Leisure and business travellers increasingly want the stress-free convenience of a frictionless journey. Flexible, secure PIN-powered hotel locking can help provide the flow they crave, door-to-door, combining round-the-clock keyless, queue-less access with powerful, cost- and time-efficient management for staff.

A 2025 survey of 12,000 travellers across 14 major European markets found that guests increasingly expect seamless, queue-free hotel stays, with self-service check-in becoming a standard preference. In the 2026 Global Hotel Alliance Travel Trends survey, nearly 80% of brands said they were investing in frictionless check-in to meet these growing guest expectations.

Providing guests with the convenience of round-the-clock check-in and the safety of contactless arrival, then, is an increasing priority as the market evolves with the needs of a new generation of travellers. TESA Hotel’s Check-In PIN solution offers hospitality businesses a system which is easy to implement and simplifies day‑to‑day operations for staff.

Boosting business, increasing guest satisfaction

With the TESA Check-In PIN solution, guests enter their room when they choose, without keys, keycards, or queues at the reception desk. Prior to the stay, they receive an email with their PIN. They can then arrive friction-free and independently at their own pace: no keys or cards to carry, no apps to download. On checkout, they just pack their bags and head for home. Every stage of their digital journey happens without hassle or hitch.

Property owners and managers enjoy significant benefits. TESA software automatically sends the guest PIN email. No reminders need to be set. The same code automatically expires on scheduled checkout – or managers can change the validity period with a few clicks in the software. For small hotels or B&Bs, Check-In PIN can be a game-changer, enabling 24/7 guest arrivals without additional staffing costs. For every business, it reduces the use of plastics and frees hotel staff from endless reception queues.

The unique, secure PIN also becomes the guest’s digital companion during their stay. It unlocks their room and authorized common doors such as main entrance or gym. Hotel managers can tailor access on a guest-by-guest basis. Late checkout is also offered with a couple of clicks in the TESA Hotel software. Check-In PIN simplifies hotel operations, enabling faster service and delivering a smoother experience for both staff and guests.

A complete access management solution for the hospitality sector

Check-In PIN is just one option within the TESA Hotel ecosystem, and part of a suite of connected digital solutions from the access experts at ASSA ABLOY. The TESA Hotel solution is custom-built to streamline access management for hotels, rental apartments, campsites, guesthouses, and hospitality businesses – of every size and type.

Compatible TESA locks with keypad are quick and wire-free to install at almost any door. For enhanced site security, every PIN may be cancelled instantly and all communication between system and locks is encrypted. The TESA hardware range includes a choice of robust battery-powered locks for doors and in-room devices, available in multiple finishes and designs. As well as PIN, hotel managers can offer guest access with RFID keycards or mobile keys on their smartphone – without changing their locks.

Staff manage the stay from user-friendly TESA Hotel software. With real-time, remote control over all doors, they can react instantly to any unexpected incident. If a keycard is lost, or a PIN compromised, it is quick to generate a new one within the software, simultaneously cancelling the missing one. There is no need to change locks or waste time and money with rekeying. With minimal training, any staff member will find TESA Hotel a breeze.

The Check‑In PIN solution also integrates seamlessly via API with PMS systems, self‑check‑in kiosks, and online booking platforms, enabling managers to streamline operations and manage bookings and access more efficiently.

A PIN-powered guest experience at Spanish holiday apartments

Harpazul, an apartment complex in Galicia, chose Check-In PIN to make late guest arrivals stress-free. Booking confirmation and follow-up messages provide each party with their unique PIN to enter Harpazul; move through common areas; and unlock their room. Stylish, wire-free digital devices secure all main access points, recreation areas, and individual apartments.

“This way we offer a better service to the customer because they don’t have to queue at reception,” explains Harpazul’s Roi Casal. “It is as easy as sending the PIN via email.” Their TESA devices are already fully compatible with keycard and smartphone unlocking, if Harpazul introduce either option in future.

To learn more about this project, visit: https://www.assaabloy.com/group/emeia/solutions/topics/access-control/tesa-hotel

Salto Systems has launched the new XS4 Double Reader wire-free locking solution, designed to monitor and record both entry and exit through a single door. The system integrates two readers into one electronic lock and is compatible with Salto’s XS4 Original+ and XS4 One S product lines. Thanks to its fully wire-free architecture, the solution delivers a high level of security without requiring additional cabling and can be easily retrofitted onto existing locks and doors. The new model is intended for facilities that require bidirectional access control, such as gates, shared entrances, and secured areas.

Key features include anti-passback management, occupancy tracking, and real-time recording of all entry and exit events. The system supports RFID credentials, digital keys, and smartphone-based access, while also being compatible with the Salto BLUEnet infrastructure and the Salto Space, Salto KS, and Salto Homelok platforms. According to the company, the solution is suitable for a wide range of applications, including hospitality, healthcare, education, residential buildings, and critical infrastructure.

Designed for easy installation on standard doors, the XS4 Double Reader combines advanced security features with a modern design and the flexibility required for diverse user scenarios.

