Unlock your hotel room with your phone

Technology is a medium to ease one’s lives and today with almost every person carrying a smartphone, life is getting easy and cushier and how! From online check in, seat reservation, ordering food and buying movie tickets- there is an app for everything. Hotels worldwide too envision a similar plan- from checking-in to a hotel via an app, unlocking doors from their phones and even ordering drinks and food.

Starwood Hotels and Resorts, a US based chain is the first to let guests unlock doors with their phones. Hilton Worldwide will start their mobile check in and room key service by next year-end. Marriott is already offering app check in facilities in their North American hotels. With people more hooked onto their smartphones than focused on real-time interaction, mobile apps definitely make sense. And the results reflect the same too, Marriott guests made US $1.25 billion in bookings last year through its mobile app.

For a business traveler, a smooth, hassle free check in and room service is exactly what you need. For the rare few who still enjoy human interaction, well, welcome to the new age technological jungle! In the coming few years, expect India to follow the same route too.