# Amazon launches Alexa for Hospitality to bring voice-enabled services to hotel guests

https://blog.cynexia.com/amazon-launches-alexa-for-hospitality-to-bring-voice-enabled-services-to-hotel-guests

Author: [Rob Aleck](https://blog.cynexia.com/pages/about) · https://github.com/mnbf9rca · https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertaleck/ · https://family-foqos.app/

Published: 2018-06-22
Categories: LinkedIn cross-post


We make a lot of use of our Alexa at home, and i'm interested to see how it can help in hotels. Being able to order important but not time-critical services ("alexa, have someone pick up my laundry"), or get information ("alexa, what floor is the gym on") come to mind. But is it going to be more than a gimmick? I still occasionally visit hotels with those massive Bose speakers with an iPhone 30 pin connector on them. Even when that was the right connector, who ever used them?? I know i just unplugged them to plug my laptop in instead.  
[https://getpocket.com/s/81JtI](<https://getpocket.com/s/81JtI>)Amazon has announced a new program designed to help hotels deploy Alexa’s voice-enabled smarts across their properties. Though Amazon’s Alexa-powered Echo speakers are growing in popula…