Gadgets, Gizmos and a Good Night's Sleep

MSNBC’s Travel Writer, Rob Lovitt, highlights the HRIM’s training facility, the Newark Marriott Courtyard and its Room 114, aka the Experimental Guestroom or X-Room, which serves as a test lab for new technology.

Overnight guests are encouraged to experiment with the room’s 16 or so high-tech products and systems; their feedback is then used to help Marriott determine what technologies warrant a larger rollout in the years to come.