Hotel Digital Keys Accelerate: Virdee-Salto and Multiple Integrations Roll Out
Hospitality Technology rounded up developments in hotel mobile and digital keys. Virdee and Salto expanded their integration, connecting ID verification and check-in workflows directly to Salto smart locks to provision app-less NFC room keys into guest mobile wallets. PPHE Hotel Group deployed Hudini across 17 European properties, unifying mobile wallet keys, web apps, self-service kiosks and staff messaging. Canary Technologies acquired OpenKey to expand mobile key capabilities. easyHotel now lets guests use iPhone and Apple Watch as room keys at its London and Paris hotels. Separately, dormakaba will feature Resorts World's Google Wallet key rollout and a cloud security suite at HITEC 202…
Impact and considerations
Digital keys are moving from single-property pilots to cross-property, cross-system integrations spanning ID verification, locks, kiosks and staff messaging. For hotel operators, this implies coordinated changes to check-in flows, staffing and security architecture, while vendor consolidation and acquisitions accelera…
Key points
- Virdee and Salto expanded their integration, connecting Virdee's ID verification and check-in workflows directly to Salto smart locks to provision app-less NFC room keys into guest mobile wallets.
- PPHE Hotel Group deployed Hudini across 17 European properties, unifying mobile wallet keys, web apps, self-service kiosks and staff messaging across a £2 billion portfolio.
- Canary Technologies acquired OpenKey to expand its mobile key capabilities.
- easyHotel now lets guests use iPhone and Apple Watch as room keys at its London and Paris hotels, reducing reliance on physical key cards.
- dormakaba will feature Resorts World's Google Wallet key rollout and a cloud security suite at HITEC 2026, while Mews launched a digital wallet key integration with Vingcard.
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- 23 Sept 2026, 00:54
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