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Smart hotel room ideas and tech tips for satisfied guests

One way to offer guests smooth, easy stays? Put the right technology in your hotel rooms so that guests can find what they need and tailor their comfort. From remote-controlled lighting to effortless device charging, these smart tech ideas for hotel rooms show future-forward thoughtfulness without demanding guests be tech savvy.

A person in a hotel bed holds a white STYRBAR remote, that is square with rounded corners, to control IKEA smart lighting.
A person in a hotel bed holds a white STYRBAR remote, that is square with rounded corners, to control IKEA smart lighting.

Just-right lighting

Smart lighting can be used with an app, but it doesn’t have to be. A remote-controlled setup is just as easy to install and operate. Buy a smart LED lamp or light bulb. Mount the remote in an obvious place or by the entryway. Then guests can bring it to bed and turn lights on/off or adjust intensity without getting up.

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A film of a TRÅDFRI smart dimmable wireless light bulb hanging above a bedside table and changing between 3 white tones.
A hotel room wall with a white STYRBAR remote control and explanatory texts and symbols around it.
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Unexpected, appreciated illumination

Make unfamiliar territory feel more like home with a gentle, guiding light. Install integrated lighting in wardrobes or drawers. Place slim, battery-operated KÖLVATTEN where you want. Or set up a motion sensor-based lighting solution – with MOLGAN or VALLHORN – that turns on and off automatically when triggered.

ÖVERSIDAN LED wardobe lighting strips with sensors illuminate the brown oak effect shelves of a PAX wardrobe in a hotel room.
Low on a hotel room wall is a glowing, round, battery-operated MOLGAN LED lighting that turns on and off via motion sensor.
A slightly opened hotel bedside drawer is softly lit by a super slim, battery-operated KÖLVATTEN LED lighting with sensor.
A film of a bathroom wall with a VALLHORN wireless motion sensor that turns on the bathroom lights when the door opens.
A VALLHORN wireless motion sensor is placed on a bathroom wall close to a FRIHULT ceiling lamp in stainless steel colour.

Wireless winners

Some guests are the cordless type, and they’ll expect wireless charging to be one of your smart hotel room ideas. Offer it anywhere with a slim LIVBOJ wireless charging pad. Or choose a clever, sleek NYMÅNE work lamp. Guests can charge two devices simultaneously thanks to a base with wireless charging and a USB-C port.

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A hand holds a smart phone above a black circular LIVBOJ wireless charger pad that is on a wooden bedside table.
A smart phone lays on the base of a white NYMÅNE work lamp with wireless charging that is on the corner of a stylised desk.
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Convenient charging

One of the easiest smart hotel room ideas is the socket swap. Plentiful, logically placed sockets let guests spend time searching for a restaurant instead of hunting for electricity. Go for extension cords or multiport sockets, especially ones with built-in USB (or USB-C) ports. SKOTAT supports quick charging of phones and tablets; plus it’s versatile and easy to place.

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A triangular-prism shaped SKOTAT green extension cord has a phone plugged into its USB-C port, on a hotel room’s desk.
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Seamless sounds

Guests have their own rhythms. Some may need white noise to sleep. Others may need pop tunes to put a pep in their jet-lagged step. Bluetooth speakers are a smooth, WiFi-less way to connect a device and push play. There’s even a portable, waterproof VAPPEBY if you want to delight guests who sing in the shower.

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A mushroom-shaped, grey VAPPEBY Bluetooth outdoor speaker lamp with a handle is lit and sitting by books on a bedside table.
A soap, a brush and a black VAPPEBY portable, waterproof Bluetooth speaker hanging side by side against a brown stone wall.
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Before you buy

The product(s) referenced in this page may contain a mix of products developed for commercial and residential use. Please verify individual certifications and related tests for each desired product and exercise discretion with respect to which products are safe and suitable for any intended use before purchasing. Contact IKEA for Business at 1-888-888-4532 for more information about the range.

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