Here’s a scenario for you; Your paying hotel guests expect an always-on free Wi-Fi service, while your hotel guests may be fine less bandwidth, or possibly paying for your hotel service on a per hour basis. An updated smart Wi-Fi solution allows you to benefit from the best of both worlds by shifting your internet based on various use cases. Your hotel lobby, for example, may require more usage than your hotel restaurant or bar, since the usage isn’t equally used across the hotel. Additionally, as a hotel manager, you may expect a peak of visitors due to special occasions and events. Having a fully managed solutions and updated infrastructure ensures your Wi-Fi is constantly available, at its optimal performance.

Managed Wi-Fi Notable Features

• Fully managed, end-to-end wireless network connectivity.

• Extends your wireless LAN without adding cabling or management costs.

• Design, configuration, installation, management, support and upgrades.

• Connections and networks are monitored around-the-clock from the service provider’s network operations center.

• A customer portal provides capabilities for monitoring network availability, performance, and efficiency.

Hotel conventions and events can host in the upwards of hundreds of attendees, each carrying around multiple devices like mobile phones, tablets, and laptops. To make things even more challenging, events are now being live-streamed and shared in real time, while hundreds of guests may be on your Wi-Fi concurrently. Does your current infrastructure have what it takes to support such heavy bandwidth? If you’re running on hardware and software that’s just a few years old, chances are, the answer is no.

Maintaining your guest’s privacy and security is paramount to your hotel’s success. After all, the last thing you want to have is someone’s privacy compromised. Keeping a hotel wifi network secure is a full-time job, a job that becomes increasingly more difficult for large hotels with hundreds of guests. This task can be streamlined and optimized with the right security standards such as 128-bit encryption, firewalls, and privacy protection.

Security vulnerabilities in a hotel’s internet service are no laughing matter. Cybercriminals began targeting hotels years ago. Back in 2010, a Forbes magazine article quoted Nicholas Percoco, who said that “The hospitality industry was the flavor of the year for cyber crime. These companies have a lot of data, there are easy ways in and the intrusions can take a very long time to detect.” The lesson for hotel owners is that they cannot stand idly by – hotel owners must be proactive by instituting best practices in their own operations, requiring the same from managers, and obtaining insurance coverage to fund the inevitable costs of a breach.

No business is safe from privacy breaches and cyber attacks, and hackers grow more sophisticated each day. This issue is particularly important in the hospitality industry, which relies heavily on its reputation for confidence, something that can be shattered when guests learn that their private information has been compromised.

You would expect this to be the standard in the hotel industry, but the fact remains that many hotels are still using SoHo-class gear, instead of enterprise-class solutions. Far too many hotel managers ignore the fact that equipment manufacturers actually use different components that work better than others. Not to mention man-years of coding of firmware to get the most possible out of the hardware.

There is a massive difference between the capabilities – RAM, CPU, antennas, and hardware quality between SoHo and Enterprise gear. That affects the results, especially as we add more and more load to our Wireless networks. Your hotel is a not a home environment and requires a much higher standard of quality.

This one’s a little different from the points mentioned above, but keep in mind, it’s in hotels’ best interests to encourage guest satisfaction, and even more so, encouraging your guests to share their positive experience with others online. Disengaged guests are less likely to return to a hospitality location, and are in fact, more likely to go online to broadcast their dissatisfaction with others. That’s something that your hotel simply can’t afford. Engaging guests is as simple as surpassing their expectations, with services like fast, free, easy to use and hassle-free Wi-Fi, anywhere on your hotel property!

By integrating Viggo’s Smartnet Wi-Fi solution through your hotel establishment, you receive the peace of mind that both you and your guests need, knowing that your network is monitored, your internet connections are always at an optimal level, and your guests and your business interests are protected against any cyber threats that might occur.

Find out more about how Viggo’s Smartnet solution can deliver everything you need to provide your guests with a memorable experience during their stay – Viggo Smartnet