Our team has been busy gearing up for HITEC Toronto, taking place June 26-29, 2017. We are excited to bring along the latest versions of our legacy products as well as a few new surprises. Since last year, data security and content streaming have become a big focus in the industry. Partnering with Jamf to bring an enterprise solution to Apple TV, we can meet safety and security concerns and bring content streaming to the guest experience. Also new this year, our entire product suite including Apple TV, beacons, and a multitude of mobile options will be available for the hotel technology experience tour at the Fairmont Royal York. Space is extremely limited so email info@monscierge.com to book this tour. Come visit us at booth #1641 to experience the latest enhancements to the mobile guest journey. Pick up a copy of our current market research while you’re there, as well as information about Apple’s latest financing program for enterprise. See you there!
If you’re attending HITEC North America in Toronto this June, you will be hearing many discussions surrounding plausible technology architecture and integrations that allow guests to safely access their own content, yet give the hotel peace of mind with guests’ security and personal data. This new consideration of guest entertainment in hospitality makes a lot of sense as more and more people choose streaming over traditional television services. For hotels, providing the means to do this leads to better personalization of the guest experience and hosts of branding opportunities. As with any new technology, there are a number of financial and security factors that must be considered. The needs of the guest must come first, and security plays a big role here. Logging out or removing consumer information from devices is one of the biggest hurdles in scaling this technology in hotels. To protect our hospitality clients and their guests, Monscierge has partnered with Jamf, the leader in Apple device management, to deliver an enterprise solution for Apple TV. By pairing our Apple TV application with Jamf Pro, the hotel can confirm that personal data is not accessible from the in-room devices upon check-out. As the hospitality partner for Apple’s …
Mobility has an ever-increasing role in the travel industry and today’s travelers are relying more and more on their phones through each phase of their journey. A recent Monscierge survey showed that 56% of hotel guests prefer to make requests using text messages, taking the number one spot in communication preferences. SMS is being used in hotels to plan the stay, announce arrival, contact the valet, order room service, and more. Key motivators for this technology are efficiency and personalization. Mobile technology can eliminate lines for check in and check out, prioritize and provide ETAs on room service and housekeeping requests, and even let guests in the door with room keys. Personalization is a serious driver of loyalty. This same survey found that 94% of travelers are more likely to chose the same hotel again if they use technology to personalize their stay. This can be achieved by using beacons to greet guests by name, allowing them to have their favorite snacks available when they arrive, or simply breaking down barriers to make communication with hotel staff easier than it has ever been. Check out this case study with Hyatt Regency Bellevue to learn more about text communication and its …
Increasing technology use by travelers to interact with brands means that the guest experience, formerly taking place almost entirely within the bounds of a hotel property, now extends to almost anywhere in the world. Whether it be research via tablet, mobile check-in, virtual concierge, or SMS chats with staff, maintaining a seamless guest experience across any channel is a serious challenge for hoteliers. One of the best features to come out of hotel mobile technology is instant translation. This means that travelers or staff from anywhere in the world can communicate with each other clearly and quickly. This has tremendous potential within the industry. Let’s take a look at 12 things that happen when you’re using your staff-facing app to remove the language barrier. Staff and guests feel more comfortable No more searching for the one staff member who speaks the one language Food service becomes safer – “Je suis allergique à l’arachide” is French for “I have a peanut allergy.” Assigned tasks become more clear and precision increases across all departments Work gets done faster due to interdepartmental communication Crucial emergency messaging reaches more people Safety improves with more accurate communication Guests feel comfortable asking for what they need …
The greatest, and perhaps most overlooked, source of talent and inside hotel information can be found in the people who are carrying out the day to day tasks in the hotel. The person who knows the most about how efficient, profitable, and customer-pleasing your policies and processes are is the person who is using them every day to do their job. There are two major reasons this source of knowledge can be overlooked by management, one when bringing on outside managers who may have little experience in the hospitality but have proven to be successful problem solvers. The need to establish themselves as a leader will often prevent asking for help from the people they manage. Second, even field-proven industry warriors overlook talent in the trenches because they’ve been there, done that, wrote the book on it. However, there are many changes over time in the way daily operations are carried out. A guy who started as a bellhop twenty years ago and worked his way up to general manager may not have experienced the new PMS bogging down when twenty people are standing in line to check in. Or perhaps he’s never seen the confused look on a guest’s …