IHG and Baidu team up on AI hotel rooms in China

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has collaborated with Baidu to introduce artificial intelligence (AI)-powered rooms in China.

IHG has rolled out Smart Rooms to a first batch of properties in China, including the InterContinental Beijing Sanlitun and InterContinental Guangzhou Exhibition Centre.

Within the year, IHG expects to have a total of 100 AI-powered Club InterContinental suites in gateway cities and key destinations across China.

Customised for InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, the AI solution was developed by Baidu’s DuerOS Platform. It integrates AI technology with hotel operations, supported by hardware upgrade and cloud service.

In AI Smart Rooms, guests will be able to use voice control to switch between work and leisure room modes, for example.

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