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Hotels & WiFi: Surf Free or…Go Elsewhere?

May 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

You can’t read a trade magazine or website these days without someone complaining about internet service in hotels. Hotel Chatter has a great article on hotel WiFi. I think several of the interviewees made great points regarding the reasons as to why their internet is complimentary.
Most hotels are run with Telecommunications as a revenue […]

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Tags: General Industry

Profits from hotel lobbies and other public spaces

May 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

When walking into hotel lobbies these days, I sometimes wonder whether I have entered through a side entrance into the bar or restaurant. There’s been a lot of talk lately about maximizing revenues from every square foot of a hotel’s interior, including the formerly under-utilized reception/lobby area. Lobby spaces are being converted from […]

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Tags: Design · General Industry