It’s getting to be that time again – we are only weeks away from HITEC and the buzz around new technology innovation is starting. It’s an exciting time of year. This week I was approached with two very interesting and unique technologies for hotel, resorts and restaurants.

The first is called Tellystream. While I have a feeling someone in our industry has thought of this I haven’t actually seen anything like this to date. Tellystream is a digital signage, DIY solution that allows a property to show its own personal property message on its restaurants and bar televisions during the live commercial breaks. If you are a small property with limited IT support this might be a great option for you or if you are just looking for an innovative way to share messages with your patrons this is worth a look. Check out www.tellystream.com.
 
The second technology is a 3-D pool projection. The Sheraton Waikiki Hotel in Hawaii debuted this technology with an illusion of aliens in the resort’s pool. The company responsible for this is PointCloud Media who took its building mapping technology and adapted it to water. It has a definitely cool factor of 9.5. I can see resort properties  in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Miami jumping on this for large events, parties, concerts and New Year’s Eve. The company has put together a demonstration video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcVzmvzGGys or you can check out http://pointcloudmedia.com.
 
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