Sofitel So Bangkok, scheduled to open by early 2012, will be Asia’s first hotel to offer a complete Apple-based digital solution for guests. All of the hotel’s 238 rooms will be equipped with an Apple Mac mini computer, together with high-definition 40″ LCD TV, wireless keyboard, trackpad, free high-speed Internet access, and a full range of Office software. Additionally, guests staying in any of the hotel’s suites will also have the complimentary use of an Apple iPad.
Each Mac mini will function as a multimedia centre, giving guests access to digital TV and radio channels, movies and music library, DVD and CD player, as well as the ability to play each personal iPod, iPhone, and iPad.
For work purposes, the Mac mini enables guests to load files via a USB port, work on them in the normal way, and save them to a memory stick safe. Every time the Mac mini is shut down software will clean away any new information on the computer and restore it to its original state at check-in/check-out.
Other applications in this system range from browsing the hotel directory and in-room service menu, to webcam screening of the Bangkok skyline.
The hotel’s General Manager, Gilles Cretallaz said; “Today, the personal computer is integral to an evolving lifestyle, the digital lifestyle, and people are coming to expect that what is central to their lives at home and in the office should also be available when they travel. This is what we are providing, meeting needs in a way that guests are now coming to expect.
“It’s all part of what the Sofitel So brand represents – the recognition of a new generation of urban hotels that are technologically innovative and design oriented. It is also a very ‘green’ concept as with more on screen, the less paper used and the less waste.”
The 30-storey Sofitel So Bangkok will be located on the corner of Rama IV and Sathorn roads, overlooking Lumphini Park.
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