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The changing cultural and hospitality landscape has spawned important new initiatives in employee and guest safety. Why, then are some hotel organizations and properties still holding out when it comes to the adoption of a safety button solution? Parminder Batra, CEO of TraknProtect, sheds some light on the issue in her latest blog: In the literally thousands of conversations I’ve had with customers, partners and industry executives since the company began, the question has i

We have the power to change the cultural mores and attitudes associated with the hotel and service sector workplace. With its ‘guest comes first’ philosophy, the hospitality industry has struggled to address issues of employee harassment and adopt policies that could guarantee an environment where the safety of everyone on the property is paramount, including staff. In fact, these attitudes have become so ingrained in the industry that the expectation of harassment has even b

– by Kalin Estes Recently, I attended the Mag Mile 2018 Security & Safety Community Meeting and walked away with a new perspective of the hotel community we have at present in the City of Chicago. We had the benefit of hearing from representatives of the 18th District Chicago Police Department, the FBI, and DHS – all resonating a single message of safety, awareness, and prevention against future threats. At the meeting, one point was consistently emphasized: individuals who c

As a woman business traveler, I’ve accumulated a wealth of stories reminding me that, no matter how hard a hotel might try to design the travel experience around my personal safety, the parameters for me are always going to be different from those of my male colleagues. For example, there is no feeling of despair quite like being alone at a series of long corridors faced with a dysfunctional key card, or entering a deserted hotel lobby after a long day on the road. Being a wo