How some hotels are using technology to mitigate Covid-19


The Westin Houston Medical Center's LightStrike robot uses UV light to disinfect hotel rooms. — The Westin Houston Medical Center

Thermal cameras and robots. These are some of the high-tech ways hotels are trying to mitigate the spread of Covid-19.

Along with closing their nightclubs, theatres and buffets at their Las Vegas and Boston locations, Wynn Resorts has installed non-invasive thermal cameras at all their entrances, to gauge guest and staff temperatures as they enter the properties.

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