Marriott Hotels announced this week that they are trialing a new check-in service which will enable travellers to check-in via mobile telephone.

In a collaborative effort with Intel Soloution Services and Microsoft Marriot, in effect travellers who download the right software onto wireless enabled mobile phones will be able to check themselves in automatically and collect their room key from an automated key dispenser.

How much time this will actually save time-poor business travellers is questionable. If shaving 180 seconds off your checking-in time really makes a difference, then I imagine that one of their entourage would have this covered this formality anyway.

This entry was posted by Max on Wednesday, August 16th, 2006 at 10:05 am and is filed under Hotels, Max.