http://techland.time.com/2011/04/19/no-more-towels-hotels-embed-chips-to-prevent-you-from-stealing-them/ News and reviews from the world of gadgets, gear, apps and the web Thu, 16 May 2013 15:58:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://techland.time.com/2011/04/19/no-more-towels-hotels-embed-chips-to-prevent-you-from-stealing-them/comment-page-1/#comment-17604 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:56:26 +0000 http://techland.time.com/?p=77470#comment-17604 If you catch a custom take the towel what would you do? Call the police? Those people are you every day custom,if you catch them once I don’t think they will ever return. For every 5 dollar you recovered you will lose hundred dollar more.

]]> http://techland.time.com/2011/04/19/no-more-towels-hotels-embed-chips-to-prevent-you-from-stealing-them/comment-page-1/#comment-17602 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:49:02 +0000 http://techland.time.com/?p=77470#comment-17602 When I was a kid, somebody told me that hotel accountants record towels etc. under “advertising”, on the theory that people are GOING to run off with them and ever afterward see the hotel’s name on a daily basis in their own bathrooms.

]]> http://techland.time.com/2011/04/19/no-more-towels-hotels-embed-chips-to-prevent-you-from-stealing-them/comment-page-1/#comment-17599 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:09:18 +0000 http://techland.time.com/?p=77470#comment-17599 I wonder how much (dollar wise)this has added to their average hotel’s price? Is is it costing more to put up the sensors, insert the devices into the linens and have someone monitor it verus ‘it’s the cost of business’. Resturants have broken plates, ruined napkins. Golf course have missing balls and clubs. Is the cost worth it?

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