Networking

With profits from the in-room television and phone drying up, hotels are increasingly on the hunt for the next source of guestroom revenue. Here's how automated concierge systems, creative pricing, increased bandwidth and more can help to fill the gap.

The decision to consolidate its phones, business applications, guest Internet access, video surveillance and more onto a single IP network, has enabled the Trump SoHo hotel in New York City to empower staff members to create a more personalized guest experience and lower network costs.

A missing golf cart led Rosewood's CordeValle Resort to upgrade its aging CCTV video surveillance system to an IP-based solution that offers resort management anywhere, anytime access.

The partnership enables Hyatt Regency Sacramento to capture additional revenues with PSAV selling broadband packages for events.

iBAHN and Time Warner Cable clients, beginning with Dream Downtown, now able to offer richer line up of HD channels in guest rooms and vast content of the Web via the TV.

Some New York City locations are covering their electrical outlets as a way to discourage customers from mooching off their free Wi-Fi for hours at a time.

To meet growing guest demands for HSIA, the 23 property Larkspur Hotels & Restaurants is replacing its legacy network of access points with Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi indoor products.

The new partnership with Secure Source helps meet strong demand for data protection and encryption in Malaysia.