In the modern hotel industry, smart key cards have become an indispensable part of daily operations of the hotel operation, directly affecting guest experience and management efficiency. Among various kinds of smart card types,  magnetic stripe cards have maintained a stable position in hotel applications for their mature technology, practical advantages and high cost performance. As one of the professional smart card suppliers with 20 years of experience, Zhanfeng Smart Card is committed to popularizing magnetic stripe card knowledge and application of hotel. And we provide high-quality products for hotels around the world.

Basic Knowledge of Magnetic Stripe Cards

A magnetic stripe card is a card-shaped magnetic recording medium that stores characters or digital information through magnetic carriers to identify identities or realize other specific functions. Apart from it material of main part, its core component is the magnetic stripe attached to the card surface, which has three tracks for storing data. And the data format and storage rules are standardized by international ISO 7810 and ISO 7811 international standards. For hotel smart key cards, the magnetic stripe mainly stores guest check-in information, room number, access time limit and other data. With these data, hotel administrator can quickly read the hotel’ s card information to complete the check-in and door opening process for the guests.

Appliaction of Magnetic Stripe Cards in Hotel

The application of magnetic stripe cards in hotel smart key cards has obvious advantages that are difficult to replace by other smart cards. First of all, it has excellent cost performance. Compared with high-tech IC cards or biometric technologies, magnetic stripe cards have lower production costs. And as it has been widely used all over the world for a long time, the supporting card reading equipment of the magnetic stripe cards is widely popular. It does not require hotels to carry out large-scale transformation of existing lock systems, greatly reducing the initial investment and later maintenance costs of hotels. This kind of purchase model especially suitable for mid-range hotels and chain hotel brands that need rapid expansion. 

Secondly, magnetic stripe card is convenient to use and manage. After long-term development, the magnetic stripe card is small in size, easy to carry, and has stable performance. It can be quickly activated and initialized when guests check in, and the access authority can be cancelled immediately when they check out as well. This simplifies the work process of the hotel front desk and improves the operation efficiency of the hotel. 

Finally, it has strong compatibility. Magnetic stripe cards can be seamlessly connected with the hotel’ s PMS (Property Management System), realizing the automation of check-in, check-out and room status update. This can greatly release the manual work. And some magnetic stripe cards can also be compatible with elevator control, locker management and other functions to help hotels build an integrated service ecology.

Choose Zhanfeng Smart Card as Your Supplier

It should be noted that magnetic stripe cards need to be optimize the magnetic layer material and card base quality to prevent data loss caused by demagnetization. As one of the best smart card suppliers , this is also the key advantage of Zhanfeng Smart Card in producting magnetic stripe cards.

With 20 years of in-depth cultivation in the smart card industry, Zhanfeng Smart Card has accumulated rich experience in R&D, production and sales, and its products are sold well at home and abroad. We strictly follow the international ISO9001 management system to control the whole production process, ensuring that each magnetic stripe card has stable performance, uniform magnetic strength and low defect rate. To let you better experience the quality and performance of our magnetic stripe cards, Zhanfeng Smart Card provides free sample delivery service. 

If you are a hotel operator or purchasing manager who needs smart room card solutions, please feel free to consult us, Zhanfeng professional team will provide you with one-stop service from product consultation to customized production. Choose Zhanfeng, and choose a reliable supplier for your hotel’s intelligent development.