voice assistant
Nomadix Appoints Mike Womack VP of Partner Sales, the Americas
Nomadix | May 17, 2022
Expert in wireless technology and customer engagement solutions, Womack will work with distributors and strategic business partners to bring the expansive Nomadix product line across multiple markets LOS ANGELES, Calif. – May 17, 2022 — Nomadix® Inc., a technology leader in the hospitality and multi-tenant industries, today announced the appointment of Mike Womack as vice president of partner sales, the Americas. He brings more than 25 years of sales management and business development experience in the wireless technology solutions and services space. He also has a comprehensive technology background that will enable the company to g...
The Automation Generation
Bella™, The Virtual Hotel Agent | March 29, 2022
Why today’s travelers place efficiency ahead of personal connection The hospitality industry has always been a people-centric line of work. Face-to-face conversations with real humans have been the cornerstone of service industries since its inception. A smiling face behind the front desk of a hotel cannot be replaced. Technology, on the other hand, has continually shifted the way guest service representatives interact with travelers and hotel guests. Each generation brings a new disruptive technology that shakes up the way the world does business. With each change, there is resistance, but progress always wins out. In a recent story...
Volara Partners With Josh.ai to Bring Premium Privacy Centric Voice Assistant Solutions to the Ultra-Luxury Hotel Market
Volara | March 16, 2022
Josh.ai to benefit from Volara’s secure integrations, hassle free implementation and best-in-class support. New York, Nashville, and Los Angeles — March 16, 2022 — Josh.ai has selected Volara, part of the Uniguest group of engagement technologies, as its choice partner for hotel applications of its innovative hardware products, including Josh Micro, Josh Nano, and Josh Core. Volara, the voice hub for the hotel industry, in supporting the Josh.ai ecosystem, brings the first voice assistant built specifically for the most discerning guests staying in the most prestigious hotel properties. “Josh.ai is not for every hotelier,” note...
Village Hotels Installs Google Nest Hub Solution Powered by Volara Across All 32 U.K. Hotels
Volara | May 18, 2021
Village Hotels is the first hotel brand to commit to voice enabling its entire portfolio of properties; Technology rollout is the largest implementation voice assistants in hotels in the United Kingdom New York and Warrington, U.K. — May 18, 2021 — Village Hotels has selected Volara to voice enable all guestrooms and guest services in its portfolio of hotels across the United Kingdom with Google’s hotel solution. Volara’s conversation-management software and secure integrations hub will enable guests staying at any of the innovative hotel brand’s 32 properties to use simple voice commands to interact with the hotel and personali...
Hotel Zena, a Groundbreaking Hotel Dedicated to Female Empowerment, Opens With Volara + Google in Every Guestroom
Volara | October 21, 2020
Integration and implementation of the Google Hotel Solution expands Volara’s corporate relationship with Viceroy Hotels & Resorts and launches a new relationship with the Pebblebrook Hotel Trust October 21, 2020 — New York and Washington D.C. — When Hotel Zena opened its doors this month in downtown Washington, D.C., Volara was there to get guests talking via Google Nest Hubs in each of its 191 guestrooms. Implementation of Volara’s contactless guest engagement and touchless room controls solution is part of a systemwide rollout by Viceroy Hotels & Resorts to voice-enable all guestrooms at its luxury boutique hotels. Thi...
Voice Is Here to Stay: Embrace It
Darren Clark | February 11, 2020
Why Viceroy Hotels & Resorts is ‘All In’ with Volara By Darren Clark It’s a new decade — a time when hoteliers are looking at artificial intelligence and voice technologies not as disruptors, but as innovations that will connect them to guests in more meaningful and lasting ways. It’s an era of convenience, when frictionless voice command is replacing friction-filled app downloads, germ-infested tablets, and antiquated telephones to connect guests to information and services and control the room environment. It’s an ever-evolving digital world where speed, efficiency, and immediacy are constantly being optimized. It’s...
Is Your Hotel Budgeting for Voice Technology?
David Berger | October 22, 2019
New revenue opportunities and operational efficiencies derived from a well implemented guestroom voice assistant are measurable By David Berger October 22, 2019 -- Seventy-nine percent of hoteliers and 45 percent of travel brands reported voice-enabled technology investment plans this year. Devices from Amazon, Google and Smartbeings are competing for a spot on the bedside table as more and more hotel brands and independent boutique hotels work with solutions providers on new ways to use these smart speakers to engage guests, drive revenues and improve operational efficiencies. Hoteliers on the fence about adding voice to th...
Locale Grand Cayman Voice-Enables Every Guestroom With Volara-Powered Alexa Solution
Volara | September 26, 2019
This is the first hotel in Grand Cayman to use Volara’s conversation management tools for delivering personalized and highly secure voice-based guest experiences New York — Sept. 26, 2019 — When Locale, Grand Cayman opened its doors in March, it became the first hotel in the Cayman Islands to feature Amazon Alexa voice assistants powered by Volara in every guestroom. As an independent boutique hotel, it was important to management that the new hotel differentiate itself in the market and attract modern travelers looking for a more personalized experience without a lot of unwanted staff interaction. By adding the in-room voice assi...
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