Aloft Hotels Unveils Voice-Activated Hotel Rooms

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Imagine asking a hotel room to turn up the air conditioning when it gets too hot or to turn on the lights before getting out of bed. Well, the future is here and it just checked in at Aloft Hotels. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) today unveiled the results of its top secret “Project: Jetson” experiment, and are excited to today debut the first-ever voice activated hotel room, giving guests entirely new ways to interact using “Hey Siri.” Each Aloft Voice-Activated Hotel Room is equipped with an iPad running a custom Aloft app used for controlling the in-room guest experience, with HomeKit-enabled accessories including room temperature, lighting options and more. These new rooms are available today at Aloft Boston Seaport and at Aloft Santa Clara.