Carrier Global Corporation has announced a partnership with Marriott International to enable more sustainable buildings, improve the customer experience, shorten construction time and reduce construction costs.
The two companies will explore the development of new technologies to improve areas including the in-room environment and hotel construction.
Carrier will join forces with the Marriott Design Lab to develop advances such as optimized building systems for modular construction and IoT-connected hotels for an improved guest experience.
Senior vice president of Carrier’s building solutions group, Rajan Goel, said Carrier will establish a dedicated collaboration team to innovate based on a multi-year agreement that demonstrates a shared commitment to sustainable building practices and improving the guest experience.
"Carrier has long pioneered disruptive new technologies in collaboration with our customers and we are excited to work with Marriott as a natural step in that journey,” he said.
“We will leverage Carrier's innovation capabilities to create differentiated healthier, safer, sustainable and intelligent solutions for the hospitality industry."
Senior vice president of global design strategies at Marriott International, Jeff Voris, said the collaboration with Marriott will also focus on how the construction of hotels can be streamlined to reduce cost, drive energy efficiency and shorten construction times.
"We are thrilled to work with Carrier, a leading innovator in sustainable building solutions, as we look to ways to enhance the travel experience for hotel guests, owners and employees across the industry,” Voris said.
“The Marriott Design Lab is a Research and Development Lab working at the leading edge of design and innovation. “