Guestnet

Cologne's Digital Guest App: The Destination Experience—Right in Your Room

Cologne Tourism and Guestnet are joining forces: with Guestnet’s exclusive guest app solution, destination content is delivered exactly where guests truly need it – directly into their accommodation during their stay.

Voices on the Collaboration

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Regiondo
Munich
Seamless one-click booking — directly from the hotel room — creates a true win-win-win situation: hotels offer their guests a modern service, leisure providers gain an additional platform for 24/7 visibility, and guests can spontaneously turn their stay in Cologne into a real experience. It is precisely for these experiences that people visit a destination — and the Cologne Tourism web app brings all parties together in the best possible way.
David Moliterni
Teamlead Sales DACH, France & Italy, Regiondo
KölnTourismus
Cologne
With the digital in-room guest directory, Cologne Tourism is taking another step in the further development of digital tourism infrastructure while simultaneously supporting hoteliers in modern guest communication. The app is a concrete use case for structured data within the context of our digitalisation strategy.
Dr. Jürgen Amann
CEO KölnTourismus
Regiondo
Munich
Seamless one-click booking — directly from the hotel room — creates a true win-win-win situation: hotels offer their guests a modern service, leisure providers gain an additional platform for 24/7 visibility, and guests can spontaneously turn their stay in Cologne into a real experience. It is precisely for these experiences that people visit a destination — and the Cologne Tourism web app brings all parties together in the best possible way.
David Moliterni
Teamlead Sales DACH, France & Italy, Regiondo
KölnTourismus
Cologne
With the digital in-room guest directory, Cologne Tourism is taking another step in the further development of digital tourism infrastructure while simultaneously supporting hoteliers in modern guest communication. The app is a concrete use case for structured data within the context of our digitalisation strategy.
Dr. Jürgen Amann
CEO KölnTourismus

Why Cologne Tourism relies on Guestnet

Guests staying in Cologne’s hotels can now discover the city even more conveniently. With “VisitKöln – the digital guest directory”, a new web app is now available that brings together tourist information, bookable offers and up-to-date event listings. The Cologne Tourist Board is taking a pioneering role in developing a central digital guest directory for hotels and other accommodation providers. The platform combines Cologne Tourist Board’s data expertise with the innovative software technology of Guestnet. The app provides guests with quick and clear access to curated content related to their stay in Cologne – from city tours and experiences that can be booked directly in the app, to an event calendar listing what’s on in the city. Acting as a kind of digital tourist information centre, the app can be accessed anytime and anywhere on a smartphone or tablet by simply scanning a QR code.

Our mission is to place existing content exactly where it has the strongest impact on guests—while keeping the workload for hosts at zero.
Martin Tauber
CEO & Co-Founder of Guestnet

Free service enhancement for hotels

For Cologne’s hotel sector, the “VisitCologne – digital guest directory” offers a wide range of benefits. The application is easy to use and can be customised to match each hotel’s corporate design. Among the first hotels to use the new guest app are Die Wohngemeinschaft, Flandrischer Hof, Steigenberger Hotel, 25hours Hotel, and the three Cologne properties of A&O Hostels. Guests staying at these hotels can already take advantage of this new digital service and access information about Cologne quickly, clearly and conveniently on their mobile devices.

“Our goal was to create a digital solution that hotels can use effortlessly while providing guests with real added value.”
Katharina Weiß
Key Account Managerin KölnTourismus

How the process works

Setup & Customization

Your property’s guest app is activated and personalized with your logo and link. The content provided by Cologne Tourism is connected automatically.

Go-Live & Guest Access

Once you receive your login details, the guest app is ready to use immediately. Guests can access it conveniently via QR codes, Wi-Fi login, or a direct link—fully browser-based and without any download required.

Ongoing Updates

Cologne Tourism continuously maintains and updates all central destination content. Any changes appear in real time and are instantly visible to your guests.

You’re an accommodation provider and want to activate your personalized guest app?

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