SuitePad develops new radio feature for better in-room entertainment

A TV is one of the basic facilities in any hotel room. In contrast, a tablet PC is something special, offering countless entertainment options: digital newspapers, internet, games, or video on demand. The Berlin startup SuitePad is at the frontline of development for tablet-based communications solutions, and will be introducing a new radio feature from 07/03/2017.

Many hotels would like to offer their guests a second home during their stay and truly pamper them. Every detail should be taken care of – warm hospitality, excellent food and a variety of entertainment options. In the past, a TV in a hotel room was considered the source of entertainment, but there are now solutions bringing in-room entertainment to a whole new level. Aside from a large selection of national and international newspapers every day, new providers like SuitePad also offer a variety of games, wireless internet and video-on-demand on tablets. To assist hotels in improving guest satisfaction, SuitePad has now expanded its entertainment portfolio to include a radio feature. 

Thanks to the alliance between SuitePad and the Hotel Property Management System, a personal welcome message is sent to the in-room tablet PC upon check-in at the Ruby Hotel Marie in Vienna and the hotel’s own radio station, Ruby Radio, is simultaneously activated.

When guests then enter their rooms, they are immediately greeted by the in-house station, Ruby Radio, and the SuitePad lights up with the welcome push notification.

This individual greeting is part of the concept at the modern Ruby Hotel, which follows a philosophy of “lean luxury” combined with nonchalance and authenticity.

New radio feature brings musical variety into hotel rooms

The newly-developed SuitePad radio feature offers guests more than just playing a single radio station. When installing SuitePad, hotels can choose from 400 different radio stations in a variety of languages, allowing them to put together a mixed portfolio of radio stations and to create a digital guest information package to suit all musical tastes. During their stay, guests can fully enjoy the musical element of their in-room entertainment. This type of entertainment offer is not a current standard for three- or four-star hotels, which makes guests even more impressed by the available facilities.

Recently, a guest wrote the following on TripAdvisor about his stay at the Beach Motel St. Peter-Ording: “The room’s facilities, including a tablet with free internet access, were outstanding.”