ATLANTA, Sept. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Introducing
artificial intelligence in a way that feels natural. IHG Hotels
& Resorts – known for venerable brands like
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza
Hotels & Resorts and Hotel Indigo – has designed the hotel
room of the future, partnering with Josh.ai to create a
voice-controlled smart room at the Kimpton Rowan hotel in
Palm Springs, CA.
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IHG is the first global hotel company to deploy Josh.ai –
which builds upon its award-winning presence in the world's most
advanced residential properties – and is the only AI on the
market committed to privacy, data security, and natural
interactions with connected living spaces. A 2021 report from
Euromonitor found that consumers are actively seeking digital
services and experiences, like Josh.ai, which empower users through
inclusivity, improve their quality of life, and promote
personalization and well-being.
The Josh.ai software features purpose-built natural language
processing that understands multiple requests in one command;
searches for specific music and video content through deep-linking;
and leverages location and contextual awareness. Guests also have
limitless capabilities at their fingertips through the intuitively
designed Josh app.
"We are constantly exploring next-generation technology to give
guests epic experiences as they return to our hotels," said
Brian McGuinness, SVP, Global Guest
Experience Shared Services, IHG Hotels & Resorts. "Josh.ai has
never been used in a hotel room before and we look forward to
discovering how AI can be more widely adopted by our properties
around the world. We take great pride in pushing ourselves when it
comes to digital innovation in hospitality."
A first for hotel guest rooms, each brand has been thoughtfully
selected to promote well-being and performance, with a design
aesthetic fitting of IHG's Luxury & Lifestyle collection. The
hotel room of the future explores the potential of guest
interaction with their environment and employs connected devices
that are borrowed from luxury smart homes across the globe,
including:
- Josh Micro is expanding its capabilities beyond
convenient and secure automation of the room by introducing
built-in hotel concierge responses, ensuring guests are informed of
everything the Kimpton and Palm
Springs has to offer during their stay.
- Ketra lighting, by Lutron, makes its hotel room
debut, promoting well-being through tunable lighting that
transitions with the natural rhythms of daylight. Guests can set
the perfect mood by adjusting the color temperature from warm to
cool, as well as the vibrancy and saturation of their lights.
- Lutron shades seamlessly provide privacy while balancing
exposure to daylight in the bathroom.
- Sonos speakers with an Arc soundbar tune every stay to
the right beat with access to any genre, album, artist, or song.
Whether a guest is watching TV or listening to music, the room will
be filled with immersive and impeccable surround sound.
- Samsung's Frame TV transforms from an art piece to a
high performance 4K QLED display when
guests are ready to watch their favorite content.
- DISH TV offers guests a fully integrated live
entertainment experience with the power of voice or tactile
control. Watching favorite channels, shows, sports, and movies has
never been easier.
- Roku provides access to popular streaming platforms like
Netflix, Hulu, and more so that guests can enjoy the comforts of
home by binge watching a show or turning on a movie.
- IPORT is powering Josh.ai's unlimited manual control of
the room with its sophisticated iPad mounting solution. Guests will
always have access to adjust the room to their exact specifications
through the user-friendly Josh app.
"At Josh.ai we are hyper focused on delivering experiences that
are simple, privacy-focused, and magical," said Alex Capecelatro, CEO of Josh.ai. "Our
partnership with IHG couldn't be a better fit as we endeavor
together to transform the hospitality experience with natural voice
control of lighting, shades, music, TV, and more! For example,
guests can give a command like, 'set the lights to warm white,
listen to Hotel California, watch the Golf Channel, and when is
happy hour?' and Josh.ai will handle the rest."
To learn more about the hotel room of the future, please visit
this interactive digital tour and Josh.ai.
About IHG Hotels & Resorts
IHG Hotels &
Resorts [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global hospitality
company, with a purpose to provide True Hospitality for Good.
With a family of 17 hotel brands and IHG Rewards, one of the
world's largest hotel loyalty programmes, IHG has nearly 6,000 open
hotels in more than 100 countries, and a further 1,800 in the
development pipeline.
- Luxury & Lifestyle: Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas,
Regent Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts,
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Vignette Collection, Hotel
Indigo
- Premium: voco Hotels, HUALUXE Hotels & Resorts,
Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, EVEN Hotels
- Essentials: Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, Holiday
Inn Express, avid hotels
- Suites: Atwell Suites, Staybridge Suites, Holiday Inn
Club Vacations, Candlewood Suites
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group's holding company
and is incorporated and registered in England and Wales. Approximately 350,000 people work
across IHG's hotels and corporate offices globally.
Visit us online for more about our hotels and reservations and
IHG Rewards. For our latest news, visit our Newsroom and follow us
on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
About Josh.ai
Josh.ai is a Denver based company with offices in
Colorado and California. The company launched in 2015 and
creates products and platforms that enable true natural interaction
with technology in everyday life. With a focus on AI, machine
learning, and design-first hardware, the mission at Josh.ai is to
transform how we live in our environments. For more information,
please visit Josh.ai or email press@josh.ai.
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