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Tourism Tidbits: Making Your Tourism Business Secure
Dr. Peter Tarlow | December 18, 2023
"Tourism & More wishes you and yours a very happy holiday season. May the gift of travel serve to unite us all in goodwill and peace." By Dr. Peter Tarlow Making your tourism business secure. Most of our clients are honest, but unfortunately travel and tourism is also a business like any other business, and despite the goodwill felt at this season, there are also safety and security challenges. There will always be some people who seek to take advantage of other people's goodwill and graciousness. This month's issue is meant to remind you of some of the basics in making your business secure. As in past months, Tourism...
ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions and Traka Americas Reaffirm Commitment to Provide Give Kids The World Families With Enhanced Security and Peace of Mind
ASSA ABLOY | October 10, 2023
ASSA ABLOY Group member organizations combine technology, resources and expertise to ensure a safe and enjoyable environment for children diagnosed with a serious illness. Stockholm –October 10, 2023 – ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions, a leading provider of advanced security technology for the hospitality industry, alongside ASSA ABLOY Group Member, Traka Americas, have combined their resources and expertise in order to donate the latest in security innovation to the Give Kids The World Village in Kissimmee, Florida. A non-profit organization with a mission to provide critically ill children and their families with dream vacation experience...
POLL: Union’s Proposed Homeless Policy Will Deter 72% of Americans From Booking LA Hotel Rooms
AHLA | October 3, 2023
More than 70% concerned about safety of hotel employees and guests WASHINGTON (Oct. 3, 2023) – More than seven in ten Americans would be deterred from booking a hotel room in Los Angeles if hotels there are forced to house homeless people next to paying guests. That’s according to a new national poll commissioned by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) and conducted by Morning Consult. Los Angeles residents are set to vote in March 2024 on whether to require all local hotels to house homeless people next to paying guests as part of a ballot initiative proposed by Unite Here, a labor union that represents LA-area hotel wo...
Seneca Resorts & Casinos Selects ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions to Enhance Property Safety and Boost Guest Check-in Convenience
ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions | June 6, 2023
Tribal owned hospitality and gaming corporation deploys enhanced access control capabilities combined with Mobile Access at locations in Niagara Falls and Salamanca, New York. Stockholm –June 6, 2023 – ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions, a leading provider of advanced security technology for the hospitality industry, has been credited with increasing both guest safety and convenience with the implementation of several of its advanced technologies at Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino and Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino. Now equipped with VingCard door locks enabled with Mobile Access and supported by the latest in online-based access mana...
Hard Rock International Continues Fight Against Human Trafficking
Hard Rock International | January 11, 2023
HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Jan. 11, 2023 — Hard Rock International is marking National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, tomorrow January 11, by expanding action to strengthen the industry’s role in combatting and preventing human trafficking. Human trafficking, which includes commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor, is a complex challenge for the entire global hospitality industry because it intersects a range of organized criminal activities. For several years, Hard Rock has implemented comprehensive protocols to increase awareness of and prevent human trafficking, including training over 27,000 hotel and casino team members globally ...
Maryland Hotel Workers Now Required to Receive Annual Training to Spot the Signs of Human Trafficking
Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST) | November 17, 2022
Annapolis, MD – A new law went into effect on October 1, 2022, requiring all innkeepers in Maryland provide annual human trafficking prevention training to employees. Hotel operators across the state must now provide employees with annual training that has been certified and approved as meeting the requirements defined by the state. Training must be conducted annually, and within the first 90 days for newly hired employees. Since 2019, the Maryland Hotel Lodging Association (MHLA) has partnered with the Seattle-based nonprofit, Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST) to provide human trafficking awareness training for MHLA’...
Are Hotels Putting People’s Lives at Risk, Just to Save Some Money?
Alan E. Young | September 20, 2022
By Alan Young Not everyone has an appetite for adrenaline, but let’s pretend you are about to jump out of a plane, ready to free-fall 10,000 feet into a sprawling field below. Just moments before you tuck and roll your way out of the plane, the skydiver beside you gives you a nudge and a wink before saying, “hopefully, we all make it down in one piece, eh?” a parting sentiment that sends a current of fear and uncertainty coursing through your body. Noticing your body language, the diver you’re paired with gives you a warm smile, “Don’t worry, he’s mostly kidding. It’s just that the parachutes we are using are old, and one m...
Kalahari Resorts & Conventions Combines Latest in Hotel Security With Enhanced Guest Convenience by Deploying ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions Technol
ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions | August 16, 2022
Full service resort operator leverages advanced RFID locks and access management functionality at four locations to ensure heightened guest safety while providing effortless methods for making purchases and verifying identification. Stockholm –August 16, 2022 – ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions, a leading provider of advanced security technology for the hospitality industry, today announces the successful adoption of several of its innovative RIFD door lock technologies alongside its Visionline access management system by Kalahari Resorts & Conventions. With the presence of VingCard Essence, VingCard Classic RFID and VingCard Signature R...
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