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The Hospitality Specification
| Requirement | Why it matters for hotels |
|---|---|
| 7kW per socket | Full charge overnight for every guest, no queue management |
| Contactless payment or simple app start | Guests arrive late and tired, friction becomes a review |
| Guest and public tariff groups | Guests on one rate, out of hours public sessions on another, staff free |
| Sealed, impact rated enclosure | Car park life, unsupervised overnight |
| Back office with payouts | Monthly statement and settlement, nobody at reception takes money |
| OZEV approved hardware | Grant funding requires it |
Dual socket pedestals suit open car parks, one trench serving two bays. Wall units suit parking against the building. Most hotel sites mix both, and lighting placement matters more here than anywhere, guests use these in the dark.
What About Brand and Looks
Hospitality sites care how the car park photographs, fairly. Commercial pedestals now come clean enough for a boutique frontage, and signage does the branding work better than the charger shell. What we steer clients away from is domestic hardware dressed up for commercial duty, the payment, tariff and reporting layer is the difference, and it is exactly the layer guests touch.
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The Software Is the Product
The platform sets guest tariffs, opens sockets to the public on your schedule, feeds Zapmap, and pays you monthly. It is also what the front desk sees when a guest needs help, a live view of every socket. We configure the whole layer at handover and train the desk in twenty minutes, because the best charger is the one nobody has to think about.
