Technology Security
New System Links Cell Phones, Lock Systems
The long-held- promise of mobile technology linking with guestroom lock systems may finally be coming to fruition. At last fall's International Hotel/Motel...
Tech Handbook 2009
There's a lot of uncertainty as to what to expect at this month's Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition & Conference. This year's edition of HITEC,...
Tech Keeps MTM on Top
MTM Luxury Lodging the management company for Hotel 1000 in Seattle and six other boutique properties uses technology to offer a first-rate guest experience....
Shining a light on PCI Data Security Standards
Last October, the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) released version 1.2 of the PCI Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). The update includes feedback...
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CLEANING TREATMENT The PURE Program from PURE Solutions offers guests a breath of fresh air. The comprehensive process treats every surface, and the air,...
A Case for Forensic Accounting
As hotel operators and asset managers, Dakota Ridge has dealt with numerous property losses and business-interruption claims, but never a loss as large,...
Tech Bytes
The aloft Montreal Airport in Dorval, Quebec installed Sentinel Advanced (41) digital in-room safes from Elsafe in its 136 guestroomsIn addition, Timelox...
The Value Proposition of Safes
High-speed Internet access has become the must-have amenity for lodging operators who hope to capture their share of the business traveler market. And,...
Tech Bytes
Newmarket International, Inc., a sales and catering-solutions company in Portsmouth, NH, is moving into a new LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental...
Worldwide Solutions From Amerisafe Industries
Founded in 1992, but not brought to its pinnacle until Vice President Ignacio Edenburg took over the company in 2000, Amerisafe Industries provides one-stop...
EVOLUTION OF THE E-LOCK
In the late 1970s, hotel lock suppliers and hotel operators introduced mechanical card locks, making it easier to re-key a guestroom lock. The lodging...
Can't Touch This
Remember when travelers would dress up to board trains, planes or ships headed for destinations across the globe? They would check in at the front desks...
SAFETY FIRST AT KEY WEST DOUBLETREE
Arecent carbon monoxide poisoning fatality at a Key West hotel has led to state legislation likely to make all Florida hotels safer. In addition, the...
A GUIDE TO RFID
Radio frequency identification technology is being touted as the successor to magnetic stripe cards and locks in hospitality. Definitions of terms involved...
