news, press | 17. August 2009 Security technology from EVVA gives you peace of mind.
Relax and enjoy. This is the motto of the newly opened Holiday Inn at the Zurich fairgrounds. This hotel understands the needs of its guests, this is why the exceptionally well-proven security systems from EVVA were chosen.
Guests can enjoy exceptional comfort throughout the entire hotel with a feeling of complete security. This is handled by the complete solution provided by the security professional EVVA. The area around the Zurich fairgrounds Holiday Inn is buzzing with life. Switzerland's largest combined concert and sports arena, the Hallenstadion, is located in the immediate vicinity of the hotel as is Zurich's exhibition centre and well-known Musical Theater 11. After enjoying these points of interest, the hotel's comfortable room, its quality restaurant, bar, fitness room and personal services help guests relax and enjoy their stay. But security and comfort play at least as great a role.
Entrance, guest doors, lifts – all optimally managed
The XS4 locking system from EVVA is one of the most popular systems in Europe, particularly in Switzerland. This is the system which secures all doors and access situations in the hotel. Thanks to EVVA's patented, unique virtual network, this is also accomplished without expensive cabling! This ensures that the online reader at the personnel entrance – including the code keypad for deliverers – as well as the offline units (on all other doors) are always networked with one another. This not only saves cost, but also reduces the need for human intervention. Manual data updates on doors are no longer necessary, even the duplicated entries on the PC for guest data are no longer required (interface to Fidelio from check-in data).
Convenient for guests and personnel
Of course it is not only the 60-member hotel staff which benefits from the system's convenience. The guest's card (identification medium with MIFARE technology) not only permits room access but also access to service facilities such as guest lifts. And if the card is lost? Not a problem, with this system's software the old card can be revoked and a new card allocated in only a matter of seconds. Access authorisations for guests and staff can be issued, changed or deleted anytime.
How hotel management reduces its energy overhead
The Zurich fairgrounds Holiday Inn has all of its outer doors, 164 guest rooms, 45 general purpose rooms (including the entrances to seminar rooms), driveway barriers as well as its 6 guest lifts and 6 walk-in coolers secured with the XS4 system.
There is an energy-saving switch in every room: light, flat-screen TVs and air conditioners are only enabled by XS4 when someone is present in the room. This means hotel management can save on expensive energy!
Mechanical protection for 80 doors
As convenient as electronic access control may be, many hotels nevertheless do not wish to forgo the additional security and robustness a mechanical locking system provides. Even in the Zurich fairgrounds Holiday Inn there are 80 of EVVA's DUAL-System cylinders (Double Code System) in use. The DUAL key features a very robust design and distinguishes itself by virtue of its long service life. It offers optimum security, exceptional convenience and is easy to manage. The Zurich fairgrounds Holiday Inn looked for the best overall solution from a single source and found what they were looking for in security technology from EVVA.