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Dormakaba Acquires Alliants to Unify Guest Tech
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Dormakaba Acquires Alliants to Unify Guest Tech

Access control giant dormakaba has agreed to acquire guest experience platform Alliants to bridge physical hotel locks with end-to-end digital guest journeys. The deal expands dormakaba's hospitality tech footprint while pledging continued open interoperability across existing hotel systems.

Key Takeaways

  1. 1Dormakaba signed a binding agreement to acquire Alliants, closing later this year.
  2. 2The deal merges hardware access with software for contactless check-in, messaging, and AI.
  3. 3Both platforms will remain fully interoperable with third-party hospitality tech stacks.

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