Google Wallet and Apple Wallet are making it possible to store hotel room keys on phones. To date, only 14% of guests surveyed at branded hotels use digital keys. Experts believe phone apps are more ...

Cell phone debate aside, industry experts point to a number of other reasons why mag-stripe cards fail. The more likely culprit in the mag stripe card mystery is the quality and age of the card itself ...

For decades, hotel guests have been warned about the dangers lurking in their pockets. Keep your room key away from your phone.Don't put it near your credit cards. That magnetic clasp on your purse?It ...

A few years ago, a rumor made the rounds on e-mail and the Web that hotels were encoding room key cards with guests' personal information, and that any prospective identity thief with a card reader ...