employee safety
TraknProtect Announces New Partnership With Intello Technologies
Intello Technologies | January 15, 2020
TraknProtect expands its leading position in the hospitality technology industry with new Intello Technologies Canadian market partnership Chicago – January 15, 2020 – TraknProtect, a pioneer of real-time location-based technology purpose-built for the hotel industry, has announced a new partnership with Montreal-based Intello Technologies, a leading guest internet and hospitality solutions provider in Canada. In addition to solidifying its position in hospitality technology, this new partnership allows TraknProtect to extend its footprint of innovation across the border and offer its award-winning solutions to Canadian hotels. Emp...
TraknProtect Announces New Partnership With Safety NetAccess
Safety NetAccess | December 18, 2019
TraknProtect endorses leading position in the hospitality technology industry with new Safety NetAccess partnership TraknProtect, a pioneer of real-time location-based technology purpose-built for the hotel industry, has announced a new partnership with Safety NetAccess, a leading guest internet and hospitality solutions provider. This news rounds out a year in which TraknProtect has solidified its position in hospitality technology, crafting strategic alliances with leading hospitality technology companies to create a perceptible shift in employee safety culture. The only safety button platform designed specifically for the hospitality i...
Taking a Closer Look at a Panic Button Installation
Larry Mogelonsky | November 13, 2019
By Larry Mogelonsky, MBA, P. Eng. (www.hotelmogel.com) Behind every new technology are a host of potential setup problems that can take hours or days to solve. For that matter, ESDs (emergency safety devices) are no different, for which I’ve had the pleasure of recently having to oversee a property installation and am now reporting on some of the specifics that you must also consider. As background on how these panic button solutions work, we’ve had RFID (radio frequency identification) for many decades and relatively affordable forms of WiFi or GPS for nearly 20 years, but these technologies could never really give us the response ...
TraknProtect Launches Educational Series on Staff Safety (Panic Button) Alert Legislation, Compliance and Implementation
TraknProtect | October 28, 2019
Leading hotel technology provider to deliver industry education and informational resources for hoteliers looking to deploy staff safety button solutions Chicago – October 28, 2019 – TraknProtect, a leading provider of real-time location technology purpose-built for the hospitality industry, has announced the launch of a specially developed educational series on staff safety legislation, compliance and implementation. The series kicked off last week with the premiere of TrakCast, a new podcast dedicated to educating the industry on advances in hospitality technology. Hosted by TraknProtect’s Monica Newsome, TrakCast’s “Safety...
Should Your Panic Button Be Loud or Silent
Larry Mogelonsky | October 9, 2019
By Larry Mogelonsky, MBA, P. Eng. (www.hotelmogel.com) It’s been over a year since many of the major brands and the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) united to proclaim the 5-Star Promise pledging to make hotel employee safety a priority, and now we are seeing cities and states start to rapidly adopt legislation mandating that hotels start using electronic safety devices (ESDs). Otherwise known as panic buttons, you should be proactive here rather than wait for some governmental body to dictate terms – they are good for your team’s morale, after all. A prominent question that many hoteliers ask, though, is whether ES...
Hotels in North Texas Are Getting a New Tool to Prevent Human Trafficking
Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST) | September 5, 2019
Dallas, TX (September 5, 2019) – The Hotel Association of North Texas (HANTX) today announced a new partnership with the Seattle-based nonprofit, Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST) to make human trafficking awareness training available to all HANTX members and their staffs, free of charge. BEST provides training in human trafficking prevention, and BEST’s Inhospitable to Human Trafficking training, sponsored by AAHOA, will now be available to help hotel employees in North Texas learn the indicators of human trafficking and how to safely report it to law enforcement. This partnership will give more hotel owners in North Texa...
The Evolution of Hotel Employee Safety Technology
Robb Monkman | August 22, 2019
By Robb Monkman August 22, 2019 -- Great leaders operate in the present but focus on planning for the future. As technology evolves, things that were once deemed impossible are now part of everyday life and are changing the business world at lightning speed. The latest and most innovative tools from the beginning of this decade are now becoming outdated, making it challenging for organization to keep up with every technological change. This is a familiar phenomenon, as we look to the continued technological evolution that has unfolded across the hospitality industry — one which has notably picked up the pace, as of late. Guests and busin...
AHLA, IHLA Applaud Passage of Bill Requiring Employee Safety Devices for Hotel Employees
AHLA | August 14, 2019
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (August 14, 2019) – The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) today commended Governor Pritzker for signing the Hotel and Casino Employee Safety Act included in SB0075 the Workforce Transparency Act, which includes anti-sexual harassment policies and provides employee safety devices to hotel associates. “In a business of people taking care of people, we could not be successful without the eight million men and women in jobs that the hotel industry supports. That’s why our industry has for decades prioritized programs that protect our employees and guests and invested in the safety of our workforce,” ...
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