Virdee  

Austin,  TX 
United States
https://www.virdee.co

Virdee powers hotels with guest-experience technology

Virdee is a SaaS company that provides the leading all-in-one guest experience solution for lodging, multifamily, and commercial buildings. With both app and kiosk solutions, Virdee technology addresses 100% of guests, providing faster access to amenities while reducing costs and increasing revenue for properties. 

From check-in/check-out to biometric ID verification and room upgrades, everything is covered. Going beyond check-in capabilities, new revenue streams can be unlocked by adding on- and off-site food & beverage ordering, charging for early check-in and late check-out, offering spa services, and much more. Guests can even contact hotel staff via voice/video call or chat directly in the app. All of this is possible through the Virdee app or by integrating the features into a property’s existing app. 

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• Virgin Hotels Turns to Virdee to Deploy Self Check-in (Feb 16, 2022)

  MIAMI and AUSTIN, Texas – September 28, 2021 – Virgin Hotels – one of the most unique and forward-thinking hotel brands – is collaborating with Virdee to implement hospitality’s leading virtual reception solution and ensure a superior digital check-in experience for all hotel guests.

  Virdee kiosks are currently piloting at Virgin Hotels in Chicago and Dallas, with the Nashville location in deployment, and Virdee will grow with the hotel’s portfolio as the brand opens new hotels in more world-class destinations. The kiosks bring a seamless experience to the guest, providing a digital option for quick and efficient check-in. The in-lobby experience works side-by-side with Virgin Hotels’ mobile application “Lucy” so guests can choose where to check in, mobile or kiosk.

  “We’re excited to collaborate with Virdee to provide all hotel guests the option to securely check-in on the device they feel most comfortable with,” said Denise Walker, VP of Information Technology at Virgin Hotels. “With recovery under way and in the era of ‘contactless everything,’ it’s imperative that we continue to prioritize our guests’ safety. Virdee’s solutions allow us to bring a personalized, fully digital check-in experience ensuring each visitor has a tailor check in process.”

  When guests arrive at a Virgin Hotels, they can access their reservation through Virdee Identity, which uses advanced biometrics solutions or two-factor authentication. From there, they can submit payment, sign terms and conditions and submit special requests. Remote assistance is available with the touch of a button, and the guest will leave the kiosk in short order with a physical key to access their guestroom.

  The check-in experience is even more powerful for members of Virgin Hotels loyalty and preference program – The Know – because the Virdee reception will automatically match and pull guest information. For guests who aren’t yet members of The Know, Virdee provides a simple, sleek sign-up experience to help convert more guests than traditional paper or phone processes.

  “We are proud to announce this partnership with one of the most innovative and cutting-edge hotel brands in our industry,” said Virdee Co-Founder Nadav Cornberg. “As Virdee and Virgin Hotels continue to grow their partnership, we’ll debut advanced technology features that will push the industry forward, helping reduce operating costs while improving the guest experience.”

  About Virdee

  Virdee is a technology company providing best-in-class virtual reception and user interaction software for clients and their tenants, guests, and other stakeholders. Virdee helps building owners reduce costs and generate ancillary revenue by automating front-of-house workflows via its mobile application and in-lobby experiences. Using an API-first approach, Virdee connects platforms for ID verification, payment collection, access control and remote support. The company serves customers in lodging, multifamily and commercial real estate industries. Visit www.virdee.co to learn more.

  About Virgin Hotels

  Virgin Hotels is a lifestyle hospitality brand that combines heartfelt service, straightforward value, and a seamless, personalized hotel experience with the track record of innovation and smart disruption that Sir Richard Branson’s global Virgin Group has pioneered for 50 years. Each property intermixes a passion for food and beverage with music and culture, fusing with the local landscape and providing a vibrant and inclusive environment for travelers and locals alike. Virgin Hotels Chicago – named the “#1 Hotel in the United States” in 2016 and “#1 Hotel in Chicago” in 2016, 2017, and 2020 by the Conde Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards – Virgin Hotels Dallas – named the “#16 Hotel in Texas” – Virgin Hotels Nashville, Virgin Hotels New Orleans and Virgin Hotels Las Vegas are now open. Locations in New York, Miami, Edinburgh and Glasgow to follow. Virgin Hotels continues to explore hotel and office conversions and ground-up development in Boston, Los Angeles, Austin, Seattle, and London.

