More hotels add iPads in guest rooms, common areas | usatoday.com

Hotels are increasingly giving guests a reason not to pick up the phone or wait in lines once they check in. How? By installing hotel-owned iPads not only in guest rooms, but in public spaces such as lounges or lobbies. Starwood's Aloft hotels. The hotel giant's edgy, mid-priced Aloft chain inked a deal to install mounted iPads powered by Intelity in Aloft hotel lobbies.