Hinfo Guest Digital Compendium

  The Coronavirus has affected almost every major industry, including the accommodation industry. This is the biggest global disruption of its kind in decades. The implications when it comes to health and hygiene in everyday life will become a bigger priority on-going. During the pandemic, the majority of the world’s population was instructed to at least do the following: Keep a safe distance of 1.5 metres away from others, who do not live in the same household. Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds. Isolate yourself from communal objects and rooms, if someone in your home has the virus. Anyone that has the Coronavirus that has touched any surface, could have infected it and put other people at risk. The virus can last up to this period of time for the following surfaces, unless it has been cleaned in between uses: Copper for less than 4 hours, Cardboard for less than 24 hours, and Plastic and Stainless Steel for up to 72 hours. Almost every surface and object that is available f...

  The majority of the world’s population today, believe in needing to be more sustainable in day to day life than ever before. Being sustainable is to be “able to be maintained at a certain rate or level”. In regard to the environment, this means people do not want their daily routines to have a negative effect on Earth, but rather at worst case scenario, be maintained at its current level, if not improved. The majority of the developed world have already responded to becoming more sustainable in day to day life, with at least these following examples: Recycling Soft Plastics Most supermarkets in Australia now allow people to deposit their used soft plastic from food packaging and other consumables frequently purchased as supermarkets. This results in more recycling and reduces significant amounts of plastic from going into landfill. Since 2011, the REDcycle program from Coles Australia has saved 715 million pieces of flexible plastic across Australia, from going straight to landfi...

Notifications are one of the core features in smartphones and tablets from the very beginning. One study found that  the average smartphone user had 63.5 notifications every single day . These notifications have several different use cases, including SMS, social media, emails, instant messaging, alarms, weather, reminders, calendar events, tracking orders, ride sharing and food ordering just to name a few. Our Hinfo Guest Digital Compendiums allows properties to scheduled notifications to appear on your guests own devices, which provides a next level of communication with your guests during their stay. 5 Benefits of Scheduled Notifications By integrating scheduled notifications into your property's operations, both your management and your guests can take advantage of these 5 benefits. Not Internet Dependent Getting slightly technical for a minute, there are two different types of notifications, push notifications and local notifications. Push notifications are automated messages ...