Hotel Technology We Want More Of

Where: 202, 2-Ga Jangchung-Dong Chung-Ku, Jung-gu,, Seoul, South Korea, Kenya, 100-392

6/15/2006 at 9:30 AM
Tags: Hotel Technology

About 10 years ago the Hotel Shilla in Seoul put some cool tech features in all its guest rooms. We're still waiting for them to show up elsewhere.

At the hotel, a bathroom break in the middle of the night is almost a pleasure. You turn on the bathroom light and it doesn't come on all the way. It starts off dim and gradually gets brighter. When you turn it off it gradually gets dimmer again. No blinding light when you turn it on, no stumbling back to bed in complete darkness, with spots swimming in front of your eyes.

The second feature is probably more of a pain to initiate, but it's brilliant. Whenever the phone in your room rings, the volume on your TV set immediately gets lower automatically. No fumbling around for the remote control, no "Hold on a minute while I turn down the TV."

Considering that a hotel in Korea has had these features in place for a decade now, why are we still waiting for the simple things like this to spread?

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