Can Sorveo work with my hotel's existing CCTV cameras?
Yes. Sorveo adds AI to the IP cameras you already have through a compact on-site Sorveo edge appliance — cameras just need to expose a reachable video stream. Most hotels keep every camera they have, and each camera's AI profile is set and changed remotely.
Can Sorveo alert us to barred guests or VIPs?
Yes. Sorveo matches faces on your cameras against your watchlists and sends an instant alert with a photo — a Critical alert to security for a barred guest, or a discreet heads-up to guest relations for a VIP. Each watchlist has its own alert level, and each person only receives the watchlists they subscribe to.
How are duty managers alerted?
By WhatsApp, SMS, email and in-app notification. Each alert carries a snapshot and the camera location, and can be acknowledged so the team can see who dealt with it and when. More on real-time alerts.
Can Sorveo detect falls or measure lobby occupancy?
Not yet. Fall detection and occupancy and queue analytics are on Sorveo's near-term roadmap. Today Sorveo helps protect guests by recognising barred individuals on arrival, flagging unknown people in staff-only and after-hours areas, and getting alerts to duty managers in real time.
Does Sorveo help with guest disputes and chargebacks?
Every detection is logged with a snapshot, camera and timestamp and can be searched in seconds. Where the property's edge device is online or you have cloud storage, you can also review the short clip recorded around each detection. Sorveo records event clips rather than continuous footage, so it helps most when the incident involved a detection.
Can hotels share information about problem guests with each other?
Through the Sorveo Hospitality Intelligence Network, which is invite-only. Member organisations share persons of interest through a maker, reviewer and approver process, cross-organisation matches disclose only what is needed, and entries can be challenged. Sorveo sets up each network with at least two member organisations.
Is guest and staff data handled responsibly?
Sorveo supports cloud, hybrid and on-premise deployments so footage can stay on your network where required, with encryption in transit and at rest, custom role-based access, two-factor authentication and a full audit trail of every action.
Is Sorveo deployed in hotels across Africa?
Yes. Sorveo supports hotels, resorts and hospitality groups in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda and Egypt, with deployment options to suit local bandwidth and compliance needs.