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Chicago — February 7,
2012 — Mobile Key by
OpenWays will
enter the France hospitality market this year at Citadines
Apart’hotels in Cannes and Lyon. The vibrant urban living experience
from Singapore-based The Ascott
Limited (Ascott) provides the accommodations and
privacy of an apartment while offering travelers and residents the
conveniences
of a hotel. Ascott will evaluate Mobile
Key by OpenWays
as a way for travelers
and residents to use their mobile phones as apartment keys.
Mobile
Key by OpenWays is the first
and only ubiquitous mobile
phone-based front-desk bypass solution
that is truly
deployable today and enables travelers to securely use any of the 6
billion
cell phones worldwide as a room or apartment key. All apartments at the
Citadines Croisette Cannes and the Citadines Part-Dieu Lyon
will be equipped with next generation Saflok RT™ RFID locks with
factory-delivered OpenWays Mobile Key built in. Thanks to “Mobile Key for Master
Keys,” staff members
will also benefit from the added convenience
and security of Mobile Key.
Mobile
Key Enters Extended-Stay Segment
Mobile Key by OpenWays supports
hotels across all segments, from
economy and full-service to boutique/lifestyle and luxury, as travelers
worldwide are demanding mobile options for making the arrival process
far more
convenient and personalized. Citadines Apart'hotels is the first extended-stay
concept to choose OpenWays. Installation will begin first at Citadines
Croisette Cannes, followed by Citadines Part-Dieu Lyon.
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"We
are very
pleased to bring
Mobile Key by
OpenWays
to France through The Ascott Limited and its Citadines Apart'hotels
brand," said Pascal Metivier, OpenWays Founder and CEO. "With Mobile
Key, people check-in on their own terms. Because this is apartment-type
living
(extended stay), there is no need for residents and guests to interact
with
staff unless a specific service is needed. We are confident in the
success of
this pilot program."
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
is built
on the concept of credential dematerialization. The OpenWays mobile
room key
solution works on
ALL the
6 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.