Hotel key cards · Hospitality
The key is the first thing a guest holds
Hotel key cards, staff credentials and the printed pieces around them, encoded at the plant in Dongguan for the lock the property runs.
Hotel key cards, staff credentials and the printed pieces around them, encoded at the plant in Dongguan for the lock the property runs.
Three things, on one artwork file, one run and one delivery.
Encoded at the plant for the lock the property runs, in your artwork. PVC as standard, wood where the card is part of the welcome.
Housekeeping, maintenance and contractors on the same chip as the guest key. Fobs where the person already carries keys.
Sleeves, carriers, door hangers and signage, printed from the same artwork on the same order. They arrive together.
The key and everything around it, made from one artwork file.
The first ninety seconds of the stay, and the only piece the guest keeps in a pocket.
The card handed to the guest at the desk, encoded to the lock in place.
The sleeve the card travels in, printed from the same artwork file as the card.
The same card, cut to a shape and put on a ring. Encoded at the plant.
The stand that keeps cards to hand at the desk and in the lobby entrance.
Everything a guest reads standing in front of a room, made from the same artwork as the key.
The piece a guest reads in front of the room, cut from the same wood.
The same piece in plastic, for the properties that wipe it clean between every stay.
Numbers, floors and directions, engraved into the wood rather than printed on top of it.
Any outline you send, cut from the board and finished on the same production line.
The pieces a guest picks up without thinking, which is exactly why they carry the brand well.
A flat wooden panel for a table, a counter or a wall. You choose the fixing.
The piece that stays on the table all evening and carries the brand without asking.
The pen left in the room, with a kraft paper barrel and a silver cone.
The tag that leaves the property with the guest and comes back the next trip.
Where a plastic set is the thing guests notice, and a wooden one is the thing they mention.
The amenity a guest notices when it is bamboo rather than another piece of plastic.
The same set as always, made in wood and bamboo rather than moulded in plastic.
A piece that stays in the wardrobe and gets used every day of the stay.
The set made up to your specification, packed and boxed ready for the guest room.
The same chip and the same system as the guest key, so the reader treats them the same way.
What the guest reads before anyone at the desk has said a word to them.
Woven elastic band with the chip in the label, for pool, spa and staff shifts.
The same chip and the same number as the guest key, encoded and read-tested before it ships.
Each material says something different when a guest picks it up.
The working key. Offset and silkscreen printed, laminated and encoded, with magnetic stripe, signature panel and security features.
The same card, printing and encoding, with an eighty per cent recycled core. It behaves exactly the same way at the door.
Basswood, cherry, black walnut and bamboo, laser engraved and offset printed, for properties where the key is part of the welcome itself.
Send the lock or reader model your property runs. We confirm the chip against it in writing, and send a free sample to test.
Send the lock model. We confirm the chip in writing and read-test every one.
Frequency and chip family, from the lock model or from the key the property issues today. A card posted to us is verified here.
On encrypted systems we supply the correct chip, but a credential controlled by the system owner has to be written by whoever holds those keys.
A written quote the same working day. Ask for a free sample in your material and chip, and test it in a real door.
Lock encoding depends on the chip and on each system's technical requirements, keys and authorisation. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. No affiliation or endorsement is implied.
Four steps, the same for every order.
Quantity, format and the lock model the property runs. Artwork can come later.
The chip confirmed against your system and a price against that specification.
Ask for a free sample and test it where it will be used.
Standard production is 12 calendar days. The specification stays on file, so a reorder matches the first run.
CR80 in PVC or recycled PVC, at 125 kHz, 13.56 MHz or UHF, encoded at the plant and shipped ready for the desk to issue.
RFID and NFC cards →
The same chip and encoding in a wood body, for a suite or a top tier. Contactless only, so the encoder slot decides it.
Wooden cards →
Sleeves, carriers, door hangers and signage, made to the format of the card they hold and printed from one artwork file.
Accessories →Usually. Send the card itself with the lock model, and the chip type if known. A physical key settles in one go what a description leaves open, and we verify it here rather than assume it.
No, and most properties do not. The lock model is usually enough for us to work it out. Where it is not, we say so instead of guessing.
Yes, at the plant, with a UID list alongside the order: VingCard, SALTO, dormakaba, Onity and Saflok, depending on the chip and on the system's technical requirements, keys and authorisation. Where the keys belong to the lock system owner, the credential is written by whoever holds them.
Yes. Different artwork on the same chip and the same format, produced on one run and delivered separately, which is cheaper than a separate order per property.
Practical, with one thing to check. Wood is contactless only and runs 1.20 to 1.30 mm against 0.76 mm in PVC, so the encoder slot is what decides it, not the read. Plenty of properties run both.
Yes, in the same plant and from the same artwork file, so the sleeve fits the card that actually turns up and the printing matches.
Standard production is 12 calendar days for PVC and wooden cards. The artwork, chip and encoding stay on file, so a reorder goes straight to production without approving the specification again.
Yes. Ask for a free sample in the material and chip you need. Testing it in a real door tells you more than any specification sheet.
The lock brand never specifies the card. Four variables decide whether the door opens.
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Why cards that worked start failing after an upgrade, and the checklist that prevents a lockout.
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The one part of a sustainability programme a guest actually touches.
Read the guide →Ask for a free sample in your material and chip.