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Vail Picks New Line With UHF RFID-Powered Passes The resort operator estimates it will issue RFID-enabled season passes for the 2008-2009 winter season, and deploy readers at its five ski areas.

Outrigger Hotel Lets Guests Leave Cash and Credit Cards Behind The Waikiki facility is deploying AlohaPay, a system enabling guests to use their room keys as contactless payment cards at retail locations in and near the facility.

Aspen Signs With Skidata, RTP for Integrated RFID/POS System The operator of four Colorado ski resorts will install RFID-enabled chairlift access gates linked to a new point-of-sale system in time for its 2008-09 ski season.

Alta Opts for RFID Lift Tickets The ski area finds the RFID-based system for lift tickets and chairlift access gates requires fewer employees to operate—and its customers enjoy the convenience.

McDonald's Japan Brings Discounts to Phones The company is sending coupons to consumers via their RFID-enabled mobile phones, which they can then use at its restaurants to receive discounts.

Car-Wash Operators Find RFID Helps Them Clean Up EPC RFID tags attached to car windshields quickly identify regular customers and make sure their vehicles get all the services they signed up for.

Turnkey Self-Service Store Would Employ RFID Instead of People The prefabricated transportable structure, developed by a European startup, features RFID interrogators at the point of sale and exit door, enabling a retailer to operate without staff, and to quickly open up new branches to meet demand.

RFID Payment Fobs Fail to Woo Consumers AmEx has pulled its RFID-based key fobs off the shelf, but pundits say NFC-enabled phones hold better promise and RFID-based card usage should continue to grow.

Soccer Fans Use RFID Cards to Gain Admission and Buy Food The Manchester City Football Club is issuing season tickets containing 13.56 MHz RFID tags, enabling them to unlock the stadium's turnstiles, and to function as contactless PayPass payment cards.

NXP Announces New, More Secure Chip for Transport, Access Cards According to the company, the chip is backward-compatible with the less-secure Mifare Classic chip, recently hacked by two research groups.