• Virdee Achieves Oracle Validated Integration, Enabling Digital Check-in for Hotels Around the World (Feb 16, 2022)

  AUSTIN, Texas – July 12, 2021 – Virdee, a SaaS company delivering digital check-in and virtual concierge services to the hospitality and commercial real estate industries, has achieved Oracle Validated Integration with Oracle Hospitality Expertise that allows communication with OPERA, the global leader in hotel PMS systems. The partnership empowers hotels running on the OPERA system to leverage Virdee’s unique functionality, bypassing the front desk, marketing room upgrades and early check-in/checkout, assigning rooms, and verifying guest identity with reservation data during the check-in process.

  Virdee provides a full contactless check-in experience, empowering 100% of hotel guests to check-in either via kiosk or their mobile device, receive a digital or physical key and head straight to their guestroom without ever standing in line at the front desk.

  Expertise is a core tenet of the modernized Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) program and allows Oracle partners to highlight their capabilities in a focused area. Ultimately, Expertise is designed to make it easy for customers to identify partners who can deliver quality solutions and minimize risk for their specific needs.

  In order to achieve the Oracle Validated Integration with Oracle Hospitality Expertise, partners like Virdee must meet a series of qualifiers, including demonstrating that the integration performs as documented. Learn more about Expertise, including viewing the complete Expertise Catalog, at www.oracle.com/partnernetwork/expertise.

  Through the OPERA integration, Virdee’s identity verification module will securely connect user profiles with reservation data. Prior to completing the check-in process, Virdee will collect a payment method for incidentals and current charges, auto-assign a room, deliver a mobile key or a key card to the guest, and mark the guest as checked in on the Oracle Hospitality OPERA platform.

  “We are excited to announce this milestone partnership with Oracle/Opera,” said Virdee Co-Founder Nadav Cornberg. “The demand for a contactless check-in experience skyrocketed during the COVID pandemic and we are proud to partner to offer solutions that keep guests and staff safe while making the process more efficient for both parties. Via the new integration,  hotels around  the world can now utilize our best-in-class, end-to-end product for the complete digital check-in experience, including ID verification, payment collection, access control and remote support.”

  “Achieving Oracle Validated Integration with Oracle Hospitality Expertise gives our customers the confidence that the integration of Virdee Virtual Reception is functionally sound and performs as tested,” said David Hicks, vice president, Worldwide ISV Cloud Business Development, Oracle. “For solutions deployed on premise, in the cloud, or both, Oracle Validated Integration applies a rigorous technical review process that helps to reduce deployment risk and improves the user experience of the partner’s integrated offering.”

  About Virdee

  Virdee is a technology company providing best-in-class virtual reception and user interaction software for clients and their tenants, guests, and other stakeholders. Virdee helps building owners reduce costs and generate ancillary revenue by automating front-of-house workflows via its mobile application and in-lobby experiences. Using an API-first approach, Virdee connects platforms for ID verification, payment collection, access control and remote support. The company serves customers in lodging, multifamily and commercial real estate industries. Visit www.virdee.co to learn more.

  About Oracle Validated Integration Expertise

  Oracle Validated Integration Expertise, available through Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), gives customers confidence that the integration of a complementary partner software product with an on premise Oracle Application has been validated and the products work together as designed. This can help customers reduce risk, improve system implementation cycles, and provide for smoother upgrades and simpler maintenance. Oracle Validated Integration applies a rigorous technical process to review partner integrations and partners who successfully earn an Oracle Validated Integration Expertise are authorized to use the “Oracle Validated Integration” badge.

  About Oracle PartnerNetwork

  Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) is Oracle’s partner program designed to enable partners to accelerate the transition to cloud and drive superior customer business outcomes. The OPN program allows partners to engage with Oracle through track(s) aligned to how they go to market: Cloud Build for partners that provide products or services built on or integrated with Oracle Cloud; Cloud Sell for partners that resell Oracle Cloud technology; Cloud Service for partners that implement, deploy and manage Oracle Cloud Services; and License & Hardware for partners that build, service or sell Oracle software licenses or hardware products. Customers can expedite their business objectives with OPN partners who have achieved Expertise in a product family or cloud service.  To learn more visit: http://www.oracle.com/partnernetwork

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• Virdee and MIWA Partner to Provide End-to-End Digital Check-in Solution (Feb 16, 2022)

  AUSTIN, Texas – June 28, 2021 – Virdee, a SaaS company delivering digital check-in and virtual concierge services to the hospitality and commercial real estate industries, has completed an integration with MIWA Lock Systems, a leader in high-performance locks and security systems serving the hotel industry. The integration allows hotels to provide an end-to-end digital check-in experience from the time the guest walks into the lobby all the way through opening their guestroom door.

