https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbqk4x/amazon-echo-alexa-hotel-room > S. A. Applin, Ph.D. is an anthropologist whose research explores the domains of human agency, algorithms, AI, and automation in the context of social systems and sociability. You can find more @anthropunk. > This week Amazon introduced “Alexa for Hospitality.” Amazon and its hotel partners will outfit hotel rooms with Amazon Alexa-enabled Echo, Echo Plus, and Echo Dot devices, which customers can use during their stays. Marriott has signed up as a launch partner, and soon, hotel customers will be able to connect to their own Amazon account “allowing them to call personal contacts, play their favorite music, and listen to Audible audiobooks.”