Front Desk Procedures & New Technology

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Front Desk Procedures & New Technology

Key card Encoder Research

Hotel keycard:

“Magnetic strip key card systems are widely used in the hotel industry and in workplace security. This card looks like a credit card with a thin metallic strip on the back. This card is swiped through a scanner like a credit card, and it opens a corresponding door because of the electronic signature on the card.”(WiseGEEK, 2013)

●Evaluate the current Hotel Keycard System: A complete card issuance system Easy to use “ Emergency override card key for management Energy Saving Device A wide choice of room locks”(hotel keycards, n.d) Nowadays, keycard system is often applied to all around world in the biggest hotel. There are four findings in this research. First, keycard has an effective safety management system, compared to before the hotel door key is oneness and convenient and they can be to duplicate. Keycard is securer than keys. Because Second, keycard not only the guests open the door even more convenient than ever before reducing the door time, and provide guests with convenient and fast service. Third, Front Desk can to provide a spare key to your room, or let guest they can easy and fast face to emergency. In order to the guests to create comfortable, elegant, convenient, and friendly living space. Finally, When a guest card is inserted into the energy saving device, room lights and electric appliances will be operational

●Critique its limitations as Hotel Keycard System:

Even though the technology is cutting edge, it builds on “Encoder. But even they have their limits .Encoder is easy to broken, which makes some trouble to guest. If the hotel has high occupancy means the keycard have a limited lifespan. Because of degaussing, keycard is unable to use sometimes. If keycard has problem of degaussing, guest will return case to front desk .This situation will bring extra work for Front Desk it is badly of fact quality service.

●Explain the fingerprint recognition systems : “ the most advanced hotel system in the world, has successfully Integrated fingerprint recognition technology to Mifare Card and hotel lock system, contributing to the tremendous improvement in the security level for Hotel Industry.” (Adel Fingerprint card, 2003) They use of other personal characteristics may change, but fingerprints do not.

Therefore, in the research of fingerprint recognition systems assessment, I think the FRS code reads the machine is newly arisen electronics assistance equipments. This is because a relatively key, keycard has grown quickly in popularity. It save time besides, it is no need to worry about losing a card. In addition, FRS is more safety than keycard.

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