Portier, by the Pool

As a further commitment to cleanliness, without compromising on our five-star service, Samujana is working with Hong Kong’s Portier Technologies

KOH SAMUI, Thailand (PRWEB)
May 14, 2020

Samujana (samujana.com), a secluded luxury villa estate based on the Thai island of Koh Samui, is among the earliest hospitality businesses to successfully respond to the challenges of traveling during the COVID-19 era, and the property provides a blueprint of what is to come for hoteliers all around the world. Koh Samui Airport (code: USM) has resumed flights from May 15th, and Bangkok Airways in conjunction with the Airport, have put in place efficient precautionary measures to ensure a safe, and a relatively seamless travel experience. These measures combined with Samujana’s commitment to cleanliness, make Samujana and Koh Samui, the perfect place for a villa vacation.

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Commitment to Cleanliness

Temperature checks: Samujana checks the temperature of all staff, and guests checking in or entering the resort.

Masks and hand sanitizer: Samujana provides masks and hand sanitizer for self service use for all our guests (including in all villas and in the private villa common areas). Masks are mandatory for Samujana employees, and our staff also wear gloves when servicing the villas.

Health and Hygiene Manager: Samujana is committed to the cleanliness and safety of our guests and our employees. We have appointed a new Health And Hygiene Manager role, responsible for the implementation of and ongoing execution of our cleanliness commitment.

As a further commitment to cleanliness, without compromising on our five-star service, Samujana is working with Hong Kong’s Portier Technologies, a guest-facing technology provider. The property has focused on a number of key areas, in order to make on-site facilities and services future-proof. Below, we take a look at some of the ways in which Samujana leveraged the Portier Platform and its cutting-edge technology to respond to changing guest needs.

Social Distancing

A term that we all have become familiar with in the wake of the global pandemic, and governments all over the world have looked to quickly implement social distancing strategies.

At Samujana, social distancing is nothing new, but they are now enforcing stricter policies that include a contactless service by utilising Portier Phones, the property’s guests have always benefited from the notion of “so far but yet so close” via Portier Technologies’ ability to boost contactless service. In that sense, guests can always stay in touch with their villa hosts, and can call them, chat with them and request help or access to on-site services from a single place. This ensures a strong connection between staff and guests, without the need for physical proximity.

By deploying Portier Phones as a single interaction point, Samujana staff now have significantly fewer surfaces to keep clean, and gone are the days of having to go through a compendium page-by-page, especially considering that paper is among the most prone objects when it comes to corona-virus related germs.

In essence, the Portier Platform combines all printed materials, all property information, all staff engagement, all destination-related information, all telephony needs and more in a single place. This empowers hotels to remove physical inventory and concentrate everything within one digital platform.

Education

Via the Portier Platform, Samujana is fully digital, and given the guests’ preference to carry the Portier Phones off-property, staff now explore the island “together” with the guests. In that respect, guests get access to content on corona-virus related topics, always prominently placed on their personalised Portier Phone.

“I’ll quickly share my location with you, so you can recommend some safe restaurants to go to around me”, “Let’s explore the Island Guide on the device, so we only visit places that Samujana staff deem safe”, “I wonder if this street-food area is safe” – all of these concerns are now covered by a combination of Samujana staff and the Portier Platform.

What’s more, Samujana staff can create and manage content that promotes best practices and recommends safety measures to guests, educating them on how to best respond to a new reality. Remember the initial range of government materials explaining how to wash your hands? By placing essentials like this on Portier Phones, Samujana educate their guests in the most digestible way possible.

Guest Engagement

With the Portier Platform at hand, Samujana is actually promoting more guest engagement than ever before – the difference? No touch. While the physical distance between guests and staff has increased, Portier Technologies and Samujana staff have worked hand-in-hand, in order to promote digital proximity.

With this in mind, the property is able to promote on-site services and ultimately deliver a more comprehensive guest experience, without making guests uncomfortable by asking them to interact in person.

About Samujana

Samujana is a secluded luxury villa estate where guests benefit from complete privacy just 10 minutes drive from Samui International Airport. The villas offer three to eight bedrooms and are ideal for families, friends and couples. Samujana provides dedicated contactless services, including villa hosts on speed dial (providing full concierge services), private cinemas, gyms, games rooms, tennis courts and private beach access.

Samujana is the ultimate destination for friends and families wanting to celebrate special occasions, have a relaxing break or simply reconnect away from the crowds and shared services of a hotel environment but not compromising on 5 star standards and services. Samujana will continue to embrace change, instil new measures, applaud creativity, and strive to innovate original ideas.

For more information see Samujana’s Commitment to Cleanliness, and their Offer’s page, to book your villa vacation!

