JA Lake View Hotel Dubai is the First Hotel in the Middle East to Voice-Enable Every Guestroom with Volara-Powered Alexa Solution

by Dija Selway-Mkwazu | Sep 24, 2019 | News

Dubai — With its Grand Opening this week, JA Lake View Hotel Dubai becomes the first hotel in the Middle East to feature Amazon Alexa voice assistants powered by Volara in every guestroom. The solution, powered by Volara’s conversation management software and...

Hotel Zetta Now Featuring Volara-Powered Alexa Technology in Every Guest Room

by Dija Selway-Mkwazu | Jun 18, 2019 | News

New York and San Francisco — Hotel Zetta, managed by Viceroy Hotels and Resorts and boasting ultra-modern guest rooms, innovative health and wellness programming and cutting-edge tech experiences in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling SoMa district, is giving...

The Westin Buffalo is first hotel worldwide to give guests access to personal playlists from their hotel rooms

by Dija Selway-Mkwazu | Jun 17, 2019 | News

BUFFALO, N.Y.  –  Global hospitality company Delaware North today announced that the company-operated Westin Buffalo has become the first hotel in the world to allow its guests to connect their personal Amazon accounts to the Echo devices in each of its 115...

Volara Teams with CIRQ+ to Power its New, Multimodal, Voice-Based Guestroom Device

by Dija Selway-Mkwazu | Jun 17, 2019 | News

Minneapolis, Minn. — Today at HITEC Minneapolis, Volara is partnering with CIRQ+ to augment the company’s new multimodal interface system that includes an unprecedented guest Opt-in capability that takes voice privacy and security in the guestroom to new levels....

8 Critical Questions to Ask When Shopping for Voice Technology at HITEC Minneapolis

by Dija Selway-Mkwazu | Jun 12, 2019 | News

New York — The rate of smart speaker adoption in the United States does not appear to be slowing, with 57.8 million adults owning at least one smart speaker according to a recent Voicebot.ai survey. Perhaps that’s why 79% of hoteliers named voice-enabled...