Hotels and resorts face a number of security issues. Consider the variety of people who make up the typical hotel environment - staff, vendors, visitors, guests and even their enemies. Consider the place - many different rooms and spaces, high-value items, accessibility many entrances and ease-of-movements around the building and premises. Consider a typical hotel- an open feeling, many employees and managers, politics, heavy traffic.. It all adds up to a need for different approaches to security. Hotel managers base their security decisions on law, costs, fear of liability, and to protect their hotels' reputation. But the critical assets of a hotel - its people, property, information and reputation - must be protected with good security. The main threats in a hotel environment are insider/employee theft, credit card fraud, visitor thefts, threats against visitors or staff, and crimes of opportunity.

GLOBAL SCOPE can analyze the hotels' security needs, we begin by listing the reviewing the business culture of the hotel, determining the threat levels in each area, interviewing department heads about threats and crime, and planning possible countermeasures for each department. Then develop a master plan and review it against a "reality check" on the basis for the plan and the equipment that will be needed.

Hotels have many options in security - high-tech, low-tech, even no-tech. Low-tech options include locks, barriers, good lighting and landscaping. Among the no-tech options, policies and procedures can be developed to enhance security. Training and supervision keep those policies and procedures at the forefront. Programs help promote security awareness in the staff. High-tech choices include alarm systems, access control systems, photo identification, CCTV, two-way voice communications and weapons screening systems.