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Yeah, and definitely is not the right story for hotels. His premise of "morning traffic mostly from lobby to floors" is completely false in an hotel where you g

Yeah, and definitely is not the right story for hotels. His premise of "morning traffic mostly from lobby to floors" is completely false in an hotel where you get it both ways due to people going down for breakfast and going back up and the down once again. I see hotels with the kiosk model changing the UI depending on breakfast rush hour

whartung 3mo ago
Most interesting hotel elevator system I’ve seen was in Washington DC. Instead of hitting the call button, you started the request with your floor. Then the system would assign you an elevator (there were 6 cars as I recall). I assume this gave the system more accurate routing data to make it more efficient for everyone.
- nkjoep 3mo ago
  It’s explained in the article
icosian 3mo ago
> Yeah, and definitely is not the right story for hotels. The first time I encountered Destination Dispatch was in a London hotel, maybe 15 years ago. Anyone unfamiliar with the system would naturally sprint towards an open elevator and end up in an elevator with no buttons, totally bewildered. It's not the right system for a transient population.
- donalhunt 3mo ago
  Maybe they were embracing YOLO - who knows the possibilities of putting your trust in others' decisions / destinations. Or should it be YORO? You only ride once?