TalkBeam for Hotels & hospitality
TalkBeam is a push-to-talk walkie-talkie app that connects the front desk, housekeeping, engineering, banquets and security on separate channels, through a discreet earbud instead of a radio on the belt, with a searchable record of every shift.
CH 01The problem
Radios squawking in the lobby, dead batteries at shift change and a charging rack nobody owns.
Static and chatter from a radio on the hip isn’t the guest experience you designed.
With TalkBeam
Staff hear the channel through a discreet earbud or AirPods and talk with a tap.
Housekeeping, engineering and the front desk all talk over each other.
With TalkBeam
A channel per department, with managers on all of them and an all-call for the whole property.
Housekeeping calls out clean rooms, and the front desk has to catch every one.
With TalkBeam
Rooms called out on the channel are in the transcript, so the desk can search “412” instead of asking again.
A night auditor, a houseperson on a far floor or a room attendant alone in a room.
With TalkBeam
Holding SOS alerts the channels you choose with a location, and teammates tap On my way.
Radios disappear, get dropped and need new batteries, and the rack is always short.
With TalkBeam
Staff use a company phone or their own, so there’s no radio inventory to manage.
Pool, valet and grounds staff are the first to feel storms and heat.
With TalkBeam
Automated broadcasts read thunderstorm, severe weather and heat alerts for your property aloud.
CH 02A day on TalkBeam
A 220-room hotel runs front desk, housekeeping, engineering and security channels on TalkBeam Teams.
When a guest asks why their room wasn’t ready, the front office manager searches “330” and sees exactly when it was released.
Illustrative scenario. People, places and times are made up; the features are real.
We have 30 arrivals before four. Which rooms on 3 are ready?
312, 318 and 324 are clean and inspected. 330 in ten minutes.
330 is ready.
Guest in 507 says the AC isn’t cooling.
Engineering copies, heading to 507.
Tour group arriving at five. Lobby looking sharp, everyone, please.
CH 03What you get
Everything a two-way radio does, on the phone, headset or vehicle your people already have, plus the things a radio never could.
A channel per crew, site, shift or job, and the people who need each one. Supervisors can sit on all of them.
Talk through AirPods, a Bluetooth or wired headset, Ray-Ban or Oakley Meta glasses, Apple Watch, CarPlay or the phone itself.
Tap once to open your mic, tap again to close it. Built for people whose hands are busy.
Supervisors cut through the chatter mid-sentence, or reach every channel at once with one hold.
Every transmission becomes text with a time and a name, so anyone can scroll back or search what was said.
Hold SOS and the channels you choose get an alert with your location. Teammates tap On my way.
Private one-to-one talk for the conversation that shouldn’t go to the whole channel, still kept in company transcripts.
Severe weather warnings, thunderstorms, earthquakes, air quality and extreme heat near your sites or crews, read aloud on your channels automatically.
Features marked Enterprise are part of the Enterprise plan. TalkBeam isn’t an emergency service and doesn’t contact 911.
CH 04Plans
Both start with a 14-day free trial for up to 50 people. No credit card.
Recommended
$8per person / month
or $6 billed yearly · 5–50 people
Most single hotels start on Teams: department channels for 5 to 50 staff, discreet earbuds, all-call, direct talk, SOS and transcripts.
$15per person / month
billed yearly · 25+ people · $13 from 100 · custom from 500
For resorts and multi-property groups: single sign-on, lone-worker check-ins for night staff, automated weather broadcasts, retention, exports and an audit log.
Weighing it against your radios? Compare three years of costs, or read the 30-day radio replacement playbook.
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CH 05See it in action
In our 2½-minute demo, a fictional ambulance company dispatches with an all-call, reroutes a crew over private direct talk, hears a flood warning read aloud in every unit and reviews it all in the transcripts. Every feature in it is real.
Or try the demo company yourself. In the TalkBeam app, open Me → Company and enter this code:
HCEMS247
TalkBeam for iPhone is in early access. Get early access.
CH 06FAQ
For most hotels, yes. Push-to-talk runs over your Wi-Fi and cellular data, so it covers the whole property your network covers. Walk the back of house, stairwells and the parking garage during your trial.
Not if staff wear an earbud. TalkBeam plays through AirPods, any Bluetooth earbud or a wired earpiece, and staff talk with a tap.
Some cities and states require dedicated panic devices for hotel room attendants. TalkBeam’s SOS alerts your team with a location, but we don’t claim it meets any specific ordinance, so check your local requirements.
Yes. Create channels for the front desk, housekeeping, engineering, banquets and security, and put managers on all of them.
Staff can use their own iPhone (Android is coming soon on Google Play) with your company code, or you can issue shared devices. You can remove anyone from the console when they leave.
Teams is $8 per person per month, or $6 billed yearly, for 5 to 50 people. Enterprise is $15 per person per month billed yearly, from 25 people.
Try TalkBeam free for 14 days with up to 50 people. No credit card, and no radios to buy.