{"id":11607,"date":"2014-06-06T12:16:27","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T11:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogdestinia.com\/?p=11607"},"modified":"2017-06-19T15:28:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T13:28:40","slug":"destinia-receives-the-first-hotel-reservation-made-by-google-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/destinianews.com\/en\/destinia-receives-the-first-hotel-reservation-made-by-google-glass","title":{"rendered":"Destinia receives the first hotel reservation made by Google Glass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DjrYk6Cj8JA\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rodney Loges, from Occoquan, Virginia, has become the first traveler in the world to reserve a hotel room using the Google Glass. The businessman is the first client of <em>Hotel Near Me<\/em>, the edge-cutting app developed by <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/destinia.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Destinia.com<\/strong> <\/span><\/a><\/span>to search for and reserve a hotel. Loges booked a room at the <em>Holiday Inn<\/em> in Woodbridge (Virginia) for 142 dollars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI needed to reserve a hotel nearby for some investors coming to visit me, and I was surprised how easy it was, literally in the blink of an eye\u201d said Loges, founder of the financing company One Degree Capital and confessed geek.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Rodney Loges is the first person in the world to book a hotel using wearable technology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The <em>Hotel Near Me<\/em> app is aimed at tech savvy frequent travelers<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hotelnearme.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Hotel Near Me<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/a> is the first application in the world for booking hotels through Google Glass. The app has only just been released on the website <a href=\"http:\/\/hotelnearme.com\">http:\/\/hotelnearme.com<\/a>. Users can find the closest hotels to their GPS position, see photos and hotel information, filter by price and then book the hotel. The app can show a map of how to get to the hotel and give directions right up to the front door. The user can control the app either by swiping and tapping on the Google Glass or else by using voice commands such as \u201cbook hotel\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Google Glass became available to the public on May 15<sup>th<\/sup> at a price of $1,500 while the <em>Hotel Near Me<\/em> app is completely free.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were thrilled to already get the first reservation\u201d, said <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Amuda Goueli, CEO of<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Destinia.com.<\/strong><\/span> \u201cThe wearable technology market is set to grow exponentially over the next few years and we aim to lead the travel sector in developing technology for it\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Destinia<\/strong> <\/span>plans to add more functionality to the app, and is also developing an international version with multiple languages and currencies for the Android and iOS platforms on smartphones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rodney Loges, from Occoquan, Virginia, has become the first traveler in the world to reserve a hotel room using the Google Glass. 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