Meeting the growing demand for contactless check-ins during the summer vacation and travel season, Chatlock is preparing to launch a new key box designed for vacation rentals and lodging facilities, expanding its physical key management solutions for vacation homes, stores, and offices. Chatlock Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Edogawa-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Kazunori Oki) is advancing preparations to launch a new key box that supports physical key handover, addressing the rising demand for contactless check-ins at vacation rentals and lodging facilities during the summer travel season. This new product is designed to make the handover and temporary storage of physical keys—common challenges at vacation rentals, holiday homes, small lodging facilities, stores, and offices—more intuitive and efficient. Detailed specifications, release date, and other information will be announced in due course via the official Chatlock website and official store. Growing Demand for Contactless Check-ins During Summer Season With summer vacation and Obon holidays approaching, domestic and inbound travel is increasing, leading to higher occupancy at vacation rentals, holiday homes, and small lodging facilities. However, many such facilities do not have on-site staff, making key handover at guests’ arrival times and key sharing with cleaning staff or management companies an ongoing operational challenge. In recent years, more facilities have adopted contactless check-in systems to improve operational efficiency and address labor shortages. Yet, due to building structures or management regulations, many properties still cannot install smart locks and continue to rely on physical keys. As a result, demand is rising not only for smart locks but also for secure and efficient physical key management solutions. New Key Box A New Option for Simpler, On-Site Key Management To date, Chatlock has offered access control products for a wide range of use cases, including residential smart locks for homes, stores, o