Electronically controlled card-key locks, which made their American debut when a Lake Buena Vista hotel opened in 1983, have become a theft deterrent and a reassurance for guests worried about ...

Technology that allows hotel guests to use their phones as room keys is expanding, taking aim at those environmentally unfriendly plastic cards. By Karen Schwartz The demonstration using the cellphone ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Every once in a while, an email or Facebook posting makes the rounds sounding alarms over the supposed danger of used hotel card keys. To stay safe, the reasoning goes, travelers must ...