How it works

From kickoff to live in 30 days. Then it just runs.

You hand us your property details. We design, build, and brand the guide. Your team gets three editor logins and stays in control. No app to download for guests. No new system to babysit for you. Just a quieter front desk and clearer arrivals — usually by week five.

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Live in hotels across Boston
30days

From kickoff call to live, branded, and in your guests' hands.

3logins

Editor accounts per property. Your team updates content directly.

0apps

Guests open it on their phone — no download, no login, no friction.

The three ways in

However your guests arrive – they're in.

QR, NFC, or a text link. Three ways to open the same guide. No app, no account, no learning curve. Pick what fits your property — most hotels use all three.

01 — Scan

QR code

Print it once, place it everywhere. In rooms, on key card sleeves, at the front desk, lobby, gym. Guests scan with their phone camera and the guide opens — no app, no setup. Best for in-room and on-property collateral.

02 — Tap

NFC tap

The fastest way in. Guests tap their phone to a key card, sticker, or in-room device — and the guide opens. No camera, no scanning, no thinking. Best for branded properties and premium touchpoints.

03 — Click

SMS link

A simple text. Sent before arrival, on check-in, or after checkout. Reaches guests anywhere — even before they land. Best for pre-arrival, confirmations, and post-stay follow-up.

Inside the guide

Everything a concierge would know.

Your full property organized into clean, tappable sections. No menus to dig through. No instructions to read. Tap a category, get the answer. That's the whole interaction.

Built around your hotel

What you see above is just an interpretation of the remote-style experience. Your guide carries your full look and feel, with custom sections tailored to your property. Ask to see live examples from other hotels, or request a custom demo built around yours.

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The 30-day build

Four weeks. Most of it handled for you.

From kickoff call to live, branded, and in your guests' hands. Your team spends a few hours, not a few weekends. Here's what happens, week by week.

Who does what
Your side
Our side
01
Week one

Kickoff & discovery

One call to align. We learn your property, your voice, your priorities.

30-min kickoff callWalk us through your property and team
Share brand assetsLogo, colors, fonts — or we match your site
Discovery worksheetWe send a single doc to capture content
Brand explorationType, color, and tone proposed for review
02
Week two

Content & structure

You fill the worksheet. We turn it into a working guide.

Return the worksheetWi-Fi, hours, IRD menu, the basics
Local picksRestaurants, neighborhood spots your team trusts
Build all 12 categoriesBranded, structured, ready for review
Connect messagingSMS or WhatsApp routes to your front desk
03
Week three

Review & refine

You see the live guide. We adjust until it feels right.

Walkthrough call30 min on a screen share, mark anything to change
Live preview linkTest it on your own phone, share with your team
Revisions and polishTone, photos, copy, layout — dialed in
Generate access toolsQR codes, NFC tags, SMS link — ready to deploy
04
Week four

Launch & train

Live to guests. Three editor logins to your team. We stay on call.

Place QR & NFC on-propertyRooms, lobby, key cards — wherever guests look
Editor training30 min for your team to learn the editor
Go liveGuide is reachable to every guest
Day-31 check-inReview usage data, refine anything that's off
Your team's total time

~3 hrs

Across the full 30 daysKickoff, worksheet, walkthrough, training
Everything else

On us.

Build, brand, copy, launchPlus check-ins after launch
Day 31 onward

Once it's live, it stays out of your way.

The guide doesn't need babysitting. Your team owns the content. We own the platform. You don't have to think about it until something genuinely changes — and even then, an update takes minutes.

i. Ownership

Three editor logins. Zero gatekeeping.

Every property gets three editor accounts — for your GM, AGM, and front office lead. Update menus, hours, recommendations, or policies the moment they change. No tickets. No waiting on us.

i.Most edits take under a minute — no training required after launch
ii. Maintenance

We host. We update. You don't.

Hosting, security, browser compatibility, performance — all on us. When phones get new operating systems or QR standards shift, your guide just keeps working. No IT calls. No surprise migrations.

ii.One flat monthly fee — covers hosting, support, and platform updates
iii. Support

A real person. On call.

Built by someone who's run an overnight shift. We answer when something matters — a launch event, a property rebrand, a seasonal menu refresh. You're not opening a ticket with a chatbot.

iii.Direct line to the founder — for as long as you're a partner
The steady state

The things that just keep working.

After launch, most properties go weeks without touching their guide. And when they do, it's because they want to — not because something broke.

i.Hosting & uptimeServers, SSL, performance, browser updatesAlways on
ii.PricingSame monthly rate, no surprise increasesLocked in
iii.Content editsHours, recommendations, menu items, policiesYour call
iv.Cancellation30 days notice. No questions, no penaltiesYour call
What guests experience

The technical stuff, handled. The human stuff, finally human.

Travel is exhausting. Most guests arrive overstimulated, jet-lagged, holding luggage — and the last thing they need is a checklist of operational details at the desk. When the guide carries the technical layer, every moment of the stay opens up into something better.

01
Pre-arrival

Arrival can begin before they arrive.

The guide opens on the train, on the way in. By the time they reach the lobby, they're already familiar with your hotel.

What opens upGuests arrive oriented, not anxious
02
Arrival

Check-in can stop feeling like one.

Wi-Fi, breakfast hours, parking, checkout policy — none of it has to land at the desk. The conversation can be about them.

What opens upA welcome, not a briefing
03
In room

Questions don't have to reach you.

Wi-Fi, thermostat, coffee machine, that one quirky shower — answered in ten seconds, without a call to the desk.

What opens upFriction stays out of the lobby
04
During stay

A real ask, without the call.

An 11pm tap for extra towels routes straight to your front desk by SMS. Fast, casual, human — even when the format is digital.

