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Case study · Warszawa, Poland · Racket club

KS Zakręt: a club with no front desk on weekends. The doors open and the lights come on straight from the app.

Like many racket-sports facilities in Poland, KS Zakręt had to staff the front desk on Saturdays and Sundays - even though occupancy didn't always justify it. Playmore, together with the Loxone automation system, rolled out a complete unstaffed solution. Today the facility runs itself.

City
Warszawa
Automation
Loxone
Model
Unstaffed
Support
7:00–23:00
KS Zakręt facility
KS Zakręt
Racket club · Warszawa, Poland
0 staff
weekend staff (was 1–2 at the front desk)
Zero
weekend service costs (was a few thousand €/mo.)
7 days
of flexible facility availability per week
15 min
guaranteed support response time
7:00–23:00
dedicated technical-support line
Auto
court lighting turns on and off by itself
Challenge

Can a facility run itself?

KS Zakręt is a club that - like many racket-sports facilities in Poland - struggled with the classic weekend problem: you have to staff the front desk on Saturday and Sunday, even though occupancy doesn't always justify it. Costs go up, and finding people willing to work weekends is a headache of its own.

The question was: can a facility run itself?

👥
1–2 people
at the front desk every weekend - regardless of occupancy
💸
A few thousand €
a month in weekend service costs
🔎
A headache of its own
finding people willing to work weekends
Solution

A complete unstaffed solution

Playmore, together with the Loxone automation system, rolled out a complete unstaffed solution at KS Zakręt:

01
Online booking and payment
Customers book and pay through the Playmore app (Apple Pay, Google Pay, card).
02
Automatic door opening
On arrival, customers open the entrance door straight from the app on their phone. Only people with an active, paid booking can get in.
03
Automatic court lighting
The light on the booked court turns on when the booking starts and switches off when it ends.
04
Technical support 7:00–23:00
If anything goes wrong, customers call a dedicated support line. Guaranteed response time: within 15 minutes.
05
Emergency entry code
After two failed attempts to open the door, the app automatically displays an emergency code.

The whole system works like a parcel locker - it's built to keep running no matter what. The critical components are redundant, and backup power keeps it going through short power outages.

"On weekends our club runs itself. Customers book a court, pay in the app, show up, the doors open, the lights come on. I don't have to hire anyone for Saturday and Sunday. Playmore gave us a freedom we never had before."
JR
Jolanta Rawska
Owner, KS Zakręt
Results

Before and after Playmore

Before
  • Weekend staff: 1–2 people at the front desk
  • Club entry: customers are let in by the front desk
  • Lighting control: manual, by the front desk
  • Weekend service costs: a few thousand euros a month
  • Facility availability: limited to front-desk hours
After Playmore
  • Weekend staff: 0 people
  • Club entry: customers open the door with the app
  • Lighting control: automatic
  • Weekend service costs: zero
  • Facility availability: flexible, 7 days a week
Why it works

Customers handle everything themselves, you keep full control

Unstaffed doesn't mean customers are left to fend for themselves. The Playmore + Loxone system lets customers handle everything on their own while you keep full control. Every entry is logged in the system, every court is monitored, and technical support is available the whole time.

Customers don't just refrain from complaining - many of them prefer this model. They don't have to wait for the front desk, they don't have to talk to anyone. They book, pay, show up, play.

"I was worried about how customers would react. It turned out they like it even more than we do. They come in, play, leave. No queues, no waiting. And I don't have to worry about the weekend shift."
SS
Sandra Szczepanek
Manager, KS Zakręt

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