About Portier Technologies

Founded in 2016, Portier Technologies is a travel platform that helps hotels better communicate with their customers via an intelligent, IoT-enabled smartphone solution that gives guests free access to calls, connectivity and content. Hotels remain connected to their guests beyond the limitations of the property, get to educate them on all local dos and don’ts, and generate additional income via data-powered promotions, while also making back office operations significantly more efficient.

For today’s travellers, Portier Technologies’ travel platform covers all travel needs from in-destination activities to hotel-related bookings and promotions, all powered by valuable data insights. These data insights deliver the ability to personalize the guest experience like never before, and finally deliver a comprehensive understanding of traveller behaviour.

“We are excited to help our community and country as it opens up. TempCheck creates a safe, fever-free environment while providing peace of mind for associates and guests.” -Wayne J. Hilmer, CEO Touchrate

ORLANDO, Fla. (PRWEB)
May 15, 2020

As businesses prepare to reopen, preventative measures must be put in place to help mitigate the spread of Coronavirus. There is a need to combat the spread of the virus in a way that is not intrusive or off-putting to both employees and guests. This is where Touchrate hopes to help with their TempCheck Sentinel and TempCheckplus Sentry no-contact infrared temperature sensing systems.

The TempCheck Sentinel offers a quick and easy way to check the temperature of any person passing by the unit. TempCheckplus Sentry expands on temperature checks by providing facial recognition for access to designated areas, data collection, and other customizable features. The devices are accurate to +/- .05 °C, which is equivalent to +/- .1 °F. For example, if someone is scanned as having a temperature of 98.6°F their actual body temperature can lie between 98.5°F and 98.7°F. For reference, the U.S. National Library of Medicine states that Body temperature norms range from 97°F (36.1°C) to 99°F (37.2°C). A variance of +/- .1 °F is small enough to not impact a safe reading.

TempCheck Devices are already being deployed in locations around Florida and can screen people in many areas such as hospitals, stores, gyms, schools, offices, banks, theaters, law firms, restaurants, parks, entertainment and sports venues and retirement living facilities or wherever people gather.

“We are excited to help our community and country as it opens up. TempCheck creates a safe, fever-free environment while providing peace of mind for associates and guests.” – Wayne J. Hilmer, CEO Touchrate

Established in 2008, Touchrate LLC is a technology company located in Orlando Florida, designing, creating, and deploying interactive technology solutions for the retail, healthcare, and hospitality industries.

If you would like to learn more about the TempCheck systems please visit their website at Touchrate.com/TempCheck or email Touchrate at info@touchrate.com.

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National non-profit group, Prevent Blindness, unveils new brand identity, logo and website.

“The core of our sight-saving mission has remained the same, but we have expanded our efforts to address the pressing needs of people living today in communities across the country,” said Jeff Todd, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness.

CHICAGO (PRWEB)
May 15, 2020

Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest non-profit eye health organization, announced today the launch of its new brand identity, logo, and website. The new look will be integrated in the organization’s future “Be a Visionary” campaign: a call to action to join in the sight-saving efforts of Prevent Blindness.

The new identity is designed to reflect the organization’s long history as well as its current sight-saving efforts and programs. The new look is designed to invoke the innovative, trusted and professional reputation of Prevent Blindness as it looks to the future.

“Prevent Blindness began in 1908 as a public health advocacy organization. The core of our sight-saving mission has remained the same, but we have expanded our efforts to address the pressing needs of people living today in communities across the country,” said Jeff Todd, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness. “Our new brand identity and website have been created to demonstrate all that Prevent Blindness offers to consumers, industry leaders, medical and public health professionals, and government representatives.”

The Prevent Blindness logo was redesigned to emphasize the important role of prevention, by bolding the word “Prevent.” The multi-colored eye as logo mark reflect many elements converging to represent community inclusiveness.

To make vision and eye health information at Prevent Blindness as user-friendly as possible, the newly-redesigned website at http://www.PreventBlindness.org features easy-to-navigate pages with built-in accessibility features. Websites for the Center for Vision and Population Health and the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness have also received extensive updates.

To engage the public in the next chapter of its legacy, Prevent Blindness will soon roll out the “Be a Visionary” program, asking consumers to join in the mission and pledge their support by advocating for eye health, sharing stories of the gift of healthy vision, or donating to the cause. Shareable social media graphics, including #BeAVisionary, will be available to participate in the campaign.

“Today we understand that we are in the midst of a profoundly devastating epidemic,” added Mr. Todd. “Our goal is to continue to move forward, to continue to advocate and educate on the importance of eye health. We believe these new efforts will help guide us in the year 2020 and for many years to come.”

For more information on Prevent Blindness, its history and new brand identity, please visit http://www.PreventBlindness.org or call (800) 331-2020.

