RFID is helping hotel owners to limit shrinkage when it comes to linens like towels, robes and bed sheets. According to reports in Time and the New York Times, hotels are embedding washable RFID tags into towels that trigger an alarm when guests leave the hotel with a atgged item.

According to reports, three hotels in Hawaii utilizing the technology have dramatically reduced shrinkage. High cotton prices are driving the adoption of RFID-based solutions for this market.