Comments on: The Web Worker Hotel Room of the Future http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-web-worker-hotel-room-of-the-future/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:49:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: BG http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-web-worker-hotel-room-of-the-future/#comment-86465 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:47:58 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=18218#comment-86465 I like the keys they use now and don’t see any significant benefit for using my credit card to access the hotel and rooms.

]]> By: Simon Mackie http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-web-worker-hotel-room-of-the-future/#comment-86464 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:41:29 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=18218#comment-86464 Yes, that would be great, although could there then be security concerns (skimmer devices hidden in the hotel door readers?)

]]> By: Carolyn Sait http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-web-worker-hotel-room-of-the-future/#comment-86463 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:19:14 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=18218#comment-86463 Connectivity that is secure and fast is becoming crucial for a successful business trip but this means that hotels need to scale up their bandwidth and services. OurHotelRoom carried out research earlier this year on what technologies travellers most want in their hotel room, and found that tiered internet connectivity – including a free service – came top of the list, followed by room charges linked directly to services, rather than flat rates. Full results: http://www.ourhotelroom.co.uk.

]]> By: Tim Greenhalgh http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-web-worker-hotel-room-of-the-future/#comment-86462 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:14:00 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=18218#comment-86462 Room access using my own credit card rather than hotel keycard would also be near top of my list.

]]> By: Leonid Mamchenkov http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-web-worker-hotel-room-of-the-future/#comment-86461 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:51:08 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=18218#comment-86461 While there a few good “wishlist” points in this post, I don’t think it quite qualifies for “future”. There are many hotels around Europe which already offer all of these features. Typically, you’ll find a broadband Internet connection, which is often free of charge. WiFi coverage is trickier due to some buildings being rather large and complex in structure, but public areas are often covered. Plenty of power around the hotel – rooms, lobbies, etc. There is almost always a business centre in the hotel, with Internet access, power outlets, and computers available. Safe boxes in most hotels I’ve stayed at have no troubles fitting my 15″ laptop. And so on and so forth.

Heck, there are even hotels (albeit much less accessible at $1,000+ USD / niht) like Burg Al Arab in Dubai, which have every room equipped with laptops.

All that is here now. Maybe not in every hotel, but in plenty of them. There is nothing futuristic about it.

]]> By: Can Brad Pitt Save an Independent Studio? : Floriday Properties http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-web-worker-hotel-room-of-the-future/#comment-86460 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:49:54 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=18218#comment-86460 [...] hotel room of the future. Web Worker Daily takes gripes about hotels one step further and imagines the ideal hotel room for the 21st century worker. Instead of a couple of outlets behind the nightstand, Nancy Nally suggests four outlets, spaced to [...]

]]> By: Simon Mackie http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-web-worker-hotel-room-of-the-future/#comment-86459 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:42:01 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=18218#comment-86459 Yes, it’s crazy that cheaper hotels often have free internet, while “business class” hotels (4-star) charge for it. I think (hope!) we’ll see that change soon. For example, at Omni hotels if you join the loyalty program (free) you get free wifi.

]]> By: Simon Mackie http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-web-worker-hotel-room-of-the-future/#comment-86458 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:40:02 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=18218#comment-86458 Nice! I will bear that in mind, thanks Brad. Actually, I think the last Hilton I stayed in had an Aeron, but it was broken.

]]> By: Amir K http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-web-worker-hotel-room-of-the-future/#comment-86457 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:42:24 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=18218#comment-86457 Have you noticed that the fancier the hotel, the more they charge you for the internet? And they dare to call it “High-Speed”…really a joke.
And I agree completely about the power outlets. I’m staying this week in a Conrad Hotel in Singapore, and I had to unplug the coffeemaker so I can charge my mobile phone. There is one outlet behind the desk for the laptop, none other in the room. So if I had any other gadgets with me, I would be SOL.

]]> By: Brad http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-web-worker-hotel-room-of-the-future/#comment-86456 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:57:46 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=18218#comment-86456 Wyndham does have the Aerons, or did last I stayed in one (Baltimore).

]]> By: Simon Mackie http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-web-worker-hotel-room-of-the-future/#comment-86455 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:13:57 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=18218#comment-86455 Better chairs (Aerons) in the rooms would be nice. Bluetooth mice and keyboards could be handy, too.

]]> By: Keoz http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-web-worker-hotel-room-of-the-future/#comment-86454 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:49:16 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=18218#comment-86454 Absolutely agree!! there should be hotels like this that focuses on web workers or freelancers that are traveling everywhere, I have an idea I will fund an hotel like this :D just after my Technology Institute and let you all know hehe

]]> By: Brett http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-web-worker-hotel-room-of-the-future/#comment-86453 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:03:15 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=18218#comment-86453 Great article for a Friday. We recently stayed at a Sleep Inn and were disappointed by no jacks in the television for the kids to plug in their Xbox. However, they were kind enough to let the kids play in the lobby on the big flat screen.

]]> By: acemtp http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-web-worker-hotel-room-of-the-future/#comment-86452 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:07:28 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=18218#comment-86452 I’m a geek and the weirdest things I found in today’s hotels is that even if you pay 150+ euro for a room for 1 night (pullman hotel for example), you have to pay 10 more euro to have just an internet access (wifi)! What a shame when you know that they offer me a bottle of wine (I don’t like wine).

]]> By: Susie Wee http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-web-worker-hotel-room-of-the-future/#comment-86451 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:37:39 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=18218#comment-86451 I’d suggest the notebook safe be placed right on the desk or nightstand… wherever a guest likes to use it.

And don’t forget an espresso maker in every room. :)

Or, should each hotel room to have a high-power, super-convenient, browser-based computer already installed? Actually, it should have a few so that each guest could use one.

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