Top 6 Most High Tech and Luxury Hotels Around the World
Whether traveling for business or pleasure, today’s savvy travelers can get the most futuristic experiences in these six high-tech luxury hotels.
What do science fiction items like holographic meetings, robots as staff, and underwater music features have in common? They are all current hotel amenities. This has led to a new attractive trend in the travel industry that creates a lot of buzz among affluent consumers: smart tourism.
Technology and luxury travel have developed a close relationship over the past few years. Smart sensors, hotel apps, digital conference facilities, cloud services, and robots are only a few examples of technologies used in the hospitality industry to reshape visitors’ experiences.
But, while some hotels are just starting to deploy new technologies, other locations have been playing the high-tech game for some time now. Here are the six most high tech and luxury hotels around the world that will make you experience what time travel into the future feels and looks like.
1. W Singapore Sentosa Cove, Sentosa Island, Singapore
This 5-star luxury hotel under Marriot International is a trendy luxury property in Singapore’s exclusive resort island Sentosa Cove. It boasts 240 guest rooms outfitted with various in-room technologies, from in-room entertainment to high-speed Internet access, to ensure that visitors stay plugged in during the stay.
The W Singapore hotel’s high-tech reputation is mainly based on its music technology focus. The destinations took the average dip in the pool to another futuristic-like level with underwater speakers, but you can enjoy your favorite jams in the hotel’s WOW suite as well, where you’ll find a private DJ booth.
The location’s futuristic appearance is also enhanced by the LED lighting running throughout the entire hotel and special meeting features like mood music and signature scents.
2. The Hotel Puerta América, Madrid, Spain
Located near the Madrid city center, the Hotel Puerta America is a 5-star destination where affluent travelers are invited to dream a futuristic dream. The rainbow-colored 12-floor location is a project that has been brought to life by nineteen of the world’s best architect and designer brands.
Each of the 12 floors of the hotel offers unique experiences using different materials, colors, shapes, and technologies. From concepts like white caves to walls with a red lacquered finish, the hotel promises unparalleled sensory experiences to luxury travelers who visit it.
High-tech computers and the fastest Internet connection in the city of 1 Gb with a dedicated and exclusive line are also other elements that contribute to the hotel’s science fiction flair.
3. The Yotel New York City, New York, United States
The Yotel hotel has been synonymous with high tech since it has opened its doors in 2011 near Times Square. You don’t even have to explore the location for too long to understand that technology feels like home there. The massive robot arm, YOBOT, decorates the lobby and acts like a showstopper, and provides automated luggage storage for the hotel’s guests.
Guests can control YOBOT via a touch screen, allowing them to self-check in and even store their valuables in safety deposit boxes. Besides YOBOT, the hotel’s sci-fi atmosphere is also enhanced by the space-saving motorized beds that create extra space for either relaxing or working. The motion-activated air conditioning also helps maintain a comfortable temperature in the rooms, enhancing comfort for the guests.
The Yotel brand focuses on space, technology, and efficiency to deliver intriguing and unparalleled futuristic guest experiences.
4. Eccleston Square Pimlico, London, England
Eccleston Square Pimlico is an intriguing combination of history and cutting-edge technology. While the hotel’s exterior looks divinely historic, when you enter the building, you enter a futuristic environment with top high-tech features.
From keypads that control the background music and lighting-controlled features to shower walls that have an option to become opaque and flat-screen televisions that are embedded in the bathroom mirrors, these are only a few high-tech features that offer futuristic digital experiences to guests. What’s more, guests can find smart tablets here that ensure a 24/7 connection with the hotel staff in a comfortable manner.
This luxury boutique property also offers complimentary smartphone “Handy,” providing guests with free local and international calls and unlimited mobile Internet. So, when staying at Eccleston Square Pimlico hotel, you’ll have the means to remain plugged into your work if necessary. Whether you need to give a phone call back home or manage your PDF business documents, with tools like the one here, you’ll have free unlimited access to connectivity.
5. Pengheng Space Capsules Hotel, Shenzhen, China
This space-themed hotel is a perfect choice for affluent travelers who can’t wait for commercial space tourism to take off. Besides the space-inspired, futuristic look of the Pengheng Space Capsules hotel featuring glossy, neon surfaces, there’s one more unique amenity that contributes to the sci-fi-like guest experiences: the staff of robots.
The hotel has a 24-hour front desk, operated almost entirely by robots, where guests can book their sleep in capsules and also book tours of the city and most popular attractions around Shenzhen. The refreshments that you can order from your tablets in the lounge area are also delivered to you by the lounge’s robot butlers.
6. Marriott City Centre, Charlotte, United States
The Marriot City Centre hotel is an experimental hotel that has grown into a hub of innovation. The 1980’s property is now a modern hotel that offers chic guest rooms and suites that test features that may be rolled out in other properties of the world’s largest hotel chain.
Guests staying in the experimental hotel location can enjoy some high-tech experiences that may soon become a norm in other places around the world as well. For example, the location offers hundreds of virtual fitness classes that are presented on large wall-mounted screens. In the lobby, a tech-driven booth is also used to measure guests’ moods. As for the rooms, they include futuristic features like digitized lighting and purified air systems that are designed to ease jet lag.
Feature photo courtesy of uniqhotels.com
