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the World Of Hospitality
Safety & Security
Access control, meet the
self-service revolution
Before 1916, if you wanted goods from a grocery store,
you would hand a list of items to a clerk, who would
then go through the store, gathering the goods on your
behalf. And then, one fine day in Memphis, Tennessee,
Piggly Wiggly opened its doors to the world. Under
the guidance of Clarence Saunders, this unassuming
grocery store introduced the novel concept of
marking individual prices on items; it gave customers
shopping carts and allowed them to choose the goods
themselves. The store marked the birth of what we
now call ‘self-service’ changed the industry forever.
The self-service revolution has since taken almost
every industry by storm. From airlines and petrol
stations to retail and banking, self-service is becoming
a key feature of the business landscape. NetCode from
Codelocks provides an access control solution that
enables the hospitality sector to take advantage of this
self-service revolution.
Application Programming Interface (API).
The API allows hospitality companies to fully integrate
the code generation platform with their own systems,
negating the need to replace existing processes.
If you’d asked grocery store owners back in 1915
whether they thought there was a better way to run
their businesses, it’s doubtful that they would have had
the same vision as Mr. Saunders. It can be difficult for
businesses to spot opportunities that aren’t yet in
the mainstream.
Codelocks’ range of cutting edge smart locks allow
those in the hospitality sector to quickl