MINNEAPOLIS, June 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Business Solutions and Amazon are bringing Alexa for Hospitality to LG's industry-leading hotel TVs, the companies announced at the Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®), billed as the world's largest hospitality technology trade show.
"Integrating Alexa for Hospitality with 2019 LG Hotel TVs will not only deliver a new set of exciting features, but will also bring a new level of simplicity, personalization and convenience to hotel guests and hoteliers alike," said Michael Kosla, U.S. hospitality vice president, LG Business Solutions.
Liron Torres, head of Alexa for Hospitality, said, "This experience integrates with hoteliers' existing amenities and services to offer guests new ways to access hotel services, learn about activities on the property and more. We're thrilled to be working with LG to bring the simplicity and convenience of Alexa for Hospitality to hotel guests."
Guests will now be able to use the Echo device installed in their hotel room to experience a new set of Alexa voice features on LG Hotel TVs for the first time including:
Adding to its industry-leading smart hotel TV solutions, LG delivers further voice recognition assistance to the guest room with its award-winning Pro:Centric smart TV platform. LG's Pro:Centric-enabled hotel TVs continue to offer hoteliers and AV managers the ability to supply more content options and greater connectivity than ever before.
The intuitive LG Pro:Centric platform makes switching between content options – including broadcast TV, streaming services, external devices and today's most popular entertainment providers – simple and fast. With the Pro:Centric custom application, users can easily dive into and enjoy a limitless world of premium content – including 4K streaming and HDR – from the most popular entertainment providers. Pro:Centric also empowers users with its Smart Share feature, which makes connecting to personal devices in order to access photos, music or movies a breeze.
Major hotel operators are planning to begin rolling out the Alexa for Hospitality integration with LG Hotel TVs later this year with full deployment expected in the first half of 2020. The new Alexa guest features on the LG Pro:Centric Direct platform are being demonstrated in LG's booth (#1926) at HITEC 2019, June 17-20, at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
For more information, please visit www.lgsolutions.com or www.amazon.com/alexaforhospitality.
About LG Business Solutions
The LG Electronics USA Business Solutions division serves commercial display customers in the U.S. lodging and hospitality, digital signage, systems integration, healthcare, education, government and industrial markets. Based in Lincolnshire, Ill., with its dedicated engineering and customer support team, LG Electronics USA Business Solutions delivers business-to-business technology solutions tailored to the particular needs of business environments. LG Electronics USA Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc., a $54 billion global force in consumer electronics, mobile communications, home appliances and air solutions. LG is a 2019 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year-Sustained Excellence. For more information, please visit www.LGSolutions.com.
SOURCE LG Electronics USA