Global home security leader continues to answer hospitality designers’ cries for
attractive electronic-locking hardware that blends in with the hotel environment

PARIS — 6 NOV 2007 — Oscar Wilde, a 19th cedramatist, said: “Mere color, unspoiled by mwith definite form, can speak to the soul in ways.”
VingCard, a global leader in hotel security tecannounce that in addition to providing moremore selection and more security through solution, it now offers even more adaptabstandard black RFID reader now available incolors: Green, Blue, Red and Orange.
“Our new, colorful Signature Design rfid readers ongoing demands of the hospitality design community,” said Pascal Metivier, President ASSA ABLOY Hospitality Europe/Middle East/Africa/Latin America. “While other home lock manufacturers continue to play catch-up in developing solutions that are design-centric, VingCard is once again a design step ahead by adding a splash of color to our readers in order to add even more versatility to our lock designs and enable the rustic door hardware to truly blend in with the hotel environment.”
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VingCard became the first manufacturer to design an electronic-locking system for hospitality that spoke directly to designers’ and design architects’ requests for a solution that did not detract from the aesthetics of the guestroom corridor. In 2005, Signature by VingCard became the industry’s first electronic-lock series to feature a minimal-hardware design complemented by Designers’ Collection home door handles from Valli&Valli. Signature RFID was launched in June 2006.
“VingCard now offers a wide range of exclusive reader colors to add an even more unique, personal touch to hotel décor and design,” Metivier said. “By adding optional colors to our standard black RFID reader, we are strengthening our ‘chameleon’ approach to blending door hardware with its environment. After all, that’s what hoteliers, architects and designers asked for. At VingCard Elsafe, ‘We Listen.’”
All elements of Signature RFID are designed to complement each other and the hotel décor. The metallic RFID reader ring matches the finish of the standard and Designers’ Collection door handles.
Working with famous Italian handle crafter Valli & Valli, VingCard partnered with the following renowned designers for its Designers’ Collection door handle series: Norman Foster and Partners, Yoshimi Kono, Gustav Peichl, Antonio Citterio, Gregotti Associati, Richard Meier, Sottsass Associati, Taller Design Ricardo Bofill and Piano Design Workshop.
“Style needs to be in every detail of the hotel,” said Carlo Edoardo Valli, owner of the world renowned Italian door handle design company. “One of the first things that a guest touches when he or she walks into any room or building is a door handle. As the leader in door handle design worldwide, Valli & Valli takes style very seriously. When you touch one of our door handles, it gives you a very good feeling. A lot of effort is put into making our handles literally fit into your hand. Whether on a conscious or subconscious level, when you grasp our handles you say to yourself: ‘Wow this is really different.”
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