Thus we spoke with the chief operating officers at the Gansevoort Hotel Group, Thompson Hotels and Kimpton Hotels as well as with the hotelier behind Personality Hotels.

Keep on reading to see what they have to say about the WiFi offerings in their hotels. ]]> juliana 2008-05-09T13:51:32-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/8/175653/6264 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/good_wifi.jpg"><p>In our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/5/113450/4230/hotels/Best_WiFi_Hotels_2008"><b>Best WiFi Hotels 2008</b></a> report we stuck to large chains and hip boutique hotels but there's actually a whole bunch of other hotels that are offering their guests complimentary WiFi and we thought they deserved a shout-out too. <p>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Setai/local/41"><b>The Setai</b></a>: The Setai is a ritzy South Beach property where rooms can cost up to $1,000 a night in high season. Fortunately, unlike some other luxury hotels, the Setai lets you surf the internet for free in every corner of the hotel including by the pool. <br>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+James/ian/131004"><b>The James Chicago</b></a>: The James offers guests complimentary WiFi in all of its 297 guestrooms as well as remote printing through a wireless network.<br>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/AKA%20hotels"><b>AKA juliana 2008-05-08T18:00:58-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/5/113450/4230 <![CDATA[<p><b> A HotelChatter Exclusive</b><br><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/good_wifi.jpg"><p>We kick off the first-ever <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/5/112454/0524/hotels/Introducing_HotelChatter_s_2008_Annual_WiFi_Report">WiFi Week</a> with the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Best%20WiFi%20Hotels%202008"><b>Best WiFi Hotels of 2008.</b></a> As we mentioned, there hasn't been much movement on the Hotel WiFi scene since last year. So rather than round-up our old standbys for the third time, we wanted to take a broader look at the smaller hotel chains that are offering complimentary WiFi to their guests. <p>These are hotels that we have personally visited ourselves over the past year and know for a fact that the WiFi is working, free and spectacular. We call these hotels Ready & Willing.<p>We've also listed a group of hotel chains that we've overlooked in past reports, either because they didn't offer free HotelChatter 2008-05-05T12:41:33-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/