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Visual Matrix Supports AHLA & AHLA Foundation To Promote Human Trafficking Awareness Training, Support Alongside Expanded Access to Housekeeper S
Visual Matrix | October 28, 2024
Hoteliers gain expanded knowledge and support in the fight against human trafficking Richardson, Texas, Oct. 28, 2024 – Visual Matrix, a leading provider of advanced technology solutions for the hospitality industry, is working with the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) and its charitable giving arm, AHLA Foundation, to provide expanded access to the organization’s resources and training materials to help educate hoteliers in the fight against human trafficking. Through the partnership, hoteliers will know of and be able to use free training content developed by Marriott International, in collaboration with Protect All C...
NHLA Hotel Tech Conference to Showcase React Mobile 2.0 Employee Safety Devices...
React Mobile | November 29, 2022
Members of the Nevada Hotel & Lodging Assn. can demo hospitality’s most reliable panic buttons delivering the fastest response times and beacon location accuracy at Black Fire Innovation LAS VEGAS, Nov. 29, 2022 — Members of the Nevada Hotel & Lodging Assn. will flock to Black Fire Innovation this week to attend the 2nd Annual Hotel Tech Conference on Nov. 30th. The event will give hotel, resort and casino operators continuing education on trending topics and the opportunity to see the latest technology innovations – including React Mobile 2.0, an employee safety solution that delivers the fastest response times, highest pani...
Hotel Employees Thankful for Panic Buttons...
John Stachowiak | November 23, 2022
While verbal or physical assaults of a staff member may be rare, those on the receiving end say they are grateful that management and owners care and are prepared By John Stachowiak Few people start their workday expecting an emergency to happen, but according to American Aerospace Engineer Edward Murphy Jr. who worked on safety-critical systems: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” If you’re not a believer in “Murphy’s Law,” just ask any of the 701 hotel workers who needed help last year while on duty and survived the ordeal because they were equipped with an Employee Safety Device (ESD) or panic button. Guest D...
5 Reasons Why Employee Safety Devices Are a Must-Have Budget Item for 2023...
John Stachowiak | September 29, 2022
Adding panic buttons does more than check off a requirement on the property to-do list; It has a positive impact on job retention and cultivates staff loyalty By John Stachowiak Hoteliers are knee deep preparing 2023 budgets, but until the hospitality industry is back in full swing, many will be looking for ways to short-cut spending. Employee safety, however, is one area of operations that hotel owners cannot afford to ignore. While local and state municipalities continue to impose legislative requirements for hotel employers to “provide panic buttons to all employees working in guestrooms or bathrooms without other employees pres...
React Mobile to Bring In-Demand 2.0 Safety Platform to More Hotels With Help From Best Buy Geek Squad...
React Mobile | June 7, 2022
To meet the rapidly-approaching 2022 deadline for implementing Employee Safety Devices at hotels, Geek Squad® will install 50% of all React Mobile 2.0 projects this year; As the industry’s most trusted provider of panic buttons to hotels, React Mobile will provide full system training and 24/7/365 customer support; Visit React Mobile in Booth 1638 at HITEC Seattle, June 7, 2022 — The pandemic has shifted the timetable for adoption of workforce safety technology from the end of 2020 to the end of 2022. To help hotel operators meet rapidly-approaching compliance deadlines – albeit AHLA’s 5-Star Promise initiative or state/local leg...
Will Your Hotel Pass Its Next QA Inspection? Not Likely if Employee Safety Devices Are Not in Play...
John Stachowiak | May 24, 2022
Hotels have just seven months to comply with AHLA’s 5-Star Promise; Having a contract in place with a panic button provider may tip the scales in your favor By John Stachowiak Like it or not, when a hotel’s next Quality Assurance Inspection rolls around, Employee Safety Device (ESD) compliance will now be part of the checklist if the property is managed or franchised by one of the 60 hotel companies that made a pledge to the AHLA’s 5-Star Promise initiative. That means if the hotel has not equipped certain associates with an emergency alert device or panic button platform by the time the brand inspector shows up, chances are likely ...
React Mobile Receives $6 Million Investment Via Strategic Partnership With Brady Corp....
React Mobile | May 26, 2020
Funding solidifies React Mobile’s financial stability and extends its safety solutions to more hospitality and education businesses, making the world a safer place SEATTLE, MAY 26, 2020 — React Mobile, a robust, open, cost effective and flexible panic button safety platform, today announces it has raised $6 million through a new strategic partnership with publicly traded Brady Corporation (NYSE:BRC). Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisc., and founded in 1914, Brady is one of the oldest and most successful privately controlled family businesses in the U.S. The company manufactures solutions that identify and protect people, products and pla...
React Mobile Vying for HTNG’s 2020 TechOvation Award...
React Mobile | May 20, 2020
The leading provider of employee panic buttons for hotels is one of 10 semi-finalists looking to be named the ‘most innovative hotel technology of the year’ Seattle, May 20, 2020 — As an HTNG 2020 TechOvation Award Semi-Finalist, React Mobile will present its best-in-class safety platform tomorrow to a panel of judges looking to name hospitality’s “most innovative technology of the year.” The global leader of panic button solutions for hotels is vying against nine other technology companies in the second round of this annual competition. Judges will select the top three finalists and online audience interaction will choose the...