OKIDOKEYS Launches RentEZ App
Smart-Lock Leader Makes Professional Concierge Services Easy and Affordable for Vacation Rentals and Home Sharing
Jan 04, 2015, 08:00 ET
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- (CES) -- OKIDOKEYS today announced the launch of RentEZ, a virtual concierge app that gives home sharing hosts and rental property owners a convenient way to offer a professional menu of amenities and services to their guests. Powered by the Hotelcloud platform, guests can use the RentEZ app to access information about property amenities and user guides, and book local activities and services with one click.
"Airbnb hosts as well as Flipkey and HomeAway owners can offer the RentEZ services to make a property more attractive to renters," says Pascal Metivier, founder and CEO of OpenWays and OKIDOKEYS. "Our extensive background in the hospitality industry gives us deeper insight into the expectations of modern travelers. Now that our Smart-Locks are available worldwide, adding hotel services to our offerings for the rapidly expanding home sharing economy is a natural step."
"Our mission is to provide individual property owners with the same hotel amenities and comforts, such as concierge services that we do for our hospitality customers," says David-Benjamin Brakha, founder of The Hotelcloud.
The RentEZ License, priced at $79.99/59.99 annually, allows hosts to provide the guests who rent the properties with an online concierge platform to access interactive guides of the available amenities, discover events in the city and book local activities and services.
For hosts:
- Manage your places and share keys from anywhere at anytime
- No more need to share metal keys with your guests
- List your apartments amenities' user guides
- Enable live chat between you and your guests
- Unlimited content with real time updates
For guests:
- 24/7 Easy check-in / check-out
- Access your apartment amenities
- Access community local recommendations
- Benefit from a real time local guide event feed
- Be able to order online local activities & services in one-click
Content and services are provided by Hotelcloud. All orders are sent directly to the service provider via the Hotelcloud platform, which handles payment, receipt and support.
Designed by a team with over 100 years of combined experience in delivering proven, high quality security solutions for the access control and hotel industry worldwide, the OKIDOKEYS Smart-Lock is made to enhance your existing deadbolt. It installs easily in just a few minutes on the interior of your front door without drilling or wiring. Once the Smart-Lock is installed, you can lock and unlock your doors using your smartphone, thanks to the free OKIDOKEYS app available for Apple iOS and Android. Select from six opening rules to fit your needs, including a hands-free mode. In addition, your metal keys continue to operate as before.
The OKIDOKEYS app and web portal allow you to create, share and revoke access for family, friends and third parties such as babysitters and trusted service people, and receive notifications when doors are being operated. Smart Keys may be created with date and time limits. OKIDOKEYS are the perfect solution for rental units and home-sharing, giving property owners affordable peace of mind.
For more information and OKIDOKEYS demonstrations, visit OKIDOKEYS.com. Get all the company's latest news on Facebook and Twitter.
OKIDOKEYS will be at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 6-9 in Tech West, Sands Expo Level 2 Booth #75108. To book an appointment, please contact [email protected].
About Hotelcloud:
Hotelcloud is a NYC based startup, founded in 2011. Hotelcloud has developed a one-of-a-kind online platform empowering hotels guests with real-time ordering of any internal services alongside those of curated local activity partners. Hotelcloud helps hoteliers increase sales and generate new revenues through pre-negotiated partnerships with local attractions and businesses. The responsive HTML5 platform is accessible from any web device: smartphone, tablet, or computer, including guest's personal devices. In 2013, Hotelcloud raised $1.6M. Today Hotelcloud is distributed in 10 countries, counts 15 employees and continues to expand into new markets. For more information, please visit http://thehotelcloud.com.
About OKIDOKEYS:
OKIDOKEYS is an OpenWays Company, and the world's leading Mobile Key solution provider, providing consumers with a complete line of Smart Locks and Smart Keys. OKIDOKEYS leverages the secure and proven technology OpenWays already provides to the global hotel industry. More information can be found at www.OKIDOKEYS.com
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