Artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be all anyone wants to talk about these days. It’s understandable. AI has already fundamentally changed more industries than anticipated.  The hospitality industry is already seeing the benefits of integrating AI into its business. From the basics like an AI chatbot to hotels flirting with agentic AI for booking, room assignments, and even issue resolution, artificial intelligence can help hoteliers increase operational agility, allowing staff to focus on higher-value tasks. Can AI-powered smart thermostats deliver similar successes for hotels? Let’s look at smart thermostats in a hotel ecosystem and the possibilities for AI. What Smart Thermostats Can Already Do Without AI Smart thermostat technology has matured significantly over the last 15 years. Listening to industry feedback, makers of this tech have changed and improved it to enable a comfortable guest experience, easy front desk integration, and simplified management—in addition to significant energy savings. Smart thermostats [...]