A thirsty guest approaches a smart cooler in a hotel lobby. After choosing their payment method, the door unlocks. They grab a few items, close the door, and walk away. The payment is completed automatically - no scanning, no checkout screens, just grab, go, and get on with their day.
The guest gets what they need. And the hotel? It just unlocked a new revenue stream—without adding staff or complexity.
Available through Impulsify as part of our expanded partnership with 365 Retail Markets, the PicoCooler Vision is an innovative retail solution perfect for hotels, apartment communities, and high-traffic venues. It uses automatic product recognition to create a secure and accurate grab-and-go shopping experience, eliminating common vending friction points and making transactions faster and easier for guests and residents.
A combination of computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI) ensures that consumers are charged for exactly what they take from the smart cooler. There is no need to scan or vend the items, allowing consumers to freely pick items from the shelves as they would in a traditional store. Computer vision tracks the items selected and automatically charges the cashless payment method used to unlock PicoCooler Vision, resulting in a true grab-and-go shopping experience.
Customers can quickly and effortlessly enjoy their items with the following streamlined process
PicoCooler Vision’s sleek design and compact footprint means it can fit virtually anywhere — lobbies, fitness areas, guest floors, and more. Its adjustable shelves offer a wider variety of refrigerated snack choices, letting you stock in-demand items in high-traffic common spaces. With increased retail options available, fresh food and beverages can be merchandised together in a secure, self-contained smart cooler.
An exciting option for hotels with on-site restaurants is to package their own food to sell from the PicoCooler Vision as grab-and-go items for guests. Packaged sandwiches, salads, and more can be sold directly from the smart cooler as an alternative to food items from outside vendors.
With adjustable day/time and age verification settings, it’s easy to securely stock and sell items like cold food, sports drinks, and even alcohol according to the property’s needs. If the cooler is stocked with alcohol, age verification is handled through a simple integration with CLEAR. Customers can scan the QR code on the Pico device to complete age verification quickly and securely.
In addition to using a debit or credit card or the 365Pay app, hotel guests have the option to charge purchases directly to their room. PicoCooler Vision connects to your Hotel PMS, verifying guest credentials and automatically adding charges to the guest’s folio.
To meet demands for increased engagement in the modern retail landscape, operators can offer special promotions tailored to residents and other repeat customers. Seasonal deals, promotions, and other customizable offers can be advertised on the app. Once alerted, app users can then capitalize on those opportunities. Alternatively, they can use collected rewards points to make purchases.
Using ImpulsePoint, Impulsify’s retail management system, operators and managers are also able to create bundles or promos for retail items. From encouraging sales for bulk items, or bundling multiple items together in a discounted offering, operators can simply explore strategic sales options.
PicoCooler Vision brings together secure access, flexible merchandising, and a seamless checkout-free experience in a single self-contained storefront. It’s designed to satisfy today’s convenience-driven consumers while increasing transaction sizes without compromising security.
Ready to modernize your lobby or amenity space with a secure, self-service cooler? Contact us to see how PicoCooler Vision can increase guest satisfaction and drive incremental revenue—without adding operational complexity.