New Japenses Hotel Have Over 90% of Services by Robots
Huis Ten Bosch theme park to get hotel staffed by robots
Jan 28, 2015
NAGASAKI – A hotel with robot staff and face recognition
instead of room keys will open this summer in Huis Ten Bosch in Nagasaki
Prefecture, the operator of the theme park said Tuesday.
The two-story Henn na Hotel is scheduled to open July 17.
It will be promoted with the slogan “A Commitment for Evolution,” Huis Ten
Bosch Co. said.
The name reflects how the hotel will “change with
cutting-edge technology,” a company official said. This is a play on words:
“Henn” is also part of the Japanese word for change.
Robots will provide porter service, room cleaning, front
desk and other services to reduce costs and to ensure comfort.
There will be facial recognition technology so guests can
enter their rooms without a key.
“We will make the most efficient hotel in the world,”
company President Hideo Sawada told a news conference. “In the future, we’d
like to have more than 90 percent of hotel services operated by robots.”
A single room will be normally priced at ¥7,000 per
night, while a twin room will run ¥9,000.
If the hotel looks like it will be filled during the peak
season, potential visitors will have to bid for the price they are willing to
pay. The highest one wins, although there will be an upper limit of ¥14,000 for
a single room.
The first building in the complex will open in July with
72 rooms, followed by another 72-room building next year, the company said.
The theme park in Sasebo uses actual-sized copies of old
Dutch buildings to bring the experience of the Netherlands to Japan.
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