A warm welcome to our first issue of Hotels Unwired, a regular e-newsletter
from Hotech Edge.

Our aim is to help you get to know our company better - what we’ve been up to, what we are planning to do, what interests us and how our clients are using and benefitting from the leading edge wireless products and systems we have developed. We also hope to shed a little light on the ZigBee technology that underpins our products and on the great potential it holds for hoteliers and all those building and refurbishing hotel properties.

Phrases such as “total online building control” or “ZigBee enabled wire-free meshes” may seem obscure, if not alarmingly futuristic. So, instead, imagine bedrooms where all the energy consuming devices automatically shut down when the guest checks out, or running electronic devices on no more than a single set of A4 batteries for three years, or refurbishing a heritage building without having to open up walls for wires…… Incidentally, if you are wondering about the curious term, “ZigBee” – well, it was inspired by bees.

> Case Study: Apollo Hotel - Please take some time to read this short case study.

The success and future of a colony of bees depends on the continuous communication of vital information between every member of the colony. The technique that honeybees use to communicate new-found food sources to other members of the colony is known as the ZigBee Principle. Using this silent, but powerful, communication system, whereby the bee dances in a zig-zag pattern, it is able to communicate location, distance and direction of newly discovered food sources.

Geoff Wales - CEO, Hotech Edge

For more information about Hotech Edge, please visit www.hotechedge.co.uk