Contactless Hotel Door Lock

Peter Rukavina

The doors at the brand new Holiday Inn Express Halifax Airport use a new-style contactless door lock instead of the traditional magnetic-stripe system:

The cards themselves come from Ilco and there’s a story about the technology at this location. The hotel, by the way, is not your father’s Holiday Inn: it’s clean, well-designed, has comfortable beds, plasma TVs, free wifi, and a serviceable breakfast.

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