Some Holiday Inn locations will soon begin using the OpenWays door system. This means that guests will be offered the option of having a unique melody sent to their smartphones and playing that to open doors instead of swiping keycards.
The OpenWays system is explained as being as secure as a traditional keycard system and sounds pretty simple to use:
The technology sends an encrypted, unique audio code to a guest’s phone prior to check-in. When played back outside the guestroom, the signal unlocks the door, letting the guest skip the front desk-guests would also receive a text message with their room assignments-while also eliminating the need for keycards.
The first hotels to test the technology will be the Holiday Inn Chicago O’ Hare Rosemont and the Holiday Inn Express Houston Downtown Convention Centre. [Hotel Musings via USA Today]
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Anon
Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 11:41 PMBesides the fact that it lets you skip check-in, this would make getting into your room a far lengthier task. Especially considering the ‘smart phone’ that most people are using these days has to drop whatever it’s doing before it can do something else, like play a melody.
I think I’ll keep using my key/card thanks.