Does Your Hotel WiFi Suck?

(9) DOES YOUR (P) Hotel Wi-Fi SUCK? LOST BOOKINGS A RECENT CASE STUDY OF A FOUR-STAR HOTEL ESTIMATED LOSSES OF $120,000 A YEAR IN REVENUE DUE TO A POOR WI-FI NETWORK THAT ROUTINELY DROPPED GUESTS' CONNECTIONS, DISCONNECTED VIDEO CONFERENCE CALLS AND WAS RIDDLED WITH INTERNET-LESS “BLACK SPOTS. y FROM TVWITTER: %24 iJustine Gijustine Going to bed! Super jet lagged and the hotel wifi sucks. Hopefully both will be better tomorrow #London 11:57 AM - 11 Sep 11 + Reply 13 Retweet * Favorite Soulja Boy Tell 'Em esouljaboy TeamSoulja I have two music videos that I know you will love ready to be uploaded to youtube but I'm on tour now and this hotel wifi sucks 07:35 PM - 04 May 12 ESTIMATED LOSSES = $120,000 in REVENUES + Reply 3 Retweet Favorite Jared Griffith ecinergywifi Once again hotel wifi sucks. Get a clue please Hampton #fail 07:34 AM - 11 Jun 11 + Reply 13 Retweet * Faorite THE SURVEY SAYS... Wi Fi PARKING BREAKFAST A RECENT SURVEY OF 53,000 HOTEL GUESTS FOUND WI-FI ACCESS RANKED HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER AMENITY - EVEN COMPLIMENTARY BREAKFAST AND FREE PARKING. THIRTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF GUESTS IN 38% A HOTELS.COM SURVEY REPORTED FREE WI-FI WAS THE “MAKE IT OR BREAK IT" FACTOR WHEN BOOKINGA HOTEL. RISING DEMAND OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, THE NUMBER OF GUESTS USING HOTEL WI-FI HAS JUMPED 35 PERCENT, WHILE MORE AND MORE TRAVELERS EQUIPPED WITH SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS ARE TURNING THEIR HOTEL ROOMS INTO "MINI NASA FLIGHT CONTROL STATIONS." 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 CLOGGED PIPES ACCORDING TO ONE ANALYSIS, 80 PERCENT OF HOTELS OFFER INTERNET SPEEDS SIGNIFICANTLY 6Mbps BELOW NETFLIX You Tube GOOD FOR CHECKING EMAIL OR FACEBOOK, BUT NOT NEARLY ENOUGH BANDWIDTH FOR HUNDREDS OF GUESTS TO STREAM MUSIC OR WATCH NETFLIX. THE SOLUTION A STATE-OF-THE-ART HOTEL WI-FI NETWORK COSTS ON AVERAGE JUST $25,000 THAT MEANS THIS 52-ROOM HOTEL COULD 90 RECOUP CAPITAL EXPENSES IN LESS THAN 3 MONTHS AND WITH PROPER OPTIMIZATION AND NETWORK ADMINISTRATION, YIELD A 480% ROI %24 YEAR OVER YEAR. THIS INFOGRAPHIC WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY: XIRRUS Moonblink ( High Performance Wireless Networks Wireless and Video Surveillance. XIRRUS.COM MOONBLINK.COM TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON DEPLOYING HIGH SPEED WIFI AT YOUR HOTEL, CHECK OUT www.MOONBLINK.COM/HOTEL-WIFI OR CALL US TODAY AT 408-850-1143 *** Sources: Motorola Case study on Bicester Hotel, Cisco IBSG White Paper on Hotel WIFI, Forrester/Motorola Research paper on guest WIFI networks. DESIGN: wwW.ANTONICDIVICO.COM