Andaz | Check out the new check-in style | latimes.com

What? No front desk? Has check-in become obsolete? No, hotel experts say, but the ritual is certainly changing. Faur never stood in line, never waited for a clerk to retype her reservation information and never was ignored so the clerk could answer the phone. Andaz, a new, hip hotel brand from Hyatt, has no lobby telephones or agents behind imposing counters.