Overview
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This workgroup is focusing on the next
generation of guestroom
technology. Its objective
is to
design and implement an
architecture and
solutions that will
support the transition
to guestrooms where all
major systems are
supported by IP-based
networks - including
telephony,
entertainment, guest
Internet access, door
locking, minibar, energy
management, and
administrative systems
used by hotel staff in
the guestroom. See
the
charter and the
press release from the
first meeting for more
information.
Six
white papers have
been published by this
workgroup, all of which
are now available free
of charge to the general
public. Topics
cover the guest of the
future, wired and
wireless infrastructure,
selection of
next-generation
television systems, and
a next-generation
set-top-box.
This workgroup
will
address all systems,
both administrative and
guest-facing, that
operate within the
context of the guest
room. Specific
objectives include:
1. Exploiting key
technology trends:
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The connected
traveler. Recent
significant size
reductions of key
technologies had
rendered technology
portable and thus
guest
self-provisioned in
the guest room
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The growing
acceptance and use
of broadband
Internet access
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Ubiquitous wired and
wireless TCP/IP
networks
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IP Telephony and
Voice over IP (VoIP)
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The transition from
analog to digital
content
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The transition from
analog to digital
broadcast
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The transition from
CRT to flat-panel TV
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Standardized
XML/SOAP interface
technologies
2. Personalizing the
guest experience:
By interconnecting
in-room systems and
databases that have
knowledge of the guest,
improve the in-room
experience through
personalization, making
in-room technology
delivered services
easier to use and more
relevant.
3. Interconnecting both
IP and non-IP networks:
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Reduce the cost and
complexity of
implementation and
management
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Share information
between systems to
enrich the customer
experience
4. Simplifying:
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Management and
administration
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The end user
experience and make
systems easier to
use
Current Status
This workgroup is
currently active.
Click
here to view the
latest informational
flysheet of the
workgroup that was
distributed at the 2009
North American Members'
Meeting & Conference
(PDF).
Applications for
Participation
This workgroup is
actively accepting new
members.
Interested parties
should read the
information on applying
for HTNG workgroups and
teams
here. The workgroup
as a whole meets only
3-4 times per year so it
is recommended that new
participants do not wait
for the next meeting to
become involved in a
team.
Participants
- Alcatel-Lucent
- AMX
- Avaya
- Bittel
Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Choice Hotels Scandinavia AS
- Clasix
- Cleverdis
- Compass Ventures
- Control4
- Cox Business Services
- Datanamics Inc.
- Deuromedia Technologies, Inc.
- DoCoMo interTouch Pte. Ltd.
- EdgeCore
Networks
- Engineering Plus
- Enseo
- eTelemetry, Inc.
- eTV Interactive Ltd
- Fairmont Raffles Hotels International
- Fanstel Corp.
- FCS Computer Systems
- Filmbank Distributors Ltd.
- Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts
- Global Business
Center, Inc.
- Guest-Tek
- guestLINK
- Häfele
- Hewlett Packard
- Hilton Worldwide
- Hotel Solutions
- iBAHN
- INNCOM International
- Intelity
- JJW Hotels & Resorts
- Kempinski Hotels S.A.
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- KoolConnect Technologies
- LodgeNet Interactive Corporation
- Lorica Solutions
- Lutron Electronics Co. Inc.
- Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
- Marcus Hotels & Resorts
- Marriott International
- Media Communications S.A.
- Mitel
- MobileAccess Networks
- NEC Corporation
- NxSystems, LLC
- Philips Electronics
- PhoneSuite
- Quadriga
- Saflok
- Samsung Electronics Co.
- Siemens Hospitality Solutions
- Single Digits,
Inc.
- SolutionInc Limited
- Square D/Schneider Electric
- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
- SuiteLinq
- Sure-Fire Electric Corporation
- Swisscom
- Systems Design & Development, Inc.
- Tangerine Global LLC
- TeleAdapt Inc.
- Teledex
- VDA Multimedia
- VideoPropulsion
- VingCard Elsafe
- Wyndham Worldwide Corp.
- Zhone Technologies
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Organization
The workgroup is
organized into several teams:
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The
Cable Company
Collaboration
Team is working on
identifying and
solving the
technical challenges
faced by U.S cable
companies to provide
programming to the
hospitality market.
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The
Guest Interface to
Services Team is working on
an architecture for
enabling guest
self-service within
a guestroom.
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The
In-room Control
Integration Team is working on
standards for
controlling in-room
devices such as
environmental
controls, safes, minibars, door
locks, and others.
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The
Entertainment Device
Control Team is
working on the control of
entertainment
devices in the guest
room through extensions
to HDMI's CEC
standard.
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The
Networking
Infrastructure
Team,
which produced the
converged network
white paper in 2005
and is currently
working on DAS
certification and
Gateway
certification.
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The
Voice Communication
Solutions
Team
is working on
developing a
certifiable
specification for an
IP PBX.
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The EMEA
Advisory Team's intent is to
work with existing
teams to ensure
EMEA hotelier
needs can be met and
to provide an
opportunity for
solutions to be
built
collaboratively by
vendors active in
the EMEA market.
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