News for the Hospitality Executive |
Chicago — November 2,
2011 — OpenWays,
inventor of Mobile Key and the world leader in mobile based hotel
front-desk
bypass solutions, will unveil its next generation of mobile
applications at the
International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show in New York Nov. 13-15.
The new
apps makes it possible for ALL smartphone
operating systems, including Apple
iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone 7, J2ME,
Symbian OS,
Brew, MeeGo, Bada and more, to run the Mobile Key App.
Mobile Key by OpenWays is the hospitality industry’s first and only ubiquitous mobile phone-based guest front-desk bypass solution that is truly deployable today and enables guests to use any of the 5.8 billion cell phones worldwide as a room key. It is fully interoperable, carrier independent and highly secure. This self-service option is meeting guests' demands for more service and it's reducing hotels' operating costs while building competitive advantages. "Mobile Key continues to grow in demand among travelers as an alternative, self-service method for securely unlocking room doors without having to stand in line at the front desk to obtain a plastic room key," said Pascal Metivier, OpenWays founder and CEO. "As more and more hotel companies and independent operators request this service, we needed to make the Mobile Key app available to everyone -- and that meant extending it beyond just the Apple iOS platform. With this new version, Mobile Key by OpenWays is truly the easiest and most convenient mobile tool for guestroom access." This generation Mobile Key app, like its first generation platform, allows smartphone users to securely obtain their room number and room key by simply pressing an icon on their intelligent device. New to this release is the way the apps are developed, using an innovative cross-compilation technology combined with semantic analysis. The approach means that the deployment, maintenance and updating of Mobile Key apps across all platforms is much simpler than ever before. New features of the next generation Mobile Key App include:
OpenWays Mobile Key
apps can be used as a standalone app or with other mobile
application-based
services like ICE by Intelity or Micros MyStayManager. Hotel chains
with
existing mobile applications also can enable Mobile Key as a
value-added
service to mobile guests while increasing lucrative direct bookings,
which
carry higher margins than those through indirect channels. Finally,
through OpenWays'
“Mobile Key 4 ALL” program, independent hoteliers now have the ability
to
develop and offer their own Mobile Key app to guests.
In addition to its smartphone application mode, Mobile Key remains available in the highly ubiquitous and efficient "ALL cell phone" mode that already has proven to be a great success with hotel guests and continues to drive strong repeat business. To learn more about the Mobile Key apps: http://openways.com/pages/contacto.html. Visitors attending the IH/M&R Show in New York at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center are invited to see OpenWays next generation Mobile Key App in Booth No. 3172. To pre-schedule an appointment, call Andrew Sanders at (732) 707-1869 or email [email protected]. OpenWays is a global
solution provider of mobile-based access-management and security
solutions.
With offices in Chicago, Las Vegas, Seoul and in
Europe, OpenWays provides technology solutions allowing for the secure
issuance and delivery of access rights and keys process via any cell
phone
operating on any network. The OpenWays solution is truly unique as it
built on
the concept of credential dematerialization. The OpenWays mobile room
key
solution works on ALL the
5.8 billion cell phones in service in
the world today. For more information, please contact Barb Worcester at
+1 440
930-5770 or email [email protected].
More information can be found by visiting www.OpenWays.com.
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Contact: Barb Worcester PRPRO /OpenWays Tel: (440) 930-5770 [email protected] Andrew Sanders OpenWays Tel: (732) 707-1869 [email protected] |