Since 2019, the Waldorf Astoria Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) has eliminated all PVC and ABS door lock cards. And switched to RFID Wood hotel key tags. Thus, Waldorf Astoria has become the first hotel in the UAE Hotels with all-wood RFID room keys. It is also in line with Hilton Hotels & Resorts’ commitment to doubling the social impact investment of hotel operations. and halving their environmental impact by 2030.
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What top hotel do?
The Waldorf Astoria RAK’s move to phase out plastic keys is one example of that commitment. The hotel replaced the 20,000 plastic keys the hotel used each year. with the FSC certified Wood hotel key tag to reduce the amount of plastic waste. In the future, hotels will take further steps to eradicate the use of plastic.
Hote Wooden Key Cards
If Waldorf Astoria’s access control card transformation comes from the social responsibility of high-end hotels. Then with the passage of time and the approaching deadline of various environmental protection commitments in various countries. Wooden cards have replaced PVC cards, which has become an irreversible trend in the hotel industry. .
Why wooden card is a rigid demand
Hote Wooden Key tags
Vintech is a massive hotel card system supplier. Let’s take a look at what Vintech’s chairman said. “Traditional RF cards are PVC in material. And the European Union has banned the use of degradable consumables. Which makes us ask hotels to use degradable consumables every year. Integrators who provide a large number of radio frequency cards have a lot of headaches. Unexpectedly, through the introduction of our peers, we found RFIDHY. They have very mature wooden card production technology. Not only have various beautiful production processes, but also can integrate various RFID chips. The RF wooden card fully complies with EU environmental protection requirements.”
According to expert estimates, the market share of RFID hotel wooden cards will double in the next two years.
