Hilton Amsterdam has announced the replacement of its current digital TV system with Swisscom’s award-winning Connected Hotel TV technology beginning of 2012. Along with its new IPTV system, Swisscom will roll out a comprehensive network management plan, which will further improve the user experience on all connected devices on the hotel’s network. Swisscom has been [...]
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Hotel wireless bandwidth increasing at a breathtaking pace, solution found at Hotel Fouquet’s Barrière Paris
November 18th, 2011
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Superior bandwidth, highest dependability and a pro-actively managed network – Hotel Fouquet’s Barrière Paris is setting new standards in Wireless guest Internet services. Making use of Swisscom’s hospitality expertise and Ruckus Wireless’ smart Wi-Fi technologies, the hotel differentiates its services where today’s guests are most sensitive: on their own personal devices such as their Smartphones, [...]
Cloud Computing for Hospitality – what’s behind it?
October 12th, 2011
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A look at cloud computing for Hospitality and what’s behind it, by Rick Sternitzke, CTO of Swisscom Hospitality Services. In the general IT world, “The Cloud” is often perceived to be a revolutionary concept that moves existing property operations from the physical world into the virtual realm. However, we often oversee how the concept of [...]
Survey reveals what guests want from hotel technology
July 22nd, 2011
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Philips’, the leading provider of TV solutions to the hospitality industry, has launched MediaSuite a new internet enabled TV range allowing guests to access a world of online entertainment and information from within the comfort of their hotel room. To align with the MediaSuite launch, Philips also released survey results indicating travelers are attracted to [...]
First global hotel IT managed service provider
June 22nd, 2011
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Singapore-based Planet One group of companies, with its subsidiaries 3D Networks and FCS Computer Systems, has formed a commercial partnership with Swisscom Hospitality, Europe’s leading IT solutions provider for hotels. The Planet One /Swisscom partnership results in a complementary voice, video and data service offering across the Asia-Pacific region while enabling Swisscom to serve its [...]
World’s First Hotel Cloud Based IPTV Service
April 8th, 2011
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Leading hospitality technology vendor, isrighthere is inviting the industry to the launch of the World’s First Hotel Cloud-based IPTV Service on 13th April 2011 at the Cadogan Hotel, London. In partnership with the Cadogan Hotel, this informative event will give hoteliers the opportunity to see first-hand how TV for the hospitality sector has changed forever. [...]
ConnectedHotel TV on show at Hospitality 2011
January 13th, 2011
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Hostec, running alongside Hospitality, is Europe’s largest dedicated hospitality and foodservice technology event for 2011. ConnectedHotel TV from Swisscom will be the centrepiece of the Hostec event presenting hoteliers with both unique guest experience and new complimentary revenue generation opportunities. Hostec 2011 will see Swisscom present its award winning in room entertainment solution known as [...]
The Royal Garden Hotel, another milestone in service delivery achieved through partnership with ConnectedHotel TV
November 24th, 2010
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Swisscom signs The Royal Garden Hotel, London with award winning* ConnectedHotel TV The capital’s celebrated Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, has partnered with Swisscom Hospitality Services in order to deliver an enhanced guest experience worthy of this internationally acclaimed 5-star operation. In what has been described by Patrick de la Mar, rooms division manager at [...]
Opportunities OTTTV presents to the hospitality industry
November 16th, 2010
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**Hospitality and Catering News Introduction/Comment… Technology offers our sector a unique opportunity to differentiate our businesses. But sometimes technical details and/or phrases can divert the non technical reader of articles such as the one below. isrighthere have provided us with a ‘jargon buster’ below the main article to help readers get past the tech and onto guest benefits. [...]
One more hotel ‘connected’ with Swisscom, Park International Hotel
November 3rd, 2010
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Park International Hotel is leveraging its building refurbishment project to introduce ConnectedHotel TV from Swisscom. As of January 2011, guests will be able to connect to the Internet, watch HD TV and videos and communicate with the hotel’s front-desk through their in room TVs. “A customizable entertainment system is an integral part of our value-creating [...]
