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Wireless internet hits Abu Dhabi Hotels
Wireless internet hits Abu Dhabi Hotels
09/01/2004 08:15 AMAME Info Sep 1 2004 11:53AM GMT
Hyatt hotels adding wireless Internet
Hyatt hotels adding wireless Internet
06/03/2004 06:42 PMBig News Network Jun 3 2004 11:18PM GMT
Charming hotels guide: small luxury
hotels of the world.
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hotels of the world.
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North India First Jalandhar Hotels With
Wi-Fi Wireless Internet Access
North India First Jalandhar Hotels With
Wi-Fi Wireless Internet Access
04/18/2005 11:58 PMWi-Fi Technology Forum Apr 18 2005 11:15PM GMT
Wayport To provide Wi-Fi Wireless
Internet Access For Handlery Hotels
Wayport To provide Wi-Fi Wireless
Internet Access For Handlery Hotels
07/14/2004 03:21 PMWi-Fi Technology Forum Jul 14 2004 6:57PM GMT
Best Western to offer free high-speed
Internet access in hotels
Best Western to offer free high-speed
Internet access in hotels
01/23/2004 11:00 PMSan Francisco Chronicle Jan 24 2004 3:18AM GMT
Anecdotally, Hotels Use Free Access as a
Selling Point
Anecdotally, Hotels Use Free Access as a
Selling Point
03/06/2004 01:49 AMOn a drive this last week from Los Angeles to Seattle, I noticed more
hotels advertising free high-speed Internet access than ever before: I
drove with my brother-in-law and a border collie from Los Angeles to
Seattle over 2 1/2 days, starting on "the 5" (which turns into "I-5"
north of the great central valley), cutting over to 101 along the
northern coast, and then cutting back to I-5 at Grants Pass, Oregon. I
saw several hundred billboards and the front doors of many hotels and
motels as we drove along. Unlike previous long trips I've taken in the
last couple of years, Internet is now a major bullet point for
travelers. Most of the signs that advertised Internet service noted
that it was high-speed and free, as well. Taken in the context of the
travelers who pass along the routes we took, I can see that those
services are a big necessity. In our case, our one night in a hotel in
Ukiah didn't lead us to broadband since we were traveling with a dog.
We looked into one chain, but they only had smoking rooms. We stayed
at an inexpensive Super 8 that had free local and toll-free calls. My
ISP had a Ukiah number, astoundingly, and thus I paid nothing for
access in any case....
Flaky Internet Access at Hotels -> Tech
Winter Will Continue
Flaky Internet Access at Hotels -> Tech
Winter Will Continue
07/23/2004 06:14 PMI'm currently at the Loews Le Concorde hotel in Quebec City, a
424-room business hotel recommended by some guys at the airport.
Nearly every aspect of the hotel operation reflects enormous
management attention to detail. Yet when it comes to Internet
access they've outsourced it to a company called DataValet, "a
trademark of TravelNet Technologies." These guys try to hit you
up for $20/day for a 100Kbps link but when I tried to connect their
authentication server was dead. So I had to call the 800-number
to talk to a clueless tech support guy. After about 30 minutes
of flailing about I was finally able to connect. Curious to see
how the management, which would not tolerate a burned-out light bulb
or a rubbed-off number on an elevator button, was able to tolerate
this kind of incompetence, I called the manager. Although a very
nice and competent executive, she was undisturbed by the fact that it
was so painful to connect to the Internet at her hotel. She had
even stayed at Hilton Garden Inns where Internet is free and therefore
reliable (you just plug in and because they don't try to charge anyone
they can use $50 routers; it is also about 15X the speed of
"DataValet"). But as far as she was concerned it was something
that they'd outsourced to a contractor and if it wasn't working it
wouldn't reflect badly on her management.
I would submit that Internet is the only thing that she would have
tolerated sucking in her hotel. If she'd outsourced room service
and the contractor told customers to call tech support and then
walk down to the McDonald's next door, she would change
contractors. If the telephones in the rooms were flaky she would
put in new lines, instruments, and switches.
Just as Web sites are an area where companies feel that they can
lag leagues behind their competitors (who even bothers to try to do as
good as job as Google?), Internet access seems to be one where an
enterprise will cheerfully tolerate being 60X worse that its
competition in terms of time to connect and then 15X worse in terms of
bandwidth. I infer from this experience that tech companies are
in for another few very bad years in which customers won't want to pay
attention to or invest in improved computer hardware and software.
