HotelSmarters Changelog

2025


  • Completed the first Digital Signage MVP — centralized content management for screens in hotel lobbies and public areas.
  • Launches Hotel Casting solution, designed to let guests cast content from their personal devices to the in-room TV.
  • Launched Chat: two-way, auto-translated messaging between guests and hotel staff, with quick canned responses for staff.
  • Launched Services: guests can browse and book hotel services like spa, fitness, and pool, with admin approval workflows.
  • Launched In-Room Dining: guests can order from hotel restaurants with real-time order tracking and notifications.
  • Launched live Flight Information: real-time airport arrivals and departures with flight search and tracking.
  • Launched Guest Personalization: language selection now carries across TV, tablet, and mobile.
  • Launched the Welcome Experience: personalized name and greeting, stay and room details, and WiFi info on arrival.
  • Launched Settings & Branding tools for admins: logo and media upload, welcome/menu screen customization, color and theme control, live preview, and WiFi SSID management.
  • Launched Music & Radio: browsable, genre-organized tracks and internet radio streams.
  • Launched the Info Center: categorized hotel information guests can browse anytime.
  • Launched IPTV: live channel management by country and language, with guest browsing, favoriting, and filtering.
  • Launched VOD: a movie and series catalog with TMDB metadata lookup and season/episode support.
  • Launched the Hotel WiFi captive portal: branded guest login validated against PMS check-in records, with preconfigured MikroTik routers.
  • Added “Global Search” across the admin panel and “Alarm” functionality on the in-room TV and tablet.
  • Launched HotelSmarters Version 2, expanding the platform beyond Interactive TV and Guest Room Management into a full hospitality guest-journey platform.
  • Product validation phase concludes — real-world testing with partners confirms the need for a broader hospitality platform, setting the direction for Version 2.