Thursday, May 07, 2009
by Juan Aguirre
Everyone has been there, you’re stuck in your hotel room and there is nothing to do – maybe your flight got cancelled, or you’re staying in a quiet town for work. There is nothing to keep you occupied but the hotel TV. All you want is to be able to bring your favorite programs with you.
Lots of hotels are beginning to see this need and they’re starting to add short content on demand to add to the standard movie selection. Lots of time you just don’t have the concentration for a full-length movie, but you would like to zone out and laugh to your favorite Friends episode or chill out with the nature show, Planet Earth. Acentic has partnered up with content providers to allow hotels to show guests the comedy, drama, documentaries, nature shows, etc that they would watch if they were at home (Planet Earth, Friends and others like the award winning hospital drama, ER and the BBC’s classic comedy, Fawlty Towers).
In an evermore stressful working environment - and trading conditions - what better way to relax, than to dip into some of the ‘self-help’ programming available on demand. Guests can select the programme to suit their needs, with titles that guarantee to give you a good nights sleep, and leave you full of confidence and reinvigorated for the day ahead. You could even make the most of your hotel stay and workout with an on-demand yoga class!