Talk, text, send emails, play angry birds, and now use your smartphone to get into your hotel room?

That’s right-I just read an article in the Door & Hardware Industry magazine where a study has been performed in Stockholm, Sweden using your smartphone as a mobile key.  What will they think of next?!  The guests made reservations using their regular channels, and on the day of arrival, they received a check-in invitation, the guests accessed an online application that allowed them to check in and receive a hotel room number.  When check-in was completed, a digital hotel room key was sent to their NFC-enabled mobile phone.  This would save them time when they arrived to the hotel and skip the long lines.  They could go right up to their hotel room door and hold their mobile phone up against the door lock to unlock it.  Check-out was also completed through the mobile keys and the digital hotel room keys were deactivated when check-out was completed.  It always amazes me how far technology has come!

Resource: Doors & Hardware January 2012, Daniel Berg

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