Parminder Batra
Hotel Panic Button Compliance in 2022: What You Need to Know
Parminder Batra | March 30, 2022
By Parminder Batra Before the hospitality industry was plunged into a period of prolonged uncertainty amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, we witnessed a collective push towards an industry-wide culture of enhanced safety. The state of the industry was, after all, hardly a well-kept secret. Over time, as news of accidents or incidents between hotel staff and guests continued to break and permeate across the industry, while staff turnover remained notoriously high, it became clear that hospitality brands could no longer sweep this issue under the rug. It is estimated that around 2 million rooms will fall under mandates for hotel panic button c...
Why Human Trafficking Is Booming – And How Hoteliers Can Stop This Trend
TraknProtect | February 1, 2022
By Parminder Batra As of 2020, the International Labor Organization and Walk Free Foundation estimated that 24.9 million people are victims of human trafficking across both private industries and state-imposed forced labor per year. Of that bone-chilling number, 30% of the global human trafficking victims are children, and 49% of all victims of international trafficking are women. There is simply no denying it – human trafficking is a worldwide issue that cannot, and should not, be ignored. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the human trafficking epidemic. As stay-at-home orders were issued around the world, t...
TraknProtect Launches TraknKleen™ Technology Solution to Promote Hotel Cleanliness, Guest Safety and Wellbeing
TraknProtect | June 9, 2020
Staff safety solution innovator releases housekeeping app to improve protocol SOPs and brand standards to meet guest expectations in a post-COVID world Chicago – June 9, 2020 – TraknProtect, a pioneer of location-based technology purpose-built for the hotel environment, today announces the launch of TraknKleenTM, a new IoT technology solution designed to help hotels further enhance housekeeping operations, while providing guests with security and peace of mind during post-COVID travel. TraknKleenTM trilaterates data from multiple sources, such as housekeeping carts, I.D. cards, cleaning supplies, and other assets, to automatically trac...
