Robots at reception, phones as room keys: The hotel of the future

HANDOUT - Anyone checking into the Henn na Hotel in Japan is greeted by a dinosaur. Or, more precisely, a Tyrannosaurus rex. Photo: Huisten Bosch/dpa-tmn - ACHTUNG: Nur zur redaktionellen Verwendung im Zusammenhang mit dem genannten Text und nur bei vollständiger Nennung des vorstehenden Credits

Set the shower temperature with your phone, pull the curtains back with your voice: The hotel branch is preparing itself for the future. 

Anyone checking into the Henn na Hotel in Japan is greeted by a dinosaur. Or, more precisely, a Tyrannosaurus rex.