“…hotels are using the tech to monitor the whereabouts of bathrobes, bed sheets, duvet covers, bathmats, pool towels and banquet linens…”
“…Up to 20 per cent of hotels’ stock typically go missing, estimates William Serbin of Linen Tracking Technology…”
The RFID technology – which stands for radio frequency identification and requires an installed chip that can be read by an electronic reader – has been used by various industries for several years to organise product storage and tally shipments.
The company, which sells trackable linens, has teamed with Fluensee, an inventory tracking technology firm, to market the RFID tags to hotels.
A towel with a chip is about a dollar more than other towels, he says. Bendable and washable, the tags can be read by sensors up to six feet away.
When towels are removed from a closet, for example, a reader station can register how many, so that the closet can be restocked.
