Controlled by the company’s pc-based Granta version 4 system, five PR500 proximity readers were installed at the five-star resort – three in the main hotel and two in its sports centre.

The hotel had three main requirements of a new system: it had to be able to import and export data from the site’s existing sports club membership database; it had to be expandable to cope with future security issues; and it had to fit in with the hotel’s luxury environment. After looking at equipment from a number of providers, the Celtic Manor chose Bewator.

Amongst the features of the system is its ability to allow automatic access to the sports centre for leisure members. People using the centre's pool wear lightweight IB968 tokens around the wrist, which can be worn whilst in the water without it affecting their ability to be read.

For the readers, the hotel did not want surface trunking or conduit on its marble walls and neither did it want the appearance of its doors changed, so the finish and the appearance of the exit button on the PR500’s was matched to the existing switchgear and the cabling hidden.

leisure-kit keyword: Bewator