Many businesses and buildings need trustworthy, keyless door security without the expense and invasiveness of an advanced access control system. For these premises, PIN-based digital door access adds this security efficiently, freeing managers, employees, and visitors from the cost and hassle of handling physical keys.

In all kinds of workplaces, private rooms need separating – securely and reliably – from spaces where the public have free access. Their doors need a simple, standalone locking solution, whether for a stock or medicine store, staff breakroom, private office, or any similar room.

A Code Handle PIN lock is an elegant device designed for precisely these use-cases. A Code Handle keeps a space secure, while admitting authorized employees via a digital PIN code on its discreet handle-keypad. Designed to add valuable door security to any private room facing interior public areas, it is already proven across multiple applications and environments to keep unauthorized people out.

Fitting is simple, only requiring a change of handle. The existing mechanical locking cylinder stays in place and may still be operated with the existing key. Staff need no specialist knowledge or outside help to manage their doors with Code Handle. This flexibility has seen it deployed successfully in a wide range of small and medium-sized settings, including all of the following.

Small Healthcare Facilities

In a busy medical facility – surgeries, dental practices, pharmacies, or physiotherapy suites – it is easy to accidentally leave a door unlocked*. With expensive equipment or controlled drugs on the other side, any opening invites opportunists. With a Code Handle digital PIN lock, practice managers need never worry again.

Doctors and patients expect privacy during consultations. With Code Handle, they get it. To secure controlled drugs and hazardous waste bins, a Code Handle is quicker and safer than tracking a physical key – with no need to change the lock when one goes missing. Many treatment and examination rooms have expensive or dangerous equipment such as X-ray machines, dental tools, and physiotherapy equipment. With Code Handle, all this gets the extra level of security it deserves, without the expense of a software-based access system.

Shops and Retail Environments

Every store has doors from the retail floor where the public should not go. Managing keys for these openings creates unnecessary workload and distracts staff. At the same time, a bulky mechanical PIN lock can ruin carefully thought-out aesthetics. Retail managers can instead secure these doors with a slimline, contemporary handle. Code Handle adds reliable, aesthetic, digital security to almost any interior door. It is easy for shop staff to operate, no training required. When an employee moves on, it is straightforward to cancel their PIN in seconds without removing the handle. In a shop, outlet, petrol station, or car dealership, Code Handle is a convenient, low-cost solution for stock rooms, staff toilets, or offices facing any space where the public is free to roam.

Small Offices, Including Home-Based Workspaces

The contents of an office may be sensitive, valuable, private… or all three: not everyone at a workplace should have free access. Staff should be able to grab a coffee without worrying about the laptop or handbag left inside. Designed for office doors of any kind, Code Handle keeps such stuff safe and private. When the door shuts, Code Handle locks it automatically – staff do not even need to put down whatever they are carrying.

The growth in work-from-home (WFH) and hybrid working strategies has also led to an increase in private workspaces within the home and other communal settings such as co-working premises. These require their own security and privacy, whether to make video calls or have a sensitive conversation. Commercial security is always desirable. In many industries, it is required by law: the physical security of documents, data, and conversations may be the responsibility of those who keep them.

As experience across sectors and locations has demonstrated, the most elegant, seamless way to put an effective barrier between a residence and a private workstation is with a Code Handle digital door lock.

Primary Schools and Other Education Settings

Staff and school administrators can relax when they know private rooms and equipment stores are properly secured. Currently, many teachers carry cumbersome key bunches to ensure pupils do not enter rooms which could put themselves or school equipment at risk. With Code Handle, this is possible without having to constantly lock and unlock by key.

Fitting a Code Handle brings a sense of security and privacy to the staff room: teachers can leave marked work or mobile phones where no pupils can enter. A Code Handle makes it easy to separate pupil toilets from PIN-protected staff toilets. With Code Handle fitted to just a few important doors around the building, school principals ensure sports equipment, musical instruments, cleaning stores, and kitchens are protected against unauthorized access or theft.

Health and safety are also part of the package. Code Handle is fire-door compliant (EN 1634) and with a certified lifetime of at least 100,000 operations. Product design makes disinfecting easier. Unlike mechanical push-button PIN locks, a Code Handle has a smooth surface without corners or ridges. Germs have fewer places to hide. A disinfected damp cloth is all a caretaker needs to keep a handle hygienic – and school doors and storerooms secure.

Easy Installation, Even Easier Management

Code Handle devices are easy for any small organization to retrofit to their existing doors: the cylinder or lock remains in place and its handle simply swapped for the new device. For power, two standard batteries (CR2) slot inside the handle, typically lasting 30,000 lock/unlock cycles before replacement. Installation needs no wires, specialist tools, or drilling. Two screws attach it to almost any interior door up to 80mm thick.

Door management becomes easy and keyless. Every Code Handle comes with a Master Code and 9 different user PINs, making it simple to abandon the inconvenience of carrying and keeping track of keys. PINs are easy to set and to change whenever an office manager decides. It is this easy to transform the security of private rooms which face public spaces.

To learn more visit: www.assaabloy.com/group/emeia/solutions/topics/access-control