hotel and offer a strategic and economic advantage for all players in the hotel industry.

An overview of all network services makes it easier to welcome guests, manage automatised functions and check every room in the facility. It also greatly simplifies the remote management of B&Bs, accessible from a smartphone or tablet. In addition, maintenance and repairs can be organised with speed and continuous monitoring.

Managers of small structures benefit from the functionalities that enable the provision of temporary access to the smart functions of the rooms, thus enabling guests to manage them on their own without security hassles. Large hotels enjoy the benefit of simplified access, thanks to modern smart locks with card readers.

In regard to energy savings, smart hotel solutions always use the most modern, most efficient and least energy-consuming LEDs. Combined with careful and constant temperature regulation and lighting levels based on actual room usage, the environmental impact and annual heating and electricity costs are significantly reduced.

Last, but not least, there is the data collection on the activities carried out within the structure. With the integration of smart systems, it is possible to monitor the influx and actual utilisation of the hotel’s facilities, collecting valuable market information to assess the profitability of different areas of the hotel and plan any changes or upgrades.

Technologies dedicated to smart hotels have long ensured well-being and better quality in terms of fruition for both guests and staff, transforming the hotel into a centre whose environments are in constant communication, which all contributes to more efficient services.

A hotel automation system is not a closed finished entity; it is designed for continuous integration of other components, to allow the inclusion of any devices arriving in the next few years, which make it possible to build increasingly complete and customisable systems.