About Prevent Blindness

Founded in 1908, Prevent Blindness is the nation’s leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight. Focused on promoting a continuum of vision care, Prevent Blindness touches the lives of millions of people each year through public and professional education, advocacy, certified vision screening and training, community and patient service programs and research. These services are made possible through the generous support of the American public. Together with a network of affiliates, Prevent Blindness is committed to eliminating preventable blindness in America. For more information, or to make a contribution to the sight-saving fund, call 1-800-331-2020. Or, visit us on the Web at preventblindness.org or facebook.com/preventblindness.

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Dental Implant Specialist, Dr. Dan Holtzclaw, Celebrates 13 Years as Editor-in-Chief for JIACD

The practice includes an in-house lab, complete with Zirkonzahn™ technology, and a team of doctors who can provide the entire dental implant treatment, from consultation to full restoration, in one location.

AUSTIN, Texas (PRWEB)
May 15, 2020

Dr. Dan Holtzclaw, respected dental implant specialist, celebrates his thirteenth year as editor-in-chief for The Journal of Implant and Advanced Clinical Dentistry (JIACD). JIACD covers advanced treatments in the dental industry, including dental implants to treat even the most complex missing teeth cases. Dr. Holtzclaw provides world-class dental implant placement at Austin Dental Implant Center in Austin, TX, which he founded to focus solely on delivering the most comprehensive and specialized dental implant care available in the country.

The world’s first interactive paperless dental journal, JIACD combines traditional peer-reviewed dental literature with twenty-first-century multimedia technology. Readers are provided access to interactive literature on clinical techniques, dental implant cases, literature reviews, and expert commentary that can immediately impact their daily dental practice. Dr. Holtzclaw has been a contributing author and editor at JIACD since its inception, inspiring the industry to improve and evolve with each new year. With over 180,000 registered users, JIACD is one of the largest dental journals in the world.

At Austin Dental Implant Center, Dr. Holtzclaw works with a team of highly experienced dental implant specialists to provide the most cutting-edge care for those seeking a permanent solution to missing teeth. The practice includes an in-house lab, complete with Zirkonzahn™ technology, and a team of doctors who can provide the entire dental implant treatment, from consultation to full restoration, in one location.

For those suffering with missing teeth, dental implants are the leading tooth replacement solution. The titanium implant is precisely placed into the jawbone so that is osseointegrates with the bone for maximum stability. A natural-looking and custom-made crown or bridge is affixed to the implant, completing the smile. The dental implants provided at Austin Dental Implant Center are so life-like that they are indistinguishable from natural teeth.

Those looking for a permanent solution to missing teeth in Austin, TX can connect with Dr. Holtzclaw and the highly experienced dental implant specialists at Austin Dental Implant Center for a complimentary dental implant consultation. To schedule an appointment, call 512-375-0050 or visit http://www.austindentalimplantcenter.com.

About the Practice

Austin Dental Implant Center was founded by Dr. Dan Holtzclaw, one of the world’s leading authorities on full arch immediately loaded dental implant treatment. Using experience from thousands of dental implant procedures, Dr. Holtzclaw pioneered the DIAsmile™ implant teeth-in-a-day treatment concept, which allows patients to receive a new dental implant smile in just one day. With an in-house laboratory utilizing world-class Zirkonzahn™ technology, staff oral surgeons, staff prosthodontists, and experienced dental technicians, Austin Dental Implant Center is able to provide industry leading dental implant treatment in one convenient location, eliminating the need for patients to travel to multiple offices, as is required with most traditional dental offices. To learn more about the Austin Dental Implant Center advantage visit http://www.austindentalimplantcenter.com or call 512-375-0050.

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Cisive and PreCheck Named in HR Tech Outlook’s Top 10 Pre-Employment Screening Companies List

It is an honor for Cisive and PreCheck to be recognized as two of the top 10 pre-employment screening companies by HR Tech Outlook magazine, a testament to our commitment to quality and efficiency throughout the years.

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. (PRWEB)
May 15, 2020

Cisive, a global provider of compliance-driven human capital management and risk management solutions, recently announced the company and its healthcare-focused background screening division, PreCheck, were both named by HR Tech Outlook magazine as part of the Top 10 Pre-Employment Screening Consulting/Services Companies 2020. A distinguished panel comprising of CEOs, CIOs, CHROs, and analysts, along with HR Tech Outlook’s editorial board assessed several background screening services companies and shortlisted the ones that are distinctively prominent in the field.

