Marriott Rolls Out Plug-in Technology

Marriott Hotels & Resorts are rolling out 32-inch LCD high-definition televisions and the industry’s only digital plug-in panel at the JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts and Renaissance Hotels & Resorts brands in the U.S. and Canada

To showcase the pioneering technology, Marriott Hotels & Resorts have launched an innovative advertising campaign combining live-action and computer-generated images.

The LCD high-definition television and plug-in panel will enable guests, who frequently travel with a host of digital devices, to connect their laptop to the monitor so they can work, surf the web, play DVDs and video games in high-definition and split the screen to watch TV and work on their laptop simultaneously.

At the same time, guests will be able to fill their room with their own music play lists from MP3 players and other digital music players through the system’s 25-watt speakers, and play back videos from camcorders and view pictures from digital cameras.

Full deployment of the guestroom technology for the JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts and Renaissance Hotels & Resorts brands is expected by the end of 2009.