Between the increase of gun violence in the U.S. to the spread of the #METOO movement, todays #1 concern for hotel operators is the safety of their guests and employees.
TraknProtect, a TSI portfolio company is making a splash on the hotel scene, as hotels ramp up on-property safety protocols. Panic buttons for hotels, are becoming a must have as union and government mandates spread and as hotel management considers how technology can help keep their employees, guests, and properties safe and secure. For many hotels in larger urban areas, ordinances, laws, and union contracts are requiring panic button implementation as a part of a larger push for employee safety.
UNITE HERE Local 1, a hotel workers union, in Las Vegas sums it up this way, “there is an inherent power imbalance between a man who can pay hundreds of dollars for a hotel room and the woman who cleans that room. When a guest sexually harasses or assaults a hotel worker, it happens in the absence of surveillance cameras or witnesses.”
A second hotel workers union in Las Vegas, representing tens of thousands of hotel employees plans to ask for panic buttons in negotiations for new contracts due in May 2018.
TraknProtect is the only hospitality-focused platform that provides compliant panic buttons with exact real-time location alerts at an affordable price.
How It Works
TraknProtect uses a hardware-software combined panic button solution. TraknProtect panic buttons use BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) Beacons. BLE Beacon panic button solutions offer the most robust features for hotels, while significantly less expensive than active RFID and Ultrasonic Beacons.
BLE panic button solutions use Bluetooth technology to communicate with the employee panic button. When a panic button is deployed, it communicates the employee location and can follow the employee if she moves or flees in an emergency, see screenshot below.
By using WiFi and Bluetooth, hotels avoid the costs of adding wire or rewiring. The better solutions in this category integrate with back office systems such as HotSOS. In addition, by leveraging existing operations technologies, the cost of implementation goes down, and you reap the benefits of having incident reports automatically initiated with panic button data integrated seamlessly with your back office software. TraknProtect’s BLE Beacon technology offers other features & options that take advantage of your panic button technology investment, such as inventory tracking, room tray tracking, and monitoring vendors who are accessing the property.
TraknProtect is the preferred vendor for panic buttons for Peninsula North America. Other hotels using the panic buttons include, Westgate Las Vegas, Holiday Inn Chicago, Hotel Felix Chicago, Hotel Cass Chicago. The Robey Chicago, Hotel Blake Chicago, Fairfield White, Hotel Indigo Chicago, Holiday Inn Merchandise Mart, Freehand Chicago, Hotel Versey, Hampton Inn Magnificent Mile.
“Your employees are your most valuable assets. Ensure they feel safe on the job by providing them with the right tools.” CEO, Parminder Batra
To learn more, go here to watch a demo or contact Parminder below.
Contact Parminder: parminder@traknprotect.com