Fontainebleau to Put iMacs in Every Guestroom and Save the World

June 13, 2008 at 3:10 PM | by Jenna | Comments (2)

Hey there, insensitive environment-destroying hotel guest: ever stop to consider how many trees have been sacrificed for all those paper hotel room conveniences you take for granted?

You know, things like your room service menu, the phone book and the newspaper that seems to appear outside your door magically every morning even if you wake up at the ungodliest of hours?

Well, Fontainebleau Resort considered it and has announced the introduction of the first 'paperless hotel room.' The details:

Simple and intuitive options for booking and pre-planning will be offered online at Fontainebleau.com, interactive programming will be available throughout the resort, and the highlight of the program - a personal iMac in every guest room assisting guests in customizing their vacation; inspiring them to share memories; encouraging personal expression and creating immediate actionable guest feedback.

We got a sneak peak at the demo Apple iFB system (the interactive media program guests will get on those in-room 20" iMacs), and we were totally impressed...and pissed we didn't think of this first.

In iFB, guests are given a personalized intro screen with their names and the weather and such. From there, they can access local info, dining and entertainment options, recreation and relaxation suggestions and, of course, the Internet.

This new in-room computer system allows for Fountainbleau alone to cut back on half a million newspapers every year -- saving trees and sending the newspaper industry the message that not even hotels are interested in the print editions anymore.

And just to clarify: we were assured that the only paper product that we have not yet found a digital replacement for -- the paper of the toilet variety -- will still remain in 'paperless' rooms.

The new technology will debut in Fall 2008 at the grand re-opening of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach (after its one billion dollar renovation) and in the forthcoming Fontainebleau Las Vegas, "a $2.9 billion, 63-story destination resort and entertainment complex," in 2009.

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