As technology expectations from travelers rise, hotels are clamoring to upgrade the guest experience. Advances in technology have given owners and operators new AI-powered tools, personalized online booking, expansive in-room offerings, and an increasingly automated stay.
The conversation around the evolution of hospitality technology is often focused on the technologies and solutions themselves – whether it’s stock and trade offerings such as improved video and Wi-Fi or more nuanced discussions around advancements in artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
Legacy solutions have been resilient in hospitality for a number of reasons: they are already in use, they’ve been working all this time, and it costs lots of money to replace them. However, these solutions generally lack modern features, ease of use, capabilities, and potential integrations, all of which make them obsolete in the hospitality industry, where the status quo and guest expectations have moved on.
Technology is continuously fusing with our lives, making the day-to-day more convenient. And as technology progresses, smart living experiences are set to become our definite future. Let’s look at some smart living technology you can integrate into your multi-family properties to make your residents more secure and comfortable.
Achieve smarter student housing with the help of Allbridge. Our end-to-end technology solution ensures that your student housing facility is modern, efficient, and comfortable for your tech-savvy residents.
If you’re one of the 83,000 lucky enough to get a seat to this year’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, get ready for a battery of security checks as you make your way to your seat.
The hospitality industry is facing a perfect storm: severe staff shortages, burnout, and rising operational costs.
Every property goes through a cycle of renovating, updating and upgrading. Technology in particular has become more of a focus for property owners and operators. And, while many hoteliers are content to run legacy solutions on a property's original infrastructures, the adoption of new technologies, artificial intelligence in particular, are testing the limits of compatibility, staff abilities and processing speeds.
Senior care facilities often act as a hub of healthcare for seniors With around the clock medical staff, supervision, assistance with daily activities, medication management, assistance with transportation to wellness visits and more, healthcare technology has been a boon. But while these technologies have brought unprecedented access, speed, and efficiency to senior care, there is a burden placed on existing connectivity at properties.
In 2024, big-scale events were back in a big way. The Summer Olympics, international soccer tournaments in both North America and Europe, and political campaigns that criss-crossed the country.
2025 is set to be even bigger. January brings a Presidential Inauguration to Washington, D.C. while February will see Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. Annual technology and pop culture touchstone South by Southwest in Austin, Texas will host north of 350,000 in March. Heck, even World Wrestling Entertainment’s annual “WrestleMania” promotion, scheduled this year for April in Las Vegas, brings nearly 150,000 attendees from around the world to its host city for the two-day event.