The Umstead Hotel and Spa Partners with Evolve Controls and Intelity for Integrated Room Controls and Guest Services Platform on Tablets
Cary, North Carolina (PRWEB) December 06, 2016 -- The Umstead Hotel and Spa, a 5-star property located just outside Raleigh, North Carolina, has selected Evolve Controls and Intelity to deploy a fully integrated wireless room control and guest services solution through hotel tablets. This innovative approach is designed to enhance each guest’s stay at the property by combining the power of in-room control features with convenient access to hotel services and information through tablets provided to each guest room.
The Evolve Controls Connected Room Solution allows guests to manage their environment by wirelessly controlling in-room temperature and lighting through Intelity’s intuitive ICE Bedside guest engagement platform.
In addition to Evolve’s automated room controls, ICE Bedside also provides a full dashboard of digital hotel services that allows guests to communicate with hotel staff, find information they need to enhance a hotel stay, and place requests through the hotel tablets. On the back-end, hotel staff can leverage operational features of the ICE platform with tools such as content control, direct guest messaging and business intelligence data.
“At The Umstead, we are committed to creating memorable experiences for our guests. By integrating automated room controls from Evolve and easy-to-use guest services from Intelity, we’re able to provide luxury amenities and services conveniently through bedside tablets not typically found in traditional hotels,” said Jason Seehafer, Executive Assistant Manager of Hotel Operations, The Umstead.
Beyond the benefits of an improved experience for the Umstead’s guests, this cutting-edge in-room technology allows hotel staff to more effectively manage energy costs through Evolve’s occupancy-based energy management capabilities and strengthen their relationship with guests through Intelity’s ICE system.
According to Kristin Miller, Chief Executive Officer of Evolve Controls, “Intelity’s ICE Bedside software for tablets has allowed us to expand our solutions beyond wireless room controls and energy management by presenting guests a customized interface for in-room dining, housekeeping requests, wake up calls, and a variety of other hotel services to improve engagement and further enhance the guest experience.”
“Collaborating with Evolve Controls enables us to meet the needs of hotel partners like The Umstead who want to provide guests with the ability to control the guestroom environment through automated controls, but also want to take full advantage of guest engagement technology to improve the in-room guest experience,” said Intelity CEO & President David Adelson.
Founded in 2008, Evolve Controls LLC provides turn-key room automation, control and monitoring solutions to create memorable guest experiences while significantly reducing energy and operational costs. Evolve’s room automation systems are operating in most of the leading hotel flags including Hilton, Hyatt, Sheraton, Marriot, Radisson, IHG, Westin, and many upscale boutique hotels. More about Evolve Controls can be found at http://www.evolvecontrols.com.
Intelity, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, is the creator of the world's first and most widely used integrated guest services platform, ICE (Interactive Customer Experience™). With certified integrations to all major hotel back-end management systems (POS, PMS, Ticketing, Spa and Room Controls), Intelity's ICE is a centralized property automation system that delivers concierge level services, guest request tracking and fulfillment, business intelligence analytics, marketing/messaging capabilities, and a full content management system. Since beginning operations in 2007, the Inc. 5000 company has gained a reputation as a leader in hospitality technology with installations across six continents, including most major brands and many celebrated independent properties. Intelity recently received Best Mobile App in Hospitality from Travel Weekly’s Magellan Awards and World’s Leading Hotel Brand App from the World Travel Awards. For more information, please call 1-888-RevPAR-1 (1-888-738-7271) or visit http://www.intelitycorp.com.
Tom Cook, Evolve Controls, http://www.evolvecontrols.com, +1 8557509090 Ext: 207, [email protected]
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