What opens upThey reach you, without imposing
05
Post-stay

The stay can keep going.

A coffee pick on the way to the airport. The link still in their messages months later. Your hotel travels with them.

What opens upThey leave still feeling welcomed
The shift

Your front desk used to read off a list. Now they get to actually meet someone.

The guide handles the operational layer — Wi-Fi, hours, policies, requests. Your team handles the human one. That's the trade.

For your guests

A welcome that wasn't possible before.

The technical answers are there the moment they're needed — without breaking the mood of being somewhere new. The welcome stays a welcome. Not an orientation.

For your team

The job they came here to do.

Your front desk gets to do the part of the work that drew them in — reading the person in front of them, anticipating what they need, making the first thirty seconds matter.

What's actually changed at the desk

The signals you'll start to notice.

Compass GXP isn't here to replace your team — it's here to extend it. An operational layer that works alongside the front desk so the people running it can focus on what matters most: the guest in front of them.

What operators notice
i. The phone

The Wi-Fi calls just stop coming.

The most-asked question at every front desk, captured once and answered forever. Within the first week, the volume noticeably drops.

ii. The lobby

Check-in stops feeling rushed.

When the operational details aren't on the desk's plate, the front office can actually look up — read the guest, slow down, do the part of the job they trained for.

iii. The shift change

Knowledge stops walking out the door.

When a manager leaves or a senior agent moves on, the institutional knowledge doesn't go with them. The guide is the SOP.

iv. New hires

Onboarding gets noticeably faster.

New front desk agents come up to speed in days instead of weeks. The guide is also their training material — the same thing the guest sees.

v. The 11pm hour

The late-night phone stays quiet.

Guest requests come in by SMS instead. The overnight team handles them in writing, on their own pace, without the disruption of a ringing phone.

vi. The repeat guest

The guide doesn't get deleted.

Because there's no app to uninstall, the link stays in their messages. Returning guests open the same guide on their next stay — already familiar.

From the founder

Marco

Founder, Compass Tech Labs

I built Compass GXP for the team I work alongside every shift. Eight-hour shifts. Long lines at the desk, the phone never stops, and somewhere in all of it is the guest standing in front of you who needs you to actually be there. Dashboards matter. Operations matter. But the heart of this job has always been the person in front of you. Compass GXP is an extension of the team — it carries the repeating pieces so we can give that person the attention they came for.

Currently in use

Live across the Boston market.

From major branded chains to independent boutique hotels — each property running their own version, in their own voice.

Hotel names available on request during a demo conversation.

Common questions

The questions most operators ask first.

After a few demo calls, the same questions tend to come up. Here are the answers worth knowing before yours.

1

How does this work if we manage multiple properties?

Each property gets its own branded guide — separate content, separate look, separate editor logins. Nothing gets mixed. A guest at one of your hotels never sees content from another.

For management companies and small portfolios, we offer bundle pricing for groups of three or five properties, and we'll roll out properties in waves so your team isn't onboarding everything at once. Most multi-property rollouts complete in 60 to 90 days, depending on portfolio size.

2

Who owns the content if we ever leave?

You do. Every word you put into the guide — recommendations, policies, descriptions, local picks — belongs to your property.

If you ever decide to move on, we'll provide a clean export of your content in standard formats. No hostage-taking, no extraction fees. The relationship works because we earn the renewal each month — not because you're locked in.

3

Will corporate let us do this?

In most cases, yes. Compass GXP is a property-level guest experience tool — it sits alongside (not on top of) your brand's required systems and apps. We've worked with properties under several major flags and have been able to align with their brand standards.

The guide adopts your brand colors, type, and voice — and where corporate has specific requirements (legal language, accessibility standards, mandatory disclosures), we build them in. Most corporate offices see this as an enhancement, not a conflict.

On the demo call, bring the brand requirements you're worried about. We'll walk through them together.

4

What happens when our menu, hours, or amenities change?

Your team updates it directly. Each property gets three editor logins for your GM, AGM, and front office lead — and most edits take under a minute. Change a price, mark an item 86'd, update breakfast hours, swap a dining recommendation. Live the moment you save.

For larger changes — a property rebrand, a seasonal menu refresh, a new amenity launch — our team is on call to help shape the content with you.

5

What does this actually cost?

Two parts: a one-time setup fee for the build (design, content structure, brand integration), and a monthly hosting and service fee that covers the platform, support, and updates. Cancel with 30 days' notice — no long-term contracts.

Pricing depends on property size, portfolio scale, and a few customization specifics — so we don't publish numbers publicly. Most properties find the monthly cost lower than they'd expect for what they're getting. We'll give you an exact quote on the demo call, and bundle pricing applies for three or five properties.

6

What if it doesn't work for us?

30 days' notice and we wind it down cleanly. No long-term lock-in, no early termination fees, no contractual hostage situations. We've designed the relationship that way deliberately — it keeps us focused on earning the renewal every month rather than relying on a contract.

In practice, most properties find their footing within the first 30–60 days and the conversation quickly shifts to what else we can build into the guide, not whether to keep it.

Still have questions?

The fastest way to get specific answers is a 15-minute demo call.

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Ready when you are

Enhance your guest experience.

See your own property in a Compass GXP guide on a 15-minute demo. No long setup, no commitment — just a real walk-through with the founder, built around your operational reality.

What to expect15 minutes, founder-ledA real walk-through — not a slideshow. We'll mock up a guide for your property live on the call.
No prep neededBring your operational questionsMulti-property, brand standards, content workflow — anything specific to your situation.
After the callA clean quote, that's itTailored to your property and portfolio. No follow-up sequence, no pressure.