“It is an honor for Cisive and PreCheck to be recognized as two of the top 10 pre-employment screening companies by HR Tech Outlook magazine, a testament to our commitment to quality and efficiency throughout the years,” said James Owens, President and CEO at Cisive. “In order to effectively partner with our clients as they face hiring challenges exacerbated by the pandemic, Cisive is prepared to continue serving the business community during these unprecedented times. More than ever, we are focused on delivering innovative technological solutions that provide the HR community with the key information to meet their hiring goals and critical business needs.”

“PreCheck’s inclusion in HR Tech Outlook’s list of the top 10 pre-employment screening companies recognizes the ingenuity and spirit of innovation possessed by our technologists, product managers and leadership team,” said Zach Daigle, President of PreCheck. “During these challenging times, PreCheck is more committed than ever to partnering with our healthcare clients to support their rapidly evolving critical business goals.”

In addition to being named as one of the Top 10 Pre-Employment Screening Companies by HR Tech Outlook, both Cisive and PreCheck have also been honored by CIO Bulletin as one of 30 Admired Companies to Watch in 2020. For more information about Cisive’s suite of solutions, visit http://www.Cisive.com. For more information about PreCheck’s suite of solutions, visit http://www.PreCheck.com.

About Cisive

Cisive is a global leader in compliance-driven human capital and risk management solutions, providing onboarding and pre-employment background screening solutions to address the complex challenges and needs of large enterprises with dedicated, in-country account management teams committed to customer satisfaction. Cisive is accredited by the Professional Background Screeners Association (PBSA) and was named for the third consecutive year by HRO Today to the 2019 Baker’s Dozen Customer Satisfaction rankings of Top Pre-Employment Screening Providers, in addition to being named Company of the Year by CIO Review. The company and its brands serve clients in financial services, transportation, telecom/media, healthcare, utilities and the home services end-markets, among others. For additional information, please visit http://www.cisive.com.

About PreCheck

Founded in 1983, PreCheck has focused exclusively on serving the healthcare industry’s background screening and employment qualification needs since 1993. PreCheck serves over 5,000 hospitals, long-term care facilities, clinics, educational institutions, and other ancillary healthcare organizations, across the U.S. PreCheck has evolved over time from a background screening provider into a turnkey outsourcing solutions provider, offering a full suite of background screening, compliance monitoring, and credentialing solutions all designed to help its clients adhere to the extensive regulations governing the healthcare industry. Based in Houston, PreCheck has been recognized as an Inc. 5000 company from 2013-2018 and has achieved Background Screening Credentialing Council Accreditation by the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS). Please visit http://www.precheck.com for more information.

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“We are excited to have the opportunity to serve the NIH, and we’re grateful to have been selected for not just one, but two contracts, to provide biotechnology and chemistry patent legal services for the next 10 years,” stated Dr. C.G. Moore, Partner at McBee Moore & Vanik.

FREDERICK, Md. (PRWEB)
May 15, 2020

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected McBee Moore & Vanik IP, LLC, a boutique intellectual property law firm based in Frederick, Maryland and Tysons Corner, Virginia, to provide patent legal services under two separate ten (10) year contracts: one in the field of biotechnology and a another in the field of chemistry. The firm is one of nine firms in the nation awarded a biotechnology contract and one of seven firms awarded a chemistry contract.

The NIH is the largest source of funding for biomedical research in the United States and generates significant licensing revenue from its intellectual property. The goal of NIH is to protect and improve public health by conducting and supporting fundamental research into the causes, prevention and cure of human diseases. The NIH is a leader in numerous technologies, including chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) cancer treatments, infectious disease treatments, diagnostic applications and among many others.

“We are excited to have the opportunity to serve the NIH, and we’re grateful to have been selected for not just one, but two contracts, to provide biotechnology and chemistry patent legal services for the next 10 years,” stated Dr. C.G. Moore, Partner at McBee Moore & Vanik and leader of the firm’s NIH team.

More than 80-percent of the professional staff at McBee Moore & Vanik IP, LLC has either a doctorate in the life sciences or a medical doctorate. The firm was ranked #12, for 2019, on Harrity Analytics’ list of most granted patents in USPTO Tech Center 1600, which covers “Biotechnology and Organics”.

Questions can be directed to Lauren Pogue, Marketing Specialist or Cindy Thomas, Firm Administrator. Please visit mmviplaw.com for more information.

McBee, Moore and Vanik IP, LLC

McBee, Moore and Vanik IP, LLC (MMV) is based in Frederick, Maryland and Tysons Corner, Virginia. MMV was founded in 2016 and is a boutique patent law firm that strives to provide more efficient and streamlined services to clients at a reasonable cost. MMV represents US and international clients in the fields of biotechnology, chemistry, medical technology, engineering, software, metallurgy and pharmaceuticals while offering everything from patent prosecution and counseling to post-grant proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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