Systems and methods for customizing hotel, timeshare, and rental property guest experiences, and conserving resources and utilities using internet of things devices and location tracking augmented with contextual awareness

A method of reducing energy consumption in a hotel room, comprising the steps of:

• configuring a control module disposed within the hotel room to wirelessly communicate with:
• i) one of a remote thermostat module disposed within the room and configured to communicate wirelessly to an HVAC relay, and a thermostat located within the hotel room;
• and
• ii) a mobile app operating on a mobile device carried by the guest;
• using the mobile app, obtaining consent from the guest to track the guest's location;
• using the mobile app, setting the thermostat to a first temperature value in response to determining that the guest has left the hotel room;
• using the mobile app, maintaining the thermostat at the first temperature value for so long as the guest is at least a predetermined distance away from the hotel room;
• and
• using the mobile app, setting the thermostat to a second temperature value in response to determining that the guest is traveling back to the hotel room.

A system for customizing a hotel room guest experience, comprising:

• an in-room PaaS IOT network control module configured to control a plurality of IOT connected room devices including at least one of a thermostat, a light, and a door lock;
• an enterprise server with API configured to communicate with the IOT network control module;
• and
• a hotel server configured to communicate with the enterprise server such that the enterprise server controls the transmission of data between the IOT network control module and the hotel server;
• wherein the enterprise server is configured to receive guest profile data from the hotel server, and to cause the IOT network control module to adjust at least one of the thermostat and door lock based on the tracking data and the guest profile data.