Hotel & Motel Management - October 20, 2008 - (Page 26) 26 Technology ELECTRONIC SAFES H&MM October 20, 2008 | HotelMotel.com www.HotelMotel.com/digital_edition BY JASON Q. FREED, SENIOR EDITOR What’s driving safe demand? The presence of safes in hotel and motel guestrooms has always been higher in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, but the demand for in-room security in the United States is growing significantly. Safe manufacturers and vendors aren’t sure what exactly to attribute the increase in demand to, but they know it exists. “I’m spending a lot of time internationally, and the safes are standard in every room in India,” said John Foley, VP of sales and marketing for Safemark Systems. “Eighty-five percent of rooms in Europe have safes and only 32 percent do in America. But international guests are driving demand here.” Foley said hotel operators are requesting safes because of new regulations that require international travelers to travel with a passport. Perma-Vault Safe Co. is designing safes to fit many different electronic devices, including bigger laptops. PERMA-VAULT CIRCLE NO. 121 “Guests want to secure their passport [when they leave their guestroom], he said. “The threat of identity theft keeps increasing.” Foley said Safemark has always been popular in the limited-service markets, and he is seeing more demand in economy properties. Norman Bartwink, senior account manager at PermaVault Safe Co., said the fact that people are walking around with more electronic devices is forcing hoteliers to help guests secure those valuables. “Now property is a great deal more valuable than it was 20 years ago,” he said. “IPods, BlackBerrys, laptops and credit cards—these things took us out of the cave. We acknowledge now that people travel with valuables.” Laptops, in particular, have shaped the way safe vendors design and build. Charlie Dunn, product manager for Onity, said Onity has gone as far as marketing their safes “laptop size.” They’re designed to handle the computers you’re most familiar with,” he said. Dunn said he has seen the biggest demand coming from hotels that attract the business traveler. These hotels ask for safes large enough to accommodate a larger laptop. Today, he said, most safe manufacturers offer a safe that can hold a laptop with a 17-inch screen. “Many brands are demanding their hotels include a safe in the room,” Dunn said. “Not that we distrust everyone; it’s just a comfort factor.” http://www.HotelMotel.com http://www.HotelMotel.com/digital_edition http://www.onity.com http://www.onity.com
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