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1 Invisible door lock
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Hotel security is an issue that often rears its head for all the wrong reasons. Hoteliers are left with the challenge of making hotel stays safe without turning the hotel into a fortified prison.
But a breakthrough of the positive kind has been made by VingCard Elsafe, the company behind the world’s first invisible door lock —Essence by VingCard.
This new concept in locking design and technology takes minimalism to the extreme, eliminating all lock hardware on the door by encasing electronic components inside the door itself.
Interior electronics include Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Near Field Communication (NFC) compatible locking technologies.
ASSA Abloy Hospitality president Tim Shea said: “Essence by VingCard represents another giant leap forward in hotel design and technology.
It not only makes the lock disappear from the hotel door, resolving design challenges for savvy, design-conscious hoteliers, but it also minimises a variety of operational issues, such as integration, installation and maintenance.”
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Feb 5, 2013 , Singapore
Hi Dilip, i thought your comment was pretty interesting. I agree with you that hotels needs to start implementing more tools and technology to improve guest satisfaction. Also, Thanks for the tip on the Geteco tool you mentioned in your comment. I just visited their website and I must add that it...
Jan 23, 2013 , Singapore
An interesting read. Hotels consider guest satisfaction as one of the most important aspects within the hotel industry. There have been an emergence of tools and gadgets that have come up in recent times for hotels to use to better equip themselves for improving guest satisfaction levels. Being i...