Business travelers want better hotel Wi-Fi [report]

Monday, October 17th, 2011 Mark Nash, Sr. Mgr, Supplier Relations

Is your hotel Enterprise-Ready?

If your High Speed Internet Access provider is an iPass partner, then you are able to support the compliance, security and policy controls that global business demands. Many hotel operators think that merely offering Wi-Fi is enough.

But having your infrastructure at an enterprise standard is different. If not, you are missing out on our thousands of enterprise customers worldwide, that travel to the 53,000 hotels that we provide to them as iPass-enabled.

We recently updated our Hospitality Report for 2011, giving more insights into business travels and their hotel selections.

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Whether you are considering installing a new Wi-Fi network or upgrading your existing infrastructure, make sure you consider the value of working with iPass to bring your existing network up to Enterprise standards through our GIS (Wispr) integration or select one of our many partners that already meet these standards.

95 percent of business travelers care whether there is Wi-Fi or a wired connection in a hotel. A poor hotel Wi-Fi experience influences 42% percent of business travelers on whether they re-book that specific hotel or chain in the future. 35% of business travelers will pay for a faster Wi-Fi connection, particularly if the free one is too slow for them.

iPass customers have logged over 3.3 million hours with over 40% at hospitality locations. They have access to the largest, commercial-grade Wi-Fi/wired network with over 580,000 hotspots. Tools, including our convenient Hotspot Finder and Trip Planner and our enterprise-provided Hotel Lists, help business users find hotels.

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