Wynn Las Vegas Bets Big on Amazon Echo and Voice-Activated Rooms
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Will the Amazon Echo eventually become the new iHome docking station of the past? Will this technology be outdated in just a year or more? And more importantly: Is this what people really want from their hotel experience just yet?
Steve Wynn, chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts, as well as the highest paid hotel CEO of 2015, is making a huge bet that guests will want to control their hotel rooms with the help of the Amazon Echo, an artificial intelligence-powered smart speaker.
Wynn and Amazon together announced that soon, all 4,748 hotel rooms at the Wynn Las Vegas will be equipped with the Amazon Echo, with installations beginning to take place this month in the resort's suites. The hotel expects to have all rooms outfitted with the technology by summer 2017.
While other hotels, such as Marriott's Aloft properties, have pil