  Virdee provides a full contactless experience, empowering 100% of hotel guests to check-in via kiosk or their mobile device, receive a digital or physical key and head straight to their guestroom without ever standing in line at the front desk. The integration with MIWA caps a period of rapid development in which Virdee has integrated with all major hospitality lock manufacturers servicing the hospitality industry.

  Nadav Cornberg, Virdee’s co-founder, said, “We’re delighted to announce our integration with MIWA, a pre-eminent global provider of lock and security systems. Since Virdee launched less than a year ago, we’ve been focused on building integrations with all of the technology systems to provide a completely digital arrival experience for travelers. Our integration with MIWA is rounds out a year-long sprint and we can now proudly say that our suite of integrations provides hoteliers the opportunity to check in 100% of guests all the time – seamlessly and with confidence.”

  Through either a mobile app or a sleek kiosk experience, Virdee handles all of a hotel’s check-in needs, including ID verification, payment collection, and room access. Should a guest need assistance, with one tap of a button Virdee connects them to a virtual concierge that can help walk them through the check-in process. Implementing Virdee’s solution allows owners to increase profitability while providing a safer guest experience than traditional, more manual methods.

  “We’re pleased that Virdee recognized MIWA as a leader in the hospitality industry, providing high quality, reliable and stylish solutions,” said Thomas Hurd VP of Sales at MIWA USA. “At the forefront of innovation, MIWA recognizes that providing digital check-in with keyless room access will future-proof hotels and meet fast-evolving customer expectations.”

  As the hospitality undergoes a digital transformation that automates many manual tasks, the partnership between Virdee and MIWA will allow hotels to elevate the guest experience while reducing cost and increasing margins for operators. Hotels may choose to eliminate their front desk completely or enable their front-desk agents to perform other service functions, further elevating the hotel guest experience.

  About Virdee

  Virdee is a technology company providing best-in-class virtual reception and customer engagement software for clients and their tenants, guests, and other stakeholders. Virdee helps building owners reduce costs and generate ancillary revenue by automating front-of-house workflows via its mobile application and in-lobby experiences. Using an API-first approach, Virdee connects platforms for ID verification, payment collection, access control and remote support. The company serves customers in lodging, multifamily and commercial real estate industries. Visit www.virdee.co to learn more.

  About Miwa Lock Company

  Miwa Lock Company is a Japanese lock manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Since 1945, Miwa has grown to become Japan’s foremost provider of high-performance locks and security systems used in approximately 50 countries around the world. Our emphasis on research and development ensures the most advanced technology and materials are incorporated into our RFID Locking Systems. Miwa Lock Company’s BLE technology enables your guests to use their smart phones for easy access. Please visit www.miwalock.com

• Virdee and dormakaba Partner to Provide Seamless Solution for Digital Check-In and Access (Feb 16, 2022)

  AUSTIN, Texas– April 14, 2021 – Virdee, a SaaS company serving the lodging, multifamily and commercial real estate industries, announced today an integration with dormakaba’s mulithousing smart lock access control solutions. The partnership provides customers and third-party integrators with a seamless solution for digital check-in and visitor engagement at buildings with dormakaba products.

  The Virdee platform not only supports property access through the dispensing of key cards from Virdee’s Virtual Reception kiosk, but also through mobile keys via Virdee’s mobile application. Keys are only issued when a visitor’s identity has been securely verified and matches the record on file in the property management system.

  • Partnering to provide mobile key accessibility: Touch-free access is crucial in high contact public places. Transition to contactless, barrier-free and user-friendly access is quickly becoming a must have for the industry. By partnering with industry leader dormakaba, Virdee ensures its customers can quickly and easily integrate its solution with existing dormakaba’s RFID and BLE technology.  
  • Virdee expands electronic hotel locks portfolio: dormakaba’s Ilco, Saflok, AmbianceTM, System 6000 and Atlas product brands offer a complete selection of guest room locking and access management solutions. As travelers look for accommodations that provide a safe, secure entry, Virdee continues to work directly with leading manufacturers to ensure seamless implementation of its product.

  Michael Kincaid, Global Business Owner, Lodging at dormakaba, said: “We are fully focused on developing or integrating  innovative access solutions and services that make hotels and the hospitality industry smarter and more secure. This partnership will help our customers provide the completely seamless check-in experience they want to deliver to their guests.” 

  Branigan Mulcahy, Virdee co-founder, said: “Bringing together the Virdee platform with the best in the door lock industry further advances our goal of bringing hoteliers, asset owner and property managers one step closer to an end-to-end contactless entry solution. We couldn’t be more thrilled to have dormakaba as a key partner in helping achieve that goal.” 

