Apple Maps now shows ratings and reviews from Michelin and other expert sources for top-ranked restaurants, hotels, golf courses and more.
Apple Maps now lets you find fine-dining restaurants, hotels and golf courses via Michelin reviews and more
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Apple finally rolling out AirPlay to select IHG Hotels & Resorts properties
AirPlay now works with compatible televisions in select hotels, letting you stream your favorite shows on the TV when traveling without configuring anything.
The first AirPlay-compatible TVs coming to select hotels this spring
AirPlay-enabled smart TVs will soon start appearing in select hotels, allowing guests to stream content from their iPhones and iPads without setting up anything.
Apple Pay promo offers road-trip savings on hotels, food and parking
The latest Apple Pay promotion offers special deals and discounts on hotels, food and parking from popular destinations when using the feature at checkout.
Apple’s TV app is now available in hotel rooms with Philips MediaSuite TV sets
Apple's TV app is coming to hotels with the announcement that select hotel rooms with Philips MediaSuite hospitality TVs now include access to the Apple TV app.
The best Apple Watch travel apps for an easier trip
There’s no easier way to keep up with your travel arrangements than right from your wrist. With Apple Watch travel apps, you can check your flight, view your accommodations, look for restaurants, translate a language, and convert currency.
If you’re getting ready for your next trip, make sure to check out our list of the best Apple Watch travel apps to make your journey a bit easier.
The best all-in-one travel apps for iPhone
When it’s time to plan that family vacation or romantic getaway, there can be a lot of pieces to pull together. You may need a hotel, a flight, a rental car, attraction tickets, or a combination of these. So, the best way to plan and book it is with an app that lets you do it all.
These best travel apps for iPhone do just that. They let you find and reserve the bookings you need all in one spot.
Claridges hotel launches Jony Ive-designed Christmas tree festive installation
Claridges, the most iconic 5 star hotel in London's Mayfair, back in October commissioned Apple's Chief Design Officer Jony Ive and his colleague Marc Newson to come up with an immersive festive installation. Saturday, Claridges showed off results of Ive and Newson's work, reports Wallpaper.com.
Apple Pay debuting at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas by early June
Apple Pay is coming to Las Vegas hotels next month, but not for gambling, and The Cosmopolitan is leading the way. According to the hotel-casino's official announcement cited by Casino City Times, by early June the resort’s front desk, concierge, restaurants and bars will accept Apple's wireless payment method.
Cosmopolitan chief marketing officer, Lisa Marchese, states that “the arrival of Apple Pay on the Las Vegas Strip is a natural fit, offering increasingly mobile-centric, luxury travelers a streamlined and convenient experience.” The announcement marks the first local casino-resort to accept Apple Pay. The Cosmopolitan is part of Marriott's Autograph Collection of hotels.
Your iPhone becomes virtual room key in select Starwood hotels beginning Wednesday
Following an extensive pilot program of a new SPG Keyless service at select Manhattan and Silicon Valley locations since January 2014, Starwood Hotels & Resorts has now begun rolling out virtual room keys that do away with key cards altogether to let guests enter their rooms using smartphones.
Beginning this Wednesday, ten Starwood properties around the world under the Starwood's Aloft, Element and W brands will allow guests to walk past the check-in desk and enter their rooms by using an iPhone as a room key.
This includes hotels in Beijing, Hong Kong, New York, Los Angeles and Doha, the company said in a media release Monday. The service is set to become available on 30,000 doors in 150 hotels around the globe by early 2015.
Hilton rolling out iPhone door locks in all hotels globally beginning next year
Picture this: after a long and exhaustive flight, you finally arrive at a hotel. But instead of waiting on the lines clogging the front desk to pick up a key, simply bypass the receptionist and head straight to your room safely knowing that an iPhone in your pocket doubles as the room key.
It's precisely the kind of fantasy that Hilton has dreamed up and now working to make a reality across the vast majority of their hotels by 2016.
This is according to a Wall Street Journal report Monday. That's right, beginning 2015 some Hilton hotels will allow for door unlocking with a smartphone, with the global roll-out expected to complete by the end of 2016...
Hotel chain testing iPhones as room keys in pilot program
When a hotel clerk first hands you your room key card, one of the first things they usually say is "don't put it in the same pocket as your phone." They say this can cause your key card's magnetic strip to malfunction, although some people question the logic behind it.
But this may not be an issue much longer. Starwood Hotels & Resorts has begun a new pilot program in two of its major hotel locations in Manhattan and Silicon Valley that does away with key cards altogether by allowing guests to enter their rooms using smartphones...