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Our guess is, pretty soon, this will be as standard as those in-room iHome docking stations for your iPods, only a whole lot more useful.
Soon enough, you can start streaming Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, and more when you check into a Hyatt property around the world.
The hospitality company is the latest to offer personalized in-room streaming entertainment, following in the footsteps of Marriott International.
To offer this service, Hyatt teamed up with Sonifi Solutions to utilize its Staycast (previously known as Sonicast) technology, which uses Google Chromecast and integrates with the World of Hyatt mobile app.
To date, the technology is available in 14 Hyatt hotels, including the Hyatt Regency New Orleans and the Hyatt Centric French Quarter. Jeff Bzdawka, senior vice president of global hotel technology for Hyatt, said the company’s goal is to focus on outfitting all of its Park Hyatt and Hyatt Centric properties worldwide with this technology first, and then ev
