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When It Comes to Employee Safety, ‘Don’t Wait’ to React
Robb Monkman | April 27, 2021
Hotels are opening and travelers are returning; Hotels must equip staff with employee safety devices to avoid potential safety risks By Robb Monkman Summer is right around the corner, and with it comes hope of a rebounding hospitality industry. With people now vaccinated, properties now adopting enhanced cleaning policies, and social distancing practices and contactless technologies now in place, hoteliers are focusing on hiring and training employees. But finding help is not as easy as it used to be. Those struggling to get people back to work must do everything possible to ensure that the right security measures and safety techn...
Checking Temperatures at Clock-In & Check-In Is the Next Evolution of Employee, Guest Safety
Robb Monkman | November 9, 2020
SafeScanRX is entering the hotel market with a safety solution sure to put both workers’ and travelers’ minds at ease that hotels are safer than ever By Robb Monkman “Enabling Security Everywhere” has been the focus of React Mobile since its inception. Our company was founded on the principle of making safety simple for every hotel employee through technology. While COVID-19 has been devastating to everyone in the travel and hospitality industries, it appears to have a silver lining: The hotel industry is improving the safety of hotel workers everywhere. Daily I read reports of new technologies entering the hotel space that ...
10 Reasons Why Panic Buttons Are a Must-Have Hotel Technology for 2021 and Beyond
Robb Monkman | October 13, 2020
As hoteliers complete their budgets for the new year, it’s critical that they add industry safety standard technology to their priority list By Robb Monkman With the sweeping implementation of new safety standards and legislations, hoteliers are quickly shifting focus towards employee protection. Recent world events have led to a notable development of a new employee safety culture in hotels and protecting those working alone in guestrooms or other remote areas who frequently find themselves in vulnerable, risk-oriented situations needs to take precedence. Hospitality is an industry focused on the guest experience, but more attent...
Today’s New Employee Safety Culture Is Benefitting Hotel Workers, Guests in Big Ways
Robb Monkman | September 9, 2020
Hoteliers say hope is on the horizon and newly implemented procedures and technologies are helping them better protect their people and meet guests’ demands By Robb Monkman A new safety culture has emerged in hospitality that places employee protection at the core of operations. Prior to the global pandemic, hoteliers were already rolling out employee safety devices (ESDs) per legislative mandates and commitments to industry programs like the American Hotel & Lodging Assn.’s 5-Star Promise to better protect their people from sexual harassment situations and threats of violence. Today, as hotel employees put their lives on the li...
React Mobile, CommScope Collaborate to Protect Workers, Drive IoT Innovation
React Mobile | September 1, 2020
Simple, low-cost solution helps businesses focus on employee safety SEATTLE, and HICKORY, N.C., Sept. 1, 2020 — React Mobile and CommScope (NASDAQ: COMM) are joining forces to provide a flexible and cost-effective solution for keeping workers safe. Employee safety is of the utmost importance to businesses across many industries such as hospitality, healthcare and education. The combined solution comprises CommScope RUCKUS wireless access points (APs) with integrated IoT and React Mobile’s best-in-class employee safety devices (ESDs). By leveraging the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons in RUCKUS Wi-Fi APs, businesses can qu...
SIXTY Hotels Is ‘Always Open’ and Keeping Workers Safe via Technology and More
React Mobile | August 25, 2020
Episode 4 of the React Mobile ‘Employee Safety Culture’ Webcast Series looks at how this luxury brand revamped its operations to focus on safety and protect its people Seattle, August 25, 2020 — Deciding to close or remain open during a pandemic can be one of the most difficult decisions a hotel company will ever have to make, especially when multiple assets are involved. SIXTY Hotels, a luxury boutique brand with properties in New York City and Beverly Hills, is “Always Open” thanks to a medical team that put strict policies in place to help each property better protect its people. In Episode 4 of the React Mobile “New World...
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...
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