Daly Seven will provide electric vehicle charging stations across its portfolio of 42 properties in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia via an enterprise deal with EVPassport.
Daly Seven is a hotel operator and asset manager by Hilton Hotel Corporation, Marriott International, Hyatt, InterContinental Hotels Group, and Best Western Hotels & Resorts. Under this deal, Daly Seven properties will have access to EVPassport’s innovative and reliable hardware, exclusive cloud-based software, and connected infrastructure technology through the EVPassport infrastructure-as-a-service platform.
"More hotel guests are driving electric vehicles today than ever before and looking for hotels that provide a seamless, reliable charging experience,” Hooman Shahidi, co-founder and CEO of EVPassport, said in a statement. “Through our enterprise partnership with Daly Seven, hotels can deliver a superior EV charging experience that drives guest satisfaction and engagement, operational efficiency, and ancillary income opportunities while further sustainability. We’re proud to support Daly Seven in this critical era of technological advancement.”
“Today's environmentally conscious travelers expect hotels to provide sustainable options, such as convenient EV charging,” Daly Seven CEO Joe Daly said. “EVPassport’s trusted charging solutions empower our hotel properties to reaffirm their commitment to providing a premier guest experience through delivering a convenient, reliable charging experience to guests. Together with EVPassport, we are proud to drive innovation and advance sustainability across the hospitality space, ensuring better outcomes for guests and hotels alike.”
According to a recent study by MIT researchers, hotels and businesses within about 300 feet of an EV charging station see sales increase compared to similar businesses that don't have a charger nearby. That adds to several hundred dollars of extra revenue at each store annually.