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The future of hotel technology will be presented at a special show in Dubai this year.

Between 8 and 10 June, the Hotel Show 2008 will take place at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre and will explore the latest technologies designed to provide hotel guests with the maximum comfort and convenience, Trade Arabia reports.

Maggie Moore, the director of the exhibition, said that modern hotels have a responsibility to provide support for the electronic gadgets that many guests bring with them.

'With the proliferation of mobile devices, personal digital assistants, portable DVD players, mp3 players and smartphones, hotel guests often arrive with all the technology they need,' she said.

'The question is, are all hotels keeping up with their guests' expectations with in-room facilities as well as adequate back office technology?'

Ms Moore said that, by providing technological support – such as universal adapters to enable guests to plug in mobile devices and docking bays for smartphones and pocket devices – hotels can feel like a home away from home.

Electronics company Samsung is currently manufacturing customised 70-inch LCD screens that will be used at the Burj Dubai, the skyscraper that is expected to be the world's tallest man-made structure when it is finished later this year.

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