Automatic

🏨 Häfele strategically partners with Like Magic to innovate 'Work and Sleep' concept for multifunctional hotel rooms. Digitally-enabled furniture and advanced software allow rooms to transform into offices or meeting spaces. This collaboration targets reducing costs, activating empty rooms for new revenue, and providing seamless reconfiguration. Innovations include adjustable lighting and web-app for amenity access. First implementation is at the ibis Styles hotel in Nagold, Germany, aiming to enhance guest experience and operational efficiency. Like Magic’s platform centralizes hotel management, enabling 80% of daily staff tasks and digital guest journey, including keyless room access via smartphones.

📱 In a 2024 survey commissioned by Mews and conducted by OnePoll, 80% of travelers are open to hotels with automated front desks or self-service kiosks, with 40% preferring digital check-in methods. The poll involved 2,000 participants, split evenly between travelers and hotel workers. Key hotel features desired by travelers include in-room smart devices (43%), keyless entry (34%), and mobile room entry (27%). Additionally, 29% of employed Americans worked remotely on vacation without informing their bosses, with 52% using vacations as an opportunity to work remotely. The survey, held between January 30 and February 8, 2024, also revealed 48% of respondents extend work trips for leisure, with 83% of hotel workers finding them easy to cater to.