2018.04.03
“TATERU bnb” App-based IoT Minpaku Management Starts Developing IoT Minpaku Apartments No.4, No.5!TATERU, Inc. (head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; representative director/CEO: Daisaku Furuki; securities identification code: 1435; “the company”) and its subsidiary TATERU bnb, Inc. (representative director: Takatoshi Ogi; “TATERU bnb”) announce the development of IoT Minpaku Apartments No.4 and No.5.
IoT Minpaku Apartments No.4, No.5
TATERU bnb delivers a broad range of IoT-based Minpaku management services including developing and operating App-based IoT Minpaku management “TATERU bnb” and developing and renting “bnb kit” (SMART KEY, SMART CHECK-IN PAD, TRIP PHONE).
The group will start developing IoT Minpaku Apartments No.4 and No.5 featuring “bnb kit”. The apartments are scheduled to open this summer.
IoT Minpaku Apartment No.4
| Name: | TATERU bnb TAKASAGO A |
| Location: | Takasago, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi |
| Property: | 1 wooden building (4 rooms) |
| Room space: | 21.87 square meters or larger |
| # of guests: | 4 persons per room |
| Opening: | Summer 2018 (schedule) |
| Room rates: | Average 13,000 yen (excluding tax)*3,250 yen/person and higher when four persons in the room. Rates vary by time of year. |
IoT Minpaku Apartment No.5
| Name: | TATERU bnb TAKASAGO B |
| Location: | Takasago, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi |
| Property: | 1 wooden building (4 rooms) |
| Room space: | 22.03 square meters or larger |
| # of guests: | 4 persons per room |
| Opening: | Summer 2018 (schedule) |
| Room rates: | Average 13,000 yen (excluding tax) *3,250 yen/person and higher when four persons in the room. Rates vary by time of year. |
About IoT Minpaku Apartment TATERU bnb
IoT Minpaku Apartments TATERU bnb designed by TATERU bnb are the new form of minpaku facilities addressing the FIT* needs. FIT, an increasingly popular travel style, represents the tendency of travelers to minimize moving and accommodation expenses and focus on experience-based services such as food and sightseeing. These facilities accommodate four persons per room, reducing accommodation cost per person and enabling more flexible trip planning. TRIP PHONE, a rental IoT device for guests, allows comfortable FIT experience including restaurant booking, public transport information, and sightseeing information through chat-based concierge anytime and anywhere around the clock.
* FIT (foreign independent tour) is a style of travel without involving group or packaged trips.
About bnb kit
IoT Minpaku Apartments “TATERU bnb” designed by TATERU bnb are the new form of Minpaku facilities addressing the FIT* needs. FIT, an increasingly popular travel style, represents the tendency of travelers to minimize moving and accommodation expenses and focus on experience-based services such as food and sightseeing. These facilities accommodate four persons per room, reducing accommodation cost per person and enabling more flexible trip planning. “TRIP PHONE,” a rental IoT device for guests, allows comfortable FIT experience including restaurant booking, public transport information, and sightseeing information through chat-based concierge anytime and anywhere around the clock.
* FIT (foreign independent tour) is a style of travel without involving group or packaged trips.
◯ About “bnb kit”
“bnb kit” utilizes IoT to minimize the cost of Minpaku operation and enable more efficient facility management. Providing guests with services using IoT, facilities can improve the satisfaction levels of guests and differentiate themselves from other facilities. Minpaku facilities are equipped with “bnb kit” consisting of “SMART KEY”, which supports four unlocking methods, “SMART CHECK-IN PAD” for obtaining guest information and checking them in on a tablet, and “TRIP PHONE” IoT device for travelers.
Featuring cutting-edge IoT devices, TATERU bnb’s minpaku facilities use IoT devices in diverse scenarios to enable smooth Minpaku facility operation. Besides, “TRIP Concierge” provides guests with comfortable travel environment around the clock in multiple languages, through free “TRIP PHONE” rental, to meet the diverse requests of guests during their stay such as recommending and booking nearby restaurants and bars, providing public transport information, and reserving a taxi.
TATERU bnb is committed to providing domestic and international travelers with safe and secure accommodation services and comfortable travel environment. In addition, it will also develop and offer new solutions of big-data-oriented IoT Minpaku management, based on databases accumulated through “bnb kit”.
