Some people use vacations to disconnect from the world — no checking emails, no watching YouTube videos, no texting.
Others, like me, indulge in technology. When I travel abroad (or anywhere, really), I take my laptop, tablet and mobile phone. If I stay in a hotel, a fat-bandwidth Internet connection (since I work with video and large, hi-res images) is a must. Other amenities are secondary. A global survey from Hotels.com called “Top 10 Hotel Amenities for 2014” found that Wi-Fi is a must for most travelers.
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However, Internet access is merely a starting point, and there is an increasing number of hotels that flaunt their tech as much as they do their prices and perks.
Here are five high-tech hotels you may want to check out on your next adventure or business trip:
Yotel, New York City
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Yotel is a budget-friendly, futuristic-looking hotel featuring Yobot, a 15-foot automated baggage handler. There’s more: Check-in is done via touch screen, and the hotel’s restaurant, “Dojo,” has motorized tables so the dining area can be turned into a dance floor with the flick of a switch. Yotel offers Wi-Fi access throughout, natch.
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In order to make the best use of the small 170-square-foot rooms (to keep prices down), aircraft designers were recruited to create a cabin-like design.
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Hotel 1000, Seattle
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Internet access (even if it’s fiber optic) is all well and good, but this Seattle-based hotel went one step further: Each guest room is entirely network-connected and boasts dual-line, high-resolution IP phones with color touch screens and cordless handsets.
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