Hotel room keys ... on smartphone

    Personally, I would not put a lock on the door of my house that can be opened using a telephone. But, you must admit, in the case of a hotel this is a great option : it’s too easy to sow plastic cards somewhere, especially if you are staying at this hotel not on business issues, but relaxing.



    How it works?


    The system is a bit more complex than you might think, and requires push notifications to be enabled. You will need to register a smartphone, turn on notifications, and then check in at the hotel directly in the Starwood Preferred Guest application - this will bypass the reception. The application will already know in which room and for how long you will stay. Phone push notifications will arrive when you check in at the hotel and when your room is ready.

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    Then you need to turn on Bluetooth (yes, not NFC, it surprised me too), open the Starwood Preferred Guest, attach the smartphone to the lock and wait for the green light to turn on.

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    Where does it work?


    Now this system is being tested on guests of ten Starwood hotels located in New York, Los Angeles, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, London and other cities, but by 2015 the company hopes to distribute the system in 140 of its hotels.

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