Pegasus Solutions Providing Global
Internet Distribution Services for Accor
Hotels
Pegasus Solutions Providing Global
Internet Distribution Services for Accor
Hotels
06/28/2004 05:25 AMBiz.yahoo.com - Mon Jun 28, 07:59 am GMT
SoftNet Subsidiary, Indigo, Beta Tests
New Internet Access at 4 Hotels
Successfully - to Release New Version t
SoftNet Subsidiary, Indigo, Beta Tests
New Internet Access at 4 Hotels
Successfully - to Release New Version t
04/13/2005 04:51 PMBusiness Wire UK Apr 13 2005 7:52PM GMT
NYC Hotels Get Wi-Fi Everywhere
NYC Hotels Get Wi-Fi Everywhere
12/09/2003 03:51 PMRoomLinx is building Wi-Fi networks in six hotels owned by Affinia:
Five of the hotels will get Wi-Fi everywhere, including guest rooms.
The hotels in Manhattan should all be complete early next year....
Hotels of Doom
Hotels of Doom
11/01/2003 08:38 PM Hotelchatter. The
ever-prolific Rusty of
Kuro5hin
fame has a new website out. This one is a collaborative weblog for
reviewing hotels around the world. Having had some bad hotel
experiences, I fully endorse the idea, but will people be motivated
enough to write?
The Best Hotels for Your Money
The Best Hotels for Your Money
07/07/2004 09:28 AMSome modest hotel chains are ushering travelers into the lap of
luxury.
WiFi Hotels
WiFi Hotels
01/24/2004 02:49 PMThe news that every Best Western hotels in the US will have free
wireless is great to hear. I don't know if they're doing this
based on market research, but personally I will be staying at their
hotels as much as possible when I travel now. I searched and searched
for Southern California hotels that had free wireless and after giving
up on a few places that claimed to but didn't, I accidentally found a
Holiday Inn in Orange County with multiple default Linksys base
stations in the hotel. I've ended up staying there the last four times
I went down to see my family, even though it's a pretty shabby hotel
and probably overpriced (it's around $70-80 a night).
It's good to see Best Western recognize this, it's not like I want
to just camp out online when I travel, but it's nice to catch up with
work and personal email when you get to the hotel at night without
having to hassle with dialups and outbound call charges. Knowing that
every single Best Western will be equipped will make searching for a
simple cheap place to sleep much easier in the future.
Hotels That Spy On You When You're In
The Room
Hotels That Spy On You When You're In
The Room
06/08/2004 02:05 PMThere was an urban legend story that made the rounds a few months ago
about how those hotel room keycards contained private info about you
on the magnetic strip. This was quickly debunked, but that doesn't
mean there aren't other privacy questions involved with staying in a
hotel room. While this NY Times article starts off with that urban
myth, it then follows it up with stories about how
certain hotels do
track when you enter or leave a room. It's not entirely clearly
how they know when you've left the room (since you don't use the key
when you leave, and it's unlikely - at this point - that they're using
RFID chips on the cards to check where you are) but it does raise some
privacy issues. Should the hotels you stay in be able to track you so
closely? What's to stop them from adding that RFID chip as well? In
the past we've written about practical reasons for having such info,
such as
keeping
the heat off when no one is in the room, but adjust it when people
are checking in. However, the privacy concerns of being tracked
everywhere you go in a hotel could become a concern for many travelers
who aren't comfortable with the idea.
Hotels good place to try..
Hotels good place to try..
04/17/2004 08:41 AMI have found in my travels that if you are looking for easy targets of
wireless access, try driving through a few hotel parking lots. There
are many now that offer wireless access and even if they don't to the
people staying there, the offices are usally wireless. Hilton Hotels
are all supposed to offer high speed wireless by the end of the year.
Some are hard wired, some wireless. Another advantage to this type
of target is that sitting in a hotel parking lot usally will not
attract to much attention depending on where you park. :) Another
site of frequent connect is local colleges and Universities. There are
a lot going wireless and giving free acess to the students, now you
really won't look out of place sitting there on the grass, enjoying
your free access. I have found two cities in Florida that offer
free wireless access to anyone who wants it. Lakeland and Gainesville
both have public wireless access for anyone in the downtown sections.
Gainesville actually did this and calls the transmitters "wireless
downtown", original. Free to anyone. Have fun and be safe..