  Nadav Cornberg, Virdee co-founder and chief technologist, said: “By partnering with dormakaba, we provide our customers with a full portfolio of door lock manufacturers they know and trust. In addition, this allows Virdee to enter an expanded market that includes short-term rentals, residential buildings or other properties that require a keyless entry solution.” 

  About Virdee

  Virdee is a technology company providing best-in-class virtual reception and customer engagement software for clients and their tenants, guests, and other stakeholders. Virdee helps building owners reduce costs and generate ancillary revenue by automating front-of-house workflows via its mobile application and in-lobby experiences. Using an API-first approach, Virdee connects platforms for ID verification, payment collection, access control and remote support. The company serves customers in lodging, multifamily and commercial real estate industries. Visit www.virdee.co to learn more.

  About dormakaba
  dormakaba is one of the top three companies in the global market for access and security solutions. With strong brands such as Dorma and Kaba in its portfolio, dormakaba is a single source for products, solutions, and services related to doors and secure access to buildings and rooms. With around 16,000 employees and numerous cooperation partners, dormakaba is active in over 130 countries. dormakaba is headquartered in Rümlang (Zurich/Switzerland) and generates an annual turnover of over CHF 2 billion. Visit www.dormakaba.us to learn more.

• Virdee Becomes ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions Certified Partner to Advance Industry’s End-to-End Contactless Check-In Abilities (Feb 16, 2022)

  AUSTIN, Texas– March 10, 2021 – Virdee, a SaaS company serving the lodging, multifamily and commercial real estate industries, announced today it has entered into the Certified Partner program by ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions (OTCMKTS: ASAZY), a global leader in access solutions, to deliver a robust contactless check-in and Mobile Access solution to joint hospitality customers and third-party integrators.

  Virdee’s secure, contactless check-in flow allows ID-verified users to obtain keys for building access either at an in-lobby check-in station and/or digitally through its mobile app.

  • Expands Virdee’s electronic hotel locks portfolio: By equipping properties with Visionline’s access management technology, ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions provides properties with the ability to manage both offline or online-based locks. The integration of this leading manufacturer’s access solutions into Virdee’s virtual reception platform provides customers, and their guests, the efficiency of a self-service check-in experience.
  • Provides secure, mobile key accessibility: The transition to contactless, self-service and user-friendly access is quickly becoming a must have across real estate verticals, especially at hotels. By partnering with industry leaders such as ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions, Virdee demonstrates its commitment to providing its customers with the latest in contactless experiences. 
  • Industry-leading data encryption: Mobile Access by ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions also utilizes the latest in data encryption protocols to prevent unauthorized access. This includes the use of secure communication channels to deliver digital keys and room number information to guest devices which is then stored within a digital strongbox on a guest-facing mobile app. 

  Branigan Mulcahy, Virdee co-founder, said: “We couldn’t be more thrilled to work with ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions as a Certified Partner moving forward. The hoteliers, asset owners and property managers who rely on ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions and its VingCard products can now use Virdee to bridge the gap between contactless check-in and contactless access when they want a self-service experience.” 

  Nadav Cornberg, Virdee co-founder and chief technologist, said: “In an era of disruptive change and shifting models in guest services and operations, Virdee provides a new standard – leading the industry toward the adoption of contactless, guest-centric transactions to reduce costs, increase margins and boost profitability. This collaboration ensures our joint customers have the type of contactless experience needed to provide flexibility for guests and owners.” 

  About Virdee

  Virdee is a SaaS company providing best-in-class virtual reception and customer engagement software for clients and their tenants, guests, and other stakeholders. Virdee helps building owners reduce costs and generate ancillary revenue by automating front-of-house workflows via its mobile application and in-lobby experiences. Using an API-first approach, Virdee connects platforms for ID verification, payment collection, access control and remote support. Visit www.virdee.co to learn more.

  About ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions

  The ASSA ABLOY Group is the global leader in access solutions. Every day, we help billions of people experience a more open world. ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions is dedicated to reimagining how people move through their world. Our expertise in customer journey mapping, innovation and service design leads to the invention of new security solutions that create value for our clients and exceptional experiences for end users. 

  For the hospitality market, these solutions include integrated software systems, mobile access and location solutions designed to help our customers enhance the hotel guest experience, while improving operational efficiency. In order to provide best-in-class customer service, we offer support in more than 166 countries. For more information, please visit assaabloyglobalsolutions.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

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