2026 Hospitality TV & Casting Solutions Buyer's Guide

A modern Hospitality TV solution isn’t just entertainment; it’s an extension of your guest experience strategy. Done right, it enhances satisfaction, strengthens your brand identity, and even drives incremental revenue through upselling and service integration. But not all hotels are created equal. A 400-room resort, a design-led boutique, and a family-run B&B have entirely different priorities when it comes to cost, complexity, and guest expectations. This guide breaks down what truly matters for each major hotel type — Large Hotels & Resorts, Boutique & Independents, Small Hotels & B&Bs, and Budget Hotels — so you can choose a solution that fits your property, your team, and your guests perfectly.

2026 Contactless Checkin Buyer's Guide

Self Service and online hotel check-in solutions provide the ability to collect all necessary guest details automatically, with little to no contact from the reception desk. These details include passport scans, payment or deposit, E-signatures, arrival time and more. This helps avoid unnecessary lines at reception providing an improved arrival experience and first impression. Using online check-in allows hotels to receive all the information ahead of time, re-establish relationships with guests (often reduced due to OTA’s), and offer additional services - it's the gateway to guest engagement and for digitizing the guest experience.

2026 Hotel Guest Apps Buyer's Guide | Free Download

A hotel mobile app is a digital solution and a key touchpoint for hoteliers to elevate a guest’s stay. Mobile apps allow hotels to connect with their guests and expose their services and offerings through another, more direct, channel - increasing guest engagement and expanding reach with offers and hotel services. Having a mobile app also opens up a clear line of communication between hotels and guests. In addition to accessing hotel information, such as services and amenities, guests can check-in remotely, place service requests, order room service, and engage with all the hotel’s offerings, all in a single place. Travelers are demanding more control and personalization than ever before. Tools such as mobile apps utilize technology they are already accustomed to using to deliver on those expectations. Offering a mobile app is a key differentiator for hotel guests.

2026 Keyless Entry Buyer's Guide | Free Download

A Mobile Key is a digitally encrypted “key” that resides on a mobile device, smartphone, tablet or wearable, allowing the authorized user to gain access to secured doors or other physical or digital access points within a property. The advancement of this mobile technology and its successful application of digital keys within the hospitality industry has led to a rapidly growing trend toward Keyless Entry.

2026 Guest Messaging Software Buyer's Guide

The 2026 Guest Messaging Software Buyers Guide assists hotel owners and operators through the research, selection and vetting process when identifying a new technology partner to improve communication with guests and cut down on service times.

2026 Guest Room Tablets Buyer's Guide

Guest room tablets allow hoteliers to decrease the amount of friction between a hotel’s staff and services and it’s guests delivering increased satisfaction and unleashing new revenue opportunities. By placing devices with intuitive UI and sleek design within the guest’s line of site, hotels are able to deliver a more seamless guest experience by consolidating functions and amenities like temperature, lights, entertainment controls, blinds, meal delivery, spa services and more into one easy to navigate (and easy to purchase) interface.