高大上 美国有家用微信控制的酒店

 　　On the sidelines of CES in Las Vegas, Ceasars Entertainment partnered up with WeChat to give tours of new smart hotel rooms at The LINQ, a local hotel and casino. Visitors could use an app inside WeChat to control lighting¹, thermostats², and curtains.

　　在拉斯维加斯举行的CES消费电子展上，凯撒娱乐公司与中国腾讯通过合作，在当地的赌场酒店The LINQ打造了多间全智能客房。顾客可以使用微信来控制房间的灯光、恒温器和窗帘等。

　　The connected suites³ will be the first of many such hotel rooms from Ceasars catering⁴ to overseas Chinese. After arriving at the room, they just need to scan a QR code to get the app. The app, which operates as a WeChat official account, was developed by Silicon⁵ Valley-based Ayla Networks.

　　智能客房是凯撒娱乐集团为了迎合中国游客做出的举动之一。到店之后，顾客只需扫描酒店的二维码便可以添加凯撒娱乐集团的公众号，从而进行各种操作。这个公众号由硅谷的Ayla网络公司开发。

　　In 2013, 300,000 visitors from Hong Kong and China travelled to Las Vegas, nearly doubling in the last two years. Ceasars said in a statement:

　　2013年，有超过30万名来自于香港和中国大陆的游客前去拉斯维加斯旅行，这一数据在过去的两年里翻了一番。凯撒娱乐集团在一份声明中表示：

　　“Collaborating with leading companies like Ayla and WeChat helps make our customers feel even more at home when they can interact in our resorts using technology and apps like WeChat that they use daily.”

　　“通过与业界顶级公司如Ayla和微信合作，可以让我们的客户通过他们每天使用的微信更好地与酒店互动，从而获得宾至如归的感受。”

　　Ceasars operates 50 casinos across the US and four other countries.

　　凯撒集团在美国和另外四个国家运营着50家赌场。

　　The collaboration⁶ with Ceasars is one of many projects WeChat is using to study foreign markets outside of China for new opportunities. “We aim to build up an ecosystem⁷ for merchants to leverage⁸ on WeChat to implement⁹ O2O strategies and projects. The Casears hotel project is one of partners we are working with,” Tencent spokesperson Limin Chen said. “Other projects that connect WeChat to the offline world include Easy Taxi official account implementation¹⁰ in Asia, Zalora project in Asia, and YOOX shopping accounts in the US, Italy, and China.”

　　与凯撒集团合作是微信开发海外市场的众多项目之一。腾讯发言人表示：“我们将打造一个生态系统，让商家提高微信在O2O战略中的地位。其他项目还包括在亚洲与Easy Taxi打车服务以及Zalora网购服务合作，以及在美国、意大利和中国与YOOX购物账号合作等。”

1 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

2 thermostats   

n.恒温（调节）器( thermostat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This is the basic operating principle of many thermostats. 这是许多恒温箱的基本工作原理。 来自辞典例句
• Thermostats can be used to regulate the temperature of a room. 恒温器可用来调节室内温度。 来自辞典例句

3 suites   

n.套( suite的名词复数 )；一套房间；一套家具；一套公寓

参考例句：

• First he called upon all the Foreign Ministers in their hotel suites. 他首先到所有外交部长住的旅馆套间去拜访。 来自辞典例句
• All four doors to the two reserved suites were open. 预定的两个套房的四扇门都敞开着。 来自辞典例句

4 catering   

n. 给养

参考例句：

• Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。
• Who did the catering for your son's wedding? 你儿子的婚宴是由谁承办的？

5 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。

6 collaboration   

n.合作，协作；勾结

参考例句：

• The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
• He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。

7 ecosystem   

n.生态系统

参考例句：

• This destroyed the ecosystem of the island.这样破坏了岛上的生态系统。
• We all have an interest in maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem.维持生态系统的完整是我们共同的利益。

8 leverage   

n.力量，影响；杠杆作用，杠杆的力量

参考例句：

• We'll have to use leverage to move this huge rock.我们不得不借助杠杆之力来移动这块巨石。
• He failed in the project because he could gain no leverage. 因为他没有影响力，他的计划失败了。

9 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

10 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。