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  • Grand Hotel Saigon– September’s property of the month.

    While summer has officially finished, a visit to September’s featured property would definitely have you thinking otherwise. With a tropical climate and the temperature still hitting 30 degrees Celsius during the day (and not a lot less at night), Ho Chi Minh City is a destination for year round heat seekers. And staying at the…

  • Asia Pacific and Middle East Construction Pipeline Report

    Despite the current boom to the hospitality industry brought on by the Olympics in London, most would agree that conditions elsewhere in Europe are worrying to our industry in general. But what affect are the economic conditions in the EU having on the hotel construction pipelines in the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions?

  • Summer dreaming – Part two

    Last month we started dreaming about where we would be taking our summer holidays or where in the world we wanted to visit. This month we’re taking advantage of the continued blue skies and warm weather to carry on our dreaming albeit in a different part of the world.

  • Hotel Industry Event Recap – BITAC Purchasing & Design East

    Our Safemark crew just wrapped up BITAC Purchasing and Design East in Florida.  Hats off to the Hotel Interactive crew for putting on another successful BITAC event.  This was our 30th (yes , thirty – that was not a typo) BITAC dating back to the very first event held in 2005 at the Wynn in…

  • Hotel Security – Scammers trolling for personal information

    The bad guys and gals are at it again. We stumbled upon an article today from Northwest Florida Daily News (www.nwfdailynews.com) alerting the public of a recent hotel scam.   The Okaloosa Sheriff’s Office is warning hotel guests to not give personal information including billing details over the phone as criminals are calling the guest room pretending to work at the…

  • Summer dreaming – Part one

    With summer now here (we apologize to our readers from the Southern hemisphere shivering in front of heaters) thoughts naturally turn to exciting and interesting places in the world to visit.  In this post, we’re taking a close look at two unique properties, the Raffles Praslin Seychelles and Hilton Windhoek.  With guest security and convenience…

  • The Ascott Doha installs Safemark Guest Room Safes

    Recently Safemark guest room safes were installed in the soon to be opened Ascott Serviced Residences in Doha, Qatar.

  • Hotel Security Warning

    A recent news report from Florida highlighted the need for hotel guests to be ever vigilant about security in their rooms and not leave valuables and technology lying around. The article reports that opportunist thieves monitor floors where housekeeping is cleaning, walk in, and brazenly rummage through any personal belongings the guest may have left behind.

  • Safemark adds Distribution Partner in Saudi Arabia

    Safemark Systems is pleased to announce the appointment of Al Yacht Marketing Establishment as its authorised distributor for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

  • Safemark’s Hotel Safe wins the HA+D Readers’ Choice Award for Security

    Exciting news to share, especially for hotel guests!  The readers of HA+D Magazine have voted Safemark’s DNX 5.4 Electronic Drawer Safe as top in its class.  At a gala evening held at the Langham Place Hotel in Hong Kong, Safemark was awarded the HA+D Reader’s Choice Award for Product Innovation in the category of Security in…