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WiFi with Industry Leaders - Wireless Solutions Company to Host Symposium on WiFi and Mobility Computing in Hospitality in April |
Atlanta, GA � March 9,
2005 -- StayOnline Inc., the early innovator and market leader in WiFi
hospitality solutions, announced today that the company will host a first-of-its-kind
hospitality WiFi Symposium during the third week of April at the Sandestin
Golf and Beach Resort.
�We�re gathering many high profile IT Executives, manufacturers, innovators, consultants, REITs, and owners in the hospitality industry to discuss the state of WiFi today � and define where it will be tomorrow,� said Antonio DiMilia, President and CEO of StayOnline. �We prefer to think of this event as a broad, yet detailed, information event, which will ultimately improve hotel operations and impact the guest experience through the use of new and innovative WiFi technologies. � The Symposium will focus on WiFi technologies designed to support many aspects of hotel operations. Concentrated focus group sessions will center around identifying areas of operations in which WIFI will be most valued by the end consumer. Other areas of focus will be about the most effective WIFI technologies, minimum product requirements, service standards and customer expectations. �The focus groups are key,� said Clay Dickinson, EDS Vice President of Global Travel and Hospitality. �They give us the opportunity to get a true reading on how the industry sees WiFi and how to maximize its usefulness to improve business performance and ROI for our hospitality customers. This Symposium is designed to let the voice of the customer drive the direction of wireless and mobility computing for the future of the hospitality industry. � Information sessions will be conducted by leading technology companies including Sun Microsystems, Cisco, Cingular Wireless, Vocera, Renasis and Spectralink. As the first US company to propose that hotels and resorts utilize high-end 100% wireless solutions for High Speed Internet Access (HSIA) based on the 802.11 platform, StayOnline has been on the leading edge of deploying WiFi solutions within the hospitality industry since 2000. More than 470 hotels, resorts and meeting centers across more than 30 brands in the US and Mexico now offer their guests the StayOnline HSIA solution. �Now that we are recognized for our high performance standards because of our proven, flexible technology and superior customer service, the industry expects us to support tomorrow�s wireless applications,� said DiMilia. �With this Symposium, we aim to facilitate discussion and active interaction on a wide variety of exciting wireless products and concepts. After all, a hotel is a mobile environment. A strong wireless platform is now opening doors for dramatic changes in operational productivity, and the key to bringing the hotel staff closer to the guest experience� Attendance at the Symposium is by invitation only. Invitees will include forward-thinking industry leaders who have shown interest and initiative in the development of wireless applications. �It is exciting to be able to put all of these players in one room with the key focus being WiFi in hospitality,� said DiMilia. About StayOnline StayOnline�s wireless high-speed Internet solution is installed in 65,000 guest rooms in more than 470 hotels and resorts across North America in more than 30 hotel brands, as well as a variety of unique boutique and historic properties. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, StayOnline provides secure wireless high-speed Internet access solutions and flexible wireless infrastructure for the hospitality industry. The company operates the largest, 100% WLAN in hotels in North America. StayOnline meets the highest quality standards and is Intel® Centrino� verified. For additional information on StayOnline, visit www.stayonline.net. |
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