Hotel & Motel Management - August 2008 - (Page 32) 32 Amenities CORPORATE PROFILES H&MM August 2008 | HotelMotel.com ADVERTISEMENT SmartCube: The world’s smartest minibar martCube® from Minibar Systems combines stateof-the-art technology, upgradeability, eco-friendly materials, upscale design, different cooling systems, sensored glass doors, and unlimited products to provide S a strong in-room profit center. This ground-breaking minibar has received awards and tremendous attention by the industry since its launch in November 2006. SmartCube won two 2006 IH/M&RS Editors’ Choice Awards: “Best of Show” and “Best Product—Technology,” and a 2007 HITEC “Favorite Solutions Award.” A key technical feature of SmartCube is the ability to upgrade seamlessly from classic honor bar or semi-automated to fully automated technology. The fully automated SmartCube uses infrared sensing with near-perfect performance proven over more than 10 years. Sales are immediately and accurately posted to the guest’s folio in realtime, greatly reducing the labor needed to service the Visibly Higher Sales minibars. Visibility and usage are enhanced by an exterior and interior LED lighting package. The automatic locking/unlocking of the SmartCube’s keyless electronic lock is controlled by the hotel’s PMS system. The SmartCube software (S3) is Windows-driven and is user-friendly, featuring “one-click” buttons and communicates in real time with each SmartCube and hand-held via Bluetooth wireless technology carried by the staff. S3 gives hoteliers the ultimate in control with features such as perpetual inventory; automatic daily reconciling; individual sensor fault reporting; detailed maintenance reporting via e-mail; happy hour and special pricing; expired product tracking; and employee efficiency monitoring. Standard and customizable reports can be viewed, sorted and exported to other programs. Minibar Systems has more than 35 years of experience in providing minibars, safes and a full range of support services including design, manufacturing and installation, in-room retail expertise, operations research, statistical analysis and ongoing training. Minibar North America 7340 Westmore Road Rockville, MD 20850 Tel: (301) 354-5055 Fax: (301) 309-1115 Web site: www.minibarNA.com Key executives: Walt Strasser, Executive Vice President E-mail: walt.strasser@minibarNA.com Minibar North America tel 301 354 5055 fax 301 309 1115 info@minibarNA.com www.minibarNA.com CIRCLE NO. 159 Published by Hotel & Motel Management http://HotelMotel.com http://www.minibarNA.com http://www.minibarNA.com http://www.minibarNA.com
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