LANGHAM HOTELS INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHES FIRST VOICE-ENABLED HOTEL IPHONE APP
No Need to Dial Zero with New Langham Touch iPhone App

18 December, 2009

Langham Hotels International has launched Langham Touch – the world’s first hotel iPhone app that offers voice-enabled travel phrases, ensuring the guest will never get lost in a city where there’s a Langham property.

The voice-enabled phrases which include directions to the hotel from virtually anywhere in the city and simple phrases form part of a suite of services that can be accessed at the touch of a screen – allowing users to see and hear the phrases in the city’s local language. If all that fails, then there’s a hotline to the local Langham property.

Langham Touch is an all-in-one app that enables the guest to search and view all vital location information without going online which will save heavy international roaming charges.

The app includes a mini-city guide and includes recommendations to cultural must-do insider tips including attractions, restaurants and bars.

Members of the 1865 loyalty programme can also check their membership account details and update their personal information.

The iPhone app also includes hotlines for room reservations via convenient toll-free lines, essential hotel information, as well as the ability to order room service, ask for a wake up call and make restaurant reservations.

Bob van den Oord, Vice President – Sales & Marketing said: “With Langham Touch, guests will find another innovative way to manage their stay with us from pre-arrival to departure. From the voice-enabled dialogue and city guides through to wake up calls and checking 1865 points, we’ve created an app that’s easy to use, and relevant to today’s business traveller.”

Langham Touch is compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch.
Download it at langhamhotels.com/apple or find us in the Apple app store.

About Langham Hotels International & Its Affiliates

Langham has a legendary hotel heritage dating back to 1865 when The Langham in London originally opened as Europe’s first Grand Hotel. For over 140 years, this flagship hotel has been at the forefront of sophisticated and gracious hospitality. Today, all Langham Hotels worldwide inherit the same philosophy that reflects elegance in design, innovation in hospitality, genuine service and captivation of the senses creating a truly unique hotel experience.

The group is pursuing an aggressive portfolio growth strategy using its distinctive brands and affiliate – The Langham, Langham Place and Eaton. Currently 14 hotels, including affiliates, are open or in the pipeline across four continents.

The Langham is where guests can enjoy service with poise and be enchanted by our innovation and traditions while Langham Place, the fun sibling of The Langham, is about living the 21st century through design, technology and attitude, epitomising stimulating and artistic hospitality.

Eaton, a premium four-star affiliate property, aims to surprise and delight our guests with a value-for-money proposition that delivers a stylish, modern level of comfort with spirited, can-do service.

Langham Hotels International is a wholly-owned company of Great Eagle Holdings (Stock Code: 0041) which was founded in 1963 and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1972.

Reservations for Langham hotels can be made by logging onto langhamhotels.comor eatonhotels.com.