If your idea of a vacation is disconnecting from all things electronic, escaping email inboxes and seeking the solace of remote living, the@SolWaveHouse is not somewhere you want to book this August.
The resort – which opened a year ago on the Magaluf Beach of Majorca, one of Spain’s Mediterranean Islands – has been dubbed the world’s first Twitter hotel, complete with Twitter-themed rooms decked out in blue and white decor to match the social network’s iconic color scheme. It’s a haven for users who wish to take their offline activities online with a lifestyle fully based around hashtags, @mentions and networking.
Visitors can check-in, find out about events, order room service and get exclusive deals using dedicated hashtags. Is your fridge empty? Simply tweet to the hotel using hashtag #FillMyFridge. The social media destination even has Twitter-themed parties and offers Twitter-themed drinks like the blue mojito.
The @SolWaveHouse claims to harness the power of social media’s immediacy as a way to enhance its overall hotel experience, and the real-time factor is completely utilized.
Guests can tweet each other by logging onto Twitter via a special web app available only through the hotel’s Wi-Fi. Once inside their hub, you can share pictures, send private messages, see who’s online, find out where other visitors are staying inside the hotel and send virtual kisses to flirt.
Sol Wave House’s social media director Marco Fantón told TIME, “He sees the community as a fun and interactive extension of what guests are already doing on their vacations — showing off their trip using social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.”
To see a full list of Sol Wave’s amenities, be sure to check out the hotel’s website.
Source: TIME
