Marriott International Inc. is connecting more dots for the connected traveler.

The hotel chain is piloting connected TVs that guests can use to stream video from their smartphones and tablets to hotel room TV screens. The video content includes TV shows, movies, video games, music and fitness videos. Marriott decided to pilot the technology after guests requested it in feedback surveys, says C. Scott Hansen, director of guest technology, global operations at Marriott International.

“We are meeting the needs of our next generation of travelers, and this is something they’ve asked for,” Hansen says.

 

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