A revolution is occurring in the computing and communications industries. Wireless Internet access in hotels is a given. It’s happening. According to the Survey of Business Travelers, 1999 Edition, there were 43.9 million business travelers taking at least one business trip during the year. In the very near future, the sophisticated business traveler will expect no less than high-speed Internet access and will clearly prefer the flexibility that wireless allows.

“With the number of business travelers on the rise, we are pleased to give our guests the type of innovative and specialized service that make their stay more productive," said Mike Cryan, Windsor Hotel’s president and chief operating officer. "We feel this room enhancement demonstrates our commitment to offering the most advanced service and amenities for today's busy traveler."

“High speed Internet access is an important amenity to keep our hotels at the forefront of advancing technology”, said E. Anthony Wilson, Hudson’s Chairman and CEO. “This room enhancement demonstrates our commitment to offer the most advanced service for today’s business traveler.”

"For a nominal fee, our guests will be able to obtain high speed Internet access to send and receive e-mail or surf the web at T1 speed. We believe this capability is consistent with our desire to exceed our guests' expectations," stated Randy Churchey, President and Chief Operating Officer of RFS Hotel Investors.

Now you can bring your hotel quality and service into the high tech arena, without all of the hassles. While amenities such as swimming pools, fitness centers and business centers have become commonplace within today's hotel properties, high speed Internet service and fully integrated guest and meeting rooms solutions represent the latest wave in desired amenities. Wireless Internet Connections give hotels the ability to offer these innovative amenities that are a necessity for most business travelers.

Wireless solutions allow hotel and motel operators to capitalize on the growing needs of the business traveler to have a high-speed Internet connection while traveling. By offering property-wide connectivity, the hotel attracts additional guests to the hotel and also provides an additional revenue stream. Additional income is also generated by the ability to offer the same high-speed connection in meeting rooms.

How does it work?
The business traveler checks-in to the hotel room and he or she simply connects their laptop computer to the radio via an Ethernet connection to the data port located in the room. LemooreNet programs the radio. With no settings to change they are immediately connected to the Internet. Data travels over high frequency radio waves at speeds unobtainable by ISDN, DSL or even T-1 lines. The guest enjoys a constant, open connection to the Internet throughout the hotel property until the computer is turned off. The hotel guest is charged a daily rate that is comparable to viewing an in-room movie.

Benefits
The hotel can attract meeting and convention business by offering high-speed connectivity in the hotel's meeting rooms. The system can be designed so that when a guest connects to the system, a page comes up with hotel status and activities outlined. Advertising on this page can be sold to area merchants.

Cost Effectiveness
Unfortunately, existing high-speed business Internet access technologies are costly. Wireless Internet Connections provide an inexpensive, high-speed alternative to traditional phone line connections.

Speed
More and more, business professionals rely on the Internet to conduct their daily activities. A growing number of businesses are connected to the Internet at high-speed. However, when traveling outside the office the speed is left behind and is most commonly replaced with the traditional telephone dial-up Internet connection. The dial-up connection provides connectivity at speeds that are a fraction of that of the typical business connection. Therefore, when the business traveler checks-in to a hotel or motel they no longer have the same high-speed connection to the Internet that they have come to enjoy and rely on at the office. The typical hotel connection is via the telephone line with a national provider at speeds of 33.6 or 56Kbps and while online the phone in the room is tied up.

The last thing that an employer wants is for productivity to degrade when an employee is traveling. Wireless Internet gives the business traveler the same high-speed connection to the Internet and/or their corporate network without tying up the telephone line in the room. It allows the business traveler to use the telephone at the same time they are online. LemooreNet will provide a speed of 384k downstream and above 128k upstream. It is possible, depending on how many users are currently using the service, to burst at speeds up to 1Mb.

Profitability
By offering property wide connectivity, the hotel attracts additional guests to the hotel and also provides an additional revenue stream. You can create higher profit from meeting rooms while demonstrating to users the hotels sophisticated technology.
This ubiquitous computing environment will clearly impact how we work, how we communicate and how we conduct business. Wireless Internet Connections will do for computing what wireless phones did for voice communications. With its unlimited growth potential, wireless technology is considered to be THE FUTURE OF INTERNET!