Hotel employees often work alone in guest rooms, stairwells, maintenance areas, and other locations where help may not be immediately available. As a result, employee safety devices have become an important part of hotel safety programs and, in some locations, a regulatory requirement. Not every employee safety device offers the same capabilities.
Hotels need solutions that are easy to use, provide reliable coverage, support location tracking, and work across the realities of a busy property. This white paper examines the different types of employee safety devices for hotels and the factors hoteliers should consider when selecting a solution.
You’ll learn:
- Why employee safety devices have become an important part of hotel safety programs
- How AHLA’s 5-Star Promise has helped advance employee safety initiatives
- Where cities, states, and union agreements may establish employee safety device requirements
- How wearable panic buttons, mobile apps, walkie-talkies, and noisemakers compare
- Why location tracking and property-wide coverage matter during an emergency
- What to consider when evaluating ease of use, battery life, durability, and multilingual capabilities
- How ProSafe uses GPS and Bluetooth tracking for room- and area-level location accuracy
- How ProSafe supports real-time translation in more than 50 languages
- How mobile and wearable options give employees flexibility in how they use the system
- How push-to-talk, voice notes, and audiovisual evidence can support incident reporting
- How different employee safety solutions compare in installation, infrastructure, communication, tracking, and cost
- What hotels should consider when choosing an employee safety device that supports both staff safety and compliance
Download the white paper to understand the employee safety device options available to hotels and the features that can help protect staff while supporting safety and compliance goals.