Guest satisfaction and repeat business depends on seamless hospitality operations – and seamless operations are driven by secure, accountable access control. Key management may not seem glamorous, but it plays a pivotal role in guest safety, hospitality asset protection, staff coordination, and even long-term business strategy. Modern hotel key management and control solutions do more than track keys. They generate valuable operational insights and reinforce a Zero Trust approach to security, essential for properties navigating labor shortages, compliance requirements, and rising expectations from guests.

Hotels play host to priceless experiences: family vacations, million-dollar views, and once-in-a-lifetime adventures. But as every hotel executive knows, it is the assets inside that are even more valuable: people, property, and sense of safety. Protecting hotel assets therefore requires an iron-clad approach to security, also known as zero trust. With the help of key control solutions, hotels can easily begin implementing zero trust security policies that start working on day one.

No matter what business you’re in, you have assets to protect. While cybersecurity for digital assets is growing in importance in today’s world, most organizations are also in possession of many physical items that need to be secured and accounted for as part of a full risk-management strategy.

On July 1, 2018, the “Hands Off, Pants On” law went into effect in Chicago.

Whether it’s the lure of endless sunshine in Arizona, snow-laden mountains in Colorado or the sandy beaches and crystal blue waters of Florida, the hotel industry across the country is thriving due to strong occupancy rates. In fact, PKF Hospitality Research predicts record U.S. hotel occupancy rates through 2017.