Retrofitting Locks to Provide Greater Security

Innovations in hotel locking have been moving full speed ahead since the world’s first mechanical card lockset was introduced in 1979. Door locks with recordable pre-punched keycards replaced metal cutout keys in hotels around the world, providing greater security for guests and operational benefits for individual properties. As time passed, the mechanical card lockset that was once thought to be cutting-edge was replaced with magnetic stripe key systems. Today, new technology has allowed for even greater advances in locking with Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) and Near Field Communications (NFC) options.