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React Mobile Releases Updated BLE Beacon Designed to Improve Location Accuracy, Increase Battery Life
React Mobile | July 30, 2020
The discreet, easy to conceal device has a 7+ year battery life and delivers precise room-level location accuracy indoors in multi-story buildings for added staff safety Seattle, July 30, 2020 — Finding the right employee safety solution can be overwhelming, especially when hotels are facing deadlines to comply with state mandates and meet brand standards for adding safety technologies by the end of this year. React Mobile, the most trusted provider of panic button solutions to hotels, has released an updated proprietary beacon designed to deliver precise, up-to-the-minute location information within a multi-story building. The square,...
React Mobile Talks With Miami Beach GM About ‘Employee Safety in the Epicenter of COVID-19’
React Mobile | July 28, 2020
In Episode 3 of its ‘Employee Safety Culture’ Webcast Series, Robb Monkman and The Gale South Beach General Manager Kevin Waldstein discuss what the hotel is doing while closed to ensure the safest possible environment for employees when they return Seattle, July 28, 2020 — Hoteliers in Miami Beach are riding a roller coaster of uncertainty thanks to recent spikes in COVID-19. A planned June reopening was pushed back to July 31, but now that the city is being called the “Epicenter of the Epicenter,” reopening is delayed even further, this time to October 1. How is all this indecision impacting employee morale? Robb Monkman, CEO...
‘New World, New Employee Safety Culture’ Webcast Series Launching from React Mobile
React Mobile | June 30, 2020
Hoteliers and technology advisors discuss top-of-mind employee safety issues as properties reopen post pandemic; Fast-paced weekly episodes start mid-July and tackle workforce retention, service delivery, brand reputation, technology implementation and more Seattle, June 30, 2020 — Even before COVID-19, a new safety culture began emerging in hospitality that placed employee protection at the core of operations. As hoteliers readied to meet legislative mandates or honor commitments to the American Hotel & Lodging Assn.’s 5 Star Promise, the 2020 pandemic hit. Now, as properties prepare to reopen, operators are asking: How do we get...
React Mobile Taking Panic Button Alert Monitoring, Administrative Controls to the Cloud
React Mobile | June 16, 2020
New browser-based ‘Dispatch Center’ giving hoteliers on-the-go access to the employee safety platform any time on any device Seattle, June 16, 2020 — React Mobile, the most trusted provider of panic button solutions to hotels, has recently updated its Dispatch Center to give response teams real-time access to emergency alerts via any browser. The new customer portal provides remote access and complete administrative control of the cloud-based safety platform from anywhere. “Having mobile access to emergency alerts is critical in these uncertain times,” said Robb Monkman, React Mobile CEO. “Whether an employee needs immediate...
React Mobile Vying for HTNG’s 2020 TechOvation Award
React Mobile | May 20, 2020
The leading provider of employee panic buttons for hotels is one of 10 semi-finalists looking to be named the ‘most innovative hotel technology of the year’ Seattle, May 20, 2020 — As an HTNG 2020 TechOvation Award Semi-Finalist, React Mobile will present its best-in-class safety platform tomorrow to a panel of judges looking to name hospitality’s “most innovative technology of the year.” The global leader of panic button solutions for hotels is vying against nine other technology companies in the second round of this annual competition. Judges will select the top three finalists and online audience interaction will choose the...
There’s Light at the End of the Tunnel: Implement Technology Today to Retain and Attract Top Talent Tomorrow
Robb Monkman | May 5, 2020
Employee communication and safety technologies are bringing light to the dark cloud of COVID-19 and a silver lining is emerging with added loyalty By Robb Monkman Sometimes when things seem the darkest, moments of beauty emerge in the most unexpected places. During this time of quarantine, rivers are cleaning up, vegetation is growing, the air is becoming cleaner, there are fewer reports of crime, families are bonding, workers are resting, and nations are banding together for the good of mankind. While hospitality is possibly one of the hardest hit industries, it too is finding a silver lining amidst the darkness. Proactive hotel com...
Forward-Thinking Hotels and Casinos Take Control of the Silver Lining During Uncertain Times
Robb Monkmann | April 2, 2020
By Robb Monkmann Let’s face it, the countless 2020 industry predictions we read in December 2019 did not prepare us for this. Business school, quite frankly, couldn’t prepare us for this. Hoteliers, a few mere months ago, found themselves facing the year ahead with unbridled optimism. We relished in the promise of continued innovation, while hotels were poised to welcome an influx of eager travelers, and revenue projections boasted an upward trajectory. And now? We find ourselves in uncharted territory, facing — arguably — more uncertainty than we ever have before. Not to say COVID-19 is the first pandemic to impact the hospital...
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...
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