More on Inflatable Space Hotels
More on Inflatable Space Hotels
07/09/2004 10:17 AMThis San Diego Hotels Sucks
This San Diego Hotels Sucks
01/12/2004 02:56 AMI usually travel alone and make my own hotel reservations, but on this
trip I am with some of my...
Great Small Hotels
Great Small Hotels
09/18/2004 02:51 PM
Great Small Hotels
Stumbled on this while trying to figure out where to go on a vacation.
[Thanks to antsushi] Pinnacle Opts for Wi-Fi in Hotels
Pinnacle Opts for Wi-Fi in Hotels
04/29/2004 04:15 PMSkyRiver to install 22 Pinnacle hotels with all Wi-Fi service:
Pinnacle has 22 properties in the western states and Ohio, and decided
against hard-wired Internet because Wi-Fi made more sense as a plan
for the future....
27,000 Hotels with Broadband by 2008,
Report Says
27,000 Hotels with Broadband by 2008,
Report Says
08/06/2004 03:02 PMIn-Stat MDR reports says 5,200 hotels today, 28,000 by 2008: A story
on the report shares the additional detail that revenue from hotel
broadband was $153 million in 2003, In-Stat MDR estimates, and will be
triple that in 2004. Of course, we're seeing a parallel trend of
hotels installing broadband and then not charging for it, building the
cost into their overall capital and operations budget to encourage
more room nights and compete with hotels that do charge for access. My
brother-in-law was just traveling in Oregon with an old friend who
needed to work each evening, but had her days free. She needed
reliable high-speed Internet service. Even though they were staying
outside of major cities, they managed to find it everywhere. I expect
that especially in places where Internet access is otherwise scarce
and phone lines don't produce good modem connections that the
competition for Internet access in hotels will be higher....
Holiday Inn Pulls Out Of Expedia,
Hotels.com
Holiday Inn Pulls Out Of Expedia,
Hotels.com
08/17/2004 03:23 PMWell, the battle is clearly on between hotels and the online travel
booking sites. Initially, hotels
complete
ly underestimated the power of online booking sites, assuming they
would just be used by discount shoppers. The hotels handed off their
lowest priced inventory to them, assuming they'd still make money from
expensive business travelers. They never expected those business
travelers to figure out how to use the web themselves. Late last
year, the hotels started fighting back,
reservi
ng the cheapest rooms for their own websites. Now,
InterContinental Hotels Group, owners of Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza and
a variety of other well known hotels has decided they're
pulling their inventory from Expedia
and Hotels.com completely. While individual franchisees do have
some ability to work with whatever channels they want,
InterContinental said they're making it clear that their franchisees
need to follow this policy as part of "brand standards."
InterContinental claims the reason for pulling out of Expedia and
Hotels.com is a failure to meet the "certification" process they've
laid out, but it really just means they want more control over their
own inventory. The real question is what real impact this will have
on those hotels. How much of their sales comes via Expedia or
Hotels.com, and are those users comparison shopping on other sites as
well. Generally speaking, it seems like a backwards move to
completely cut off a popular sales channel, but if they really believe
they can do better elsewhere, then more power to them.
Hotels target online bookings
Hotels target online bookings
07/31/2004 12:33 AMNews.bbc.co.uk - Fri Jul 30, 11:16 am GMT
Phishers target Hilton Hotels
Phishers target Hilton Hotels
06/06/2005 12:06 AMHoliday Inn checks out of Expedia,
Hotels.com
Holiday Inn checks out of Expedia,
Hotels.com
08/17/2004 01:39 PMInterContinental Hotels Group pulls out of Expedia, saying it didn't
meet its standards, turns to Travelocity.
STSN, BT Openzone Target Hotels
STSN, BT Openzone Target Hotels
12/03/2003 02:42 PMSTSN and BT Openzone have teamed up to chase hotel business: They'll
offer hotels a single source for Wi-Fi service that includes
marketing, billing and customer support. BT's network will support the
service and STSN will drive sales and manage the accounts....
Blasts Hit Two Turkey Hotels, Gas Plant
(AP)
Blasts Hit Two Turkey Hotels, Gas Plant
(AP)
08/09/2004 10:21 PMAP - Explosions rocked two small tourist hotels and a gas plant in
Istanbul early Tuesday in apparent terrorist strikes, killing at least
one person and injuring seven others, police said.
