Vingcard hotel technology: the total solution for hospitality

Video 4 May 2026

In hospitality, Vingcard is best known for its hotel lock. Yet Jeroen Coesmans makes it clear that the company is positioning itself much more broadly today. The lock on the hotel door remains the recognisable starting point, but behind it there is now a larger technological story: mobile access, room automation, parking management, linen management and middleware that connects various hotel systems.

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Coesmans stresses that Vingcard has been present at the fair since its first edition. According to him, that presence is not only about meeting existing and new customers, but also about showing “what we do more than just the well-known Vingcard slot”. That is immediately the core of his message. Vingcard does not want to be seen exclusively as a supplier of card locks, but as a provider of a broader solution for hotels.

The story does start with that lock. Coesmans refers to the classic Vingcard card slot as “where it all started”. According to him, this was the first card slot that could be reprogrammed by making new punch cards. Interestingly, according to him, these locks are still in use today, including in hotels, ferries and night trains. This presents the origins of Vingcard not as something from the past, but as a foundation that is still relevant.

Terminology from those early days also lives on. Coesmans explains that the term “cutting key cards” comes from there. In today's practice, key cards are no longer physically cut out, but programmed. The old language has remained, while the technology has evolved.

Today, the focus is on new forms of access. Among other things, Coesmans mentions the “latest in card locks” and refers to the wallet key. In this, the key is in the phone and the guest can use his smartphone as a means of access. The function of the room key remains the same, but the means changes: from card to mobile.

The story does not end there. Coesmans talks about “the Vingcard Solution”, and that very term shows how the company portrays itself. Vingcard does not just want to show individual products, but a total solution within what he calls the “Tech Stacks”. Here, he mentions guest management systems for room climate control, but also control over lighting and curtains.

In addition, parking management comes up through sister organisation Skidata. Linen management is also mentioned as part of the broader solution. According to Coesmans, linen is a major cost item in hotels that often has little visibility. By scanning textiles, a hotel can gain insight into what goes out, what comes back from the laundry, how many wash cycles a towel has had, how many towels are present and when to reorder.

The common thread in the story is integration. Coesmans argues that hotels often have many systems in place, but that those systems “often don't talk to each other”. He contrasts that with VConnect: middleware that allows Vingcard to connect different tech stacks in a hotel.

According to him, those links can be made in several ways: cloud to cloud, cloud to server and server to server. Vingcard can thus link PMS systems to its own locks, but also to other locks, television, phone and payment. The aim is for Vingcard to “weave” itself into the hotel's tech stack. According to Coesmans, this provides more features and greater convenience for both hotel operations and the guest experience.

This creates a clear development. Vingcard no longer presents itself only as a supplier of the well-known hotel lock, but as a technology partner that wants to connect different parts of the hotel operation. The lock remains the most visible product, but the bigger story is in the systems around it. In access, room comfort, operational insight and integration, the total solution emerges with which Vingcard wants to distinguish itself within hospitality.

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From the first edition onwards,
we participate in this fair,

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and it's a
nice opportunity

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to our customers
meet,

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learn new customers
know.

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But in addition, to everything
to show what we do more

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than just the familiar
Vingcard slot.

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This is where it all
started with.

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The Vingcard Card slot.

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That's where Vingcard once
started,

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that was the first card slot
what you again

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could programme through new
punch cards to make.

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And these locks are still
still in use.

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In a number of hotels but
also on ferries

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or night trains
for example.

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That's where the term
cutting key cards from.

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That is still being
used in the market

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These days we cut
no more keycards,

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it is being programmed.

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But the term is still alive
forth in the industry.

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And what we have today
be able to show

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is the latest on the
of card slots.

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Now we have
So a wallet card...

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...making your phone
can use,

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as a wallet key,

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making your keycard
in your phone.

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What we show is
actually

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The Vingcard Solution.

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We offer as Vingcard
nowadays

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more in the Tech Stacks
as we call it.

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We offer gasco-
management systems, for example.

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For climate control
in your room

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and control over
lighting,

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curtains among others
in your room.

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In addition, we also offer
parking management of

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our sister organisation
Ski dates.

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Also offer
we have solutions for

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linen tracking
and linen management.

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That's a big cost
at a hotel

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where often
little visibility.

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So we can
textile scanning and

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therefore understanding
give in your textiles.

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What is
gone out?

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What comes back
of laundry?

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How many wash cycles does a
had a particular towel?

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How many towels do I have
in my hotel?

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When am I due again
going to reorder?

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There are often a lot of systems
at a hotel

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but those systems talk
often not with each other.

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Well, we also
middleware within Vingcard,

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which is called
VConnect.

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Whereby we Tech Stacks
can connect in a hotel.

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That does not matter whether it
running on a server

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or in the cloud,

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it can be cloud to cloud,
cloud to server,

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server to server
and we can then

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PMS pairing
with our locks,

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but also with
other type of locks,

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with television,
With phone,

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with payment.

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So that way
we actually intertwine

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in the Tech Stack,
making it

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offers more features
and more

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convenience for
both operations

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of hotel as well as
for the guest experience.

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