Small hotel chain lures big business with free net access

- Tue 31st Jul 2007

The small chain of three and four star hotels is working with Hotel Broadband and Zyxel to give its customers free high-speed broadband access.

Paten Hotels has rolled out free broadband internet access across its portfolio in the Midlands and South East and it believes that it won't be long before some of the bigger players start following suit so they don't lose out on vital corporate business.

The family-run hotel chain is small in stature, with just four buildings - the Bedford Swan, The Langstone Hotel - Hayling Island, the Marks Tey Hotel and Best Western Grosvenor Hotel - but it believes that it has attracted more customers, particularly business travellers and those making use of its conferencing facilities, simply by removing chargeable web connectivity.

More information here:http://www.itpro.co.uk/news/121356/small-hotel-chain-lures-big-business-with-free-net-access.html

By forum user, Bruce_Bennett

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