Abstract: A compute device for use in checking in a guest at a hotel includes a touchscreen display device, an image capture device, a key management device, and circuitry configured to present a prompt for a guest to present a visual code indicative of authorization to check in to a hotel. The circuitry is also configured to receive an image of the visual code indicative of authorization to check in the guest to the hotel, determine, in response to receipt of the visual code, whether to provide one or more keys to the guest, and provide the one or more keys to the guest. The compute device is adapted to be supported above a floor of the hotel by a planar surface of a supporting structure.

Abstract: Technologies for enabling efficient check in operations for hotels include a compute device. The compute device includes circuitry configured to receive a request to check in a guest at a hotel without a human front desk operator present at the hotel. The circuitry is further configured to verify an identity of the guest, obtain payment, from the guest, for reservation of a room of the hotel and provide, to the guest and in response to obtaining payment for reservation of the room, a key to the room of the hotel.