{"id":150,"date":"2020-02-25T18:18:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T18:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoteltvcompany.co.uk\/support\/?p=150"},"modified":"2020-03-20T16:58:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T16:58:06","slug":"top-5-ways-to-give-your-guests-the-best-home-away-from-home-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoteltvcompany.co.uk\/support\/top-5-ways-to-give-your-guests-the-best-home-away-from-home-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 ways to give your guests the best &#8216;Home away from Home&#8217; Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A long time ago, Hotels would occupy\na very small part of people\u2019s lives and they would get away with basic\nprovisions. But that is not the case anymore. When a guest arrives at your hotel\nthey expect the best. They want to feel like they have not left their home, or\neven better, they want to feel like they have upgraded. Nobody wants to go to a\nhotel room that does not match or beat what they have at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best hotels always have the latest and greatest tech giving their guests the optimal experience, so there is no reason why you should not be looking to keep up with the trends. For this reason, we, at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoteltvcompany.co.uk\">Hotel TV Company<\/a>, are going to share our expertise with you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Video On Demand<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Video on demand is seen as one of the\nclassic forms of Hotel entertainment, whether it\u2019s watching BBC iPlayer or\nstreaming movies, there is always something for your guests to enjoy from the\ncomfort of their hotel room. The brilliant thing about some Video on Demand services\nis that you have access to the latest and greatest movies before other services\nlike Netflix or Amazon Prime. This gives your guests a luxury that many others\nmay not have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One major benefit of Video on Demand is that there <g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">are<\/g> a wide range of payment options when it comes to implementation in your hotel. There are models in <g class=\"gr_ gr_6 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"6\" data-gr-id=\"6\">place<\/g> where you can leave your guests to just put their payment details into the TV and pay for the movies that they want to watch. On the other hand, the hotel can pay a subscription fee to unlock all the movies and let your guests watch what they <g class=\"gr_ gr_8 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"8\" data-gr-id=\"8\">want,<\/g> when they want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Internet with no re-cabling (EoC)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are an existing hotel, and you do not\nhave any internet access in your hotel room, there is an opportunity for you to\nget high speed Internet and Wi-Fi into every single room without having to\nrewire or re-decorate the hotel. It is all done with a small device that sits\nbehind your TV and uses the existing coaxial cabling to provide both TV signal\nand a hard wired internet connection. The install is very simple, meaning that\nyou can save a lot of money for two reasons: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You do not need to hire specialists to dig out walls, install new wires then cover up the gaping holes that they leave.<\/li><li>You do not have to close the hotel rooms during installation, so you can still make money from guests during the short installation process.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with a hard wired internet connection as\nstandard with every EoC box, there are upgraded models that also have Wi-Fi\nbuilt in. This gives guests a private high speed Wi-Fi connection in every room\nwhich is what gives them that vital \u2018Home-away-from-home\u2019 feel. This is of very\nhigh importance as 94% of people choose Wi-Fi as the most important feature in\na hotel, yet only 64% of hotels offer it free to their customers (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/author\/hotelchatter?IR=T\">HotelChatter<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These little boxes come with some brilliant\nfeatures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>&#8211;<\/strong>Feeding IP signals into SAT, CAT 5 or headend systems<\/li><li>-Master\/Slave Mode: 1 Master &#8211; up to 63 endpoints<\/li><li><strong>&#8211;<\/strong>Wi-Fi (EoC 2-01) and Standby Mode<\/li><li><strong>&#8211;<\/strong>Web interface for Wi-Fi configuration<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. In-Room Mirroring and Casting<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Guests can often get bored of the limited entertainment options in a hotel room compared to their own living space outside of your establishment. You can change this with one simple, slick device that will seamlessly sit behind any TV in your hotel. These clever little devices allow Screen mirroring and casting for Windows, Apple and Android devices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, unlike other similar devices such as Apple TV, this product has no limitations. This is a very unique aspect of the <a href=\"https:\/\/scriptcast.co.uk\/\">SCRIPTCAST<\/a> device that really sets it apart from other similar devices on the market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1016\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/hoteltvcompany.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/casting-vs-mirroring-landscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoteltvcompany.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/casting-vs-mirroring-landscape.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/hoteltvcompany.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/casting-vs-mirroring-landscape-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoteltvcompany.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/casting-vs-mirroring-landscape-768x378.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Voice Command<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice\ncommand is one of the newest, up and coming technologies in the hospitality\nIndustry with it being implemented into some USA hotels but is yet to really\nbreach into the UK market. With devices such as Alexa, Google Home and Apple\u2019s\nSiri, voice command is all around us and is a big part of people life at home,\nand now it\u2019s only a matter of time until it is a common feature in our Hotels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hotels\npresent a massive opportunity for the use of smart home features in their\nestablishments. Guests would be able to walk into a hotel room and ask the\nvoice command assistant to turn the lights on, book a table for the on-site\nrestaurant or maybe book a spa day. The possibilities are endless as the\ntechnology advances day-by-day. This will really give guests the\nhome-away-from-home experience that they crave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Smart TV<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the introduction of Smart TVs\nall the way back in 2014, they are quickly becoming an essential for every home\nin the UK. As of 2017, 38% of all households own a Smart TV, this has increased\nby 10% from the previous year (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/654074\/smart-tv-penetration-in-uk-households\/\">Statista<\/a>). This just shows that they are becoming more\nand more popular and very soon they will be in over 50% of UK households. Therefore,\nin the coming years the chances are that when a guest stays in one of your\nrooms, they will have a Smart TV at home and consequently will be expecting one\nin their hotel room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, we would not recommend\nusing a domestics TV in a hotel environment for many different reasons, but\nthere are a wide variety of Hospitality Smart TVs to choose from. The good\nthing about these TVs is that you can set certain restrictions on them. These\nrestrictions range from simple settings like the Maximum volume, TV channel\nlist and not allowing them to add or remove any apps from the Smart TV all the\nway up to integrating interactive TV systems into the TVs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most guests\nare not satisfied with arriving in a hotel room to find that they only have the\nstandard channels available to them on the TVs, they are expecting a TV system\nthat allows them to purchase amenities, late checkouts or order room service\nwithout having to pick up a phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A long time ago, Hotels would occupy a very small part of people\u2019s lives and they would get away with basic provisions. But that is not the case anymore. When a guest arrives at your hotel they expect the best. 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