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Are Your Hotels Ready to Meet Panic Button Requirements Why are Hotel Panic Buttons Important? Hotel employees are often required to work alone and to work overnight, as a result they are more likely to be subjected to harassment and violence.  Employees who work in...

How Can Hotels Offer Guests the Best WIFI Experience? Guests have different expectations from their hotel’s Wi-Fi network, guests that are traveling for business need to stay in touch with team members and will require features like video conferencing.  Other guests...

Can Digital Tipping Help Hotels to Retain Employees? More people are opting to travel with credit and debit cards and as a result, the number of tips that guests would normally leave hotel employees has reduced.  Hotels can invest in a digital tipping solution that...

Why Hotels Should be Investing in Guest Messaging More hotels and businesses are using messaging applications to interact with customers, text messaging has a 98% open rate, 90% of texts are read within the first 90 seconds.  Many hotels are using guest messaging as a...

5 New Tech Trends at HITEC 2022 A new study conducted by Oracle Hospitality and Skift shows that travelers want a high-tech and contactless hotel experience, 73% of travelers were more likely to stay at hotels that offered self-service technology.  73% wanted to use...

Why Hotels Should be Paying Attention at HITEC 2022 Hotels are required to provide employees with panic button devices/employee safety devices in order to comply with city and state legislations, union requirements and to meet brand standards as a part of the AHLA’s...

Hotels Should Invest in Voice Control Technology Hospitality Technology’s 2022 Lodging Technology Study ranked the top emerging hotel technologies and contactless payments, voice enabled devices and artificial intelligence all ranked as the most important emerging...

The Use of Digital Solutions is on the Rise The Hotelier Technology Sentiment Report conducted by Stayntouch and NYU found that the use of contactless technologies, such as self-service check-in, mobile key, in room technology and digital payments increased...

What is Structured Cabling and Why is it Important? A structured cabling system or a low voltage system, is a complete system of cabling and hardware, that is essential to the performance and maintenance of your network.  Structured cabling provides a comprehensive...

Why Hotels Should Invest in Mobile Apps Americans are becoming increasingly connected to the world via their smart phones and mobile devices.  According to a survey conducted by Pew Research Center, smart phone ownership has increased significantly, in 2011 only 35%...

Hotels Should Run Not Walk to Invest In Panic Buttons The pandemic has exacerbated safety concerns as hotels are operating with fewer staff and more staff members are required to work alone, which has the potential to further contribute to an unsafe environment. ...

Enhance the Guest Room Experience with Smartphone Controlled TVs Travelers have the expectation that guest rooms are equipped with the latest hotel technology, and they also want greater control of their guest room experience with a variety of in-room entertainment...