Hyatt Hotels and Mackniac Get Unwired
Hyatt Hotels and Mackniac Get Unwired
06/03/2004 10:19 AMHyatt joins the end of the long parade of hotels providing broadband
access: Their service will be powered by T-Mobile HotSpot, and
installed in their over 200 hotels and resorts by 2005. Meanwhile,
historic Mackinac Island's Grand Hotel, while away from the fray, has
full Wi-Fi: The site of many movies and a constant stream of business
conferences, the the $300-starting-rate hotel includes Wi-Fi service
throughout. Cell phones don't work well on the automobile-free resort,
but at least you can check your stock quotes through an underwater
cable connection....
W Hotels to kick off 'iTunes Days'
W Hotels to kick off 'iTunes Days'
05/20/2004 04:14 PMW Hotels is launching a new promotion dubbed "iTunes Days" starting
next month...
W Hotels offers 'iTunes Days'
W Hotels offers 'iTunes Days'
05/20/2004 02:45 PMW Hotels has
initiated a new promotion called
iTunes Days -- monthly events at select
W Hotels around the country that encourage W guests to "mix it up in a
digital soundscape" as they listen to iPod-equipped DJs, get iTunes
CDs with free iTunes music downloads (while they last), drink
"AppleiTinis" and get chances to win iPods and iMacs.
T-Mobile to Provide Wi-Fi at Hyatt
Hotels
T-Mobile to Provide Wi-Fi at Hyatt
Hotels
06/03/2004 10:01 PMHigh-speed wireless Internet access is coming to nearly all of the
company's 200-plus hotels and resorts by 2005, under a deal announced
by Hyatt Hotels & Resorts and T-Mobile USA.
Fortune Looks into Security Problems at
Hotels
Fortune Looks into Security Problems at
Hotels
01/19/2004 01:59 PMPeter Lewis of Fortune went snooping with STSN's chief technology
officer and found how easy it would be to break into computers of
hotel guests: The story is a bit of a plug for STSN which touts the
strong security mechanisms on networks it builds for hotels but the
story demonstrates that hotels don't always employ the most rigid
security on their Wi-Fi networks. The moral as always is protect
yourself and make sure you know how secure your network is if you're
planning to transmit anything sensitive....
Roadside Bomb Near Baghdad Hotels Used
by Foreigners
Roadside Bomb Near Baghdad Hotels Used
by Foreigners
08/10/2004 03:15 AMReuters via Wired News Aug 10 2004 7:55AM GMT
Omni Hotels Promotes Wi-Fi, Double Miles
Omni Hotels Promotes Wi-Fi, Double Miles
05/06/2004 03:52 PMOmni Hotels has a contest and promotion tied with Wi-Fi: Omni offers
free wireless Internet access at all of their 40 hotels. The promotion
provides double airline miles through June for qualifying stays, but
if you sign up to join their Select Guest program, you're entered in a
contest to win a home Wi-Fi system (laptop, card, wireless gateway,
and a year's worth of DSL/cable service). A lesser prize is the WiFi
Finder from Kensington, which we've previously said doesn't offer
enough Wi-Fi finding ability to be useful. Omni Hotels started
offering free Wi-Fi in Feb. 2003....
Apple And W Hotels Team Up To Promote
iTunes
Apple And W Hotels Team Up To Promote
iTunes
05/20/2004 02:21 PMHotels Gain More Control Over Online
Bookings
Hotels Gain More Control Over Online
Bookings
04/09/2005 05:22 PMInformation Week Apr 9 2005 9:25PM GMT
Union, D.C. Hotels Prepare For Strike
(washingtonpost.com)
Union, D.C. Hotels Prepare For Strike
(washingtonpost.com)
09/17/2004 12:47 PMwashingtonpost.com - Major Washington hotels and the union that
represents their employees are making detailed preparations for a
strike, which both sides warned could come at any time.
Insurgents Fire Rockets at Iraqi Hotels
(AP)
Insurgents Fire Rockets at Iraqi Hotels
(AP)
07/02/2004 03:07 AMAP - Saddam Hussein got his day in court, and Iraqi leaders and U.S.
troops got back to the task of fighting an insurgency that shows no
sign of abating, as rebels fired rockets at two hotels Friday.
Olympics hotels face strike threat
Olympics hotels face strike threat
07/06/2004 08:22 PMHotel workers in Athens threaten to go on strike for higher wages
during the Olympic games.
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