HotelChatter - Tag: International Hotel WiFi

Hong Kong: Hong Kong's Upper House Hotel Does Technology Right

amandak — 2009-10-16T08:43:38-05:00

Technology is meant to be all about making our lives easier, right? The newly-opened Upper House Hotel in Hong Kong seems to have got this figured out just right.

The hi-tech experience starts from the airport transfer in a (good-for-the-environment) hybrid Lexus car, because this car has got WiFi on board, and it's free for you to use for the whole ride to the hotel, and back. This would sure give us a great first impression, and it sounds like it continues, because the Upper House provides free internet connection (WiFi and wired) throughout all the guest rooms and public areas of the hotel.

Vienna: Grand Hotel In Vienna Grandly Gives Us WiFi

amandak — 2009-09-14T09:28:52-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/grandhotelwifi.jpg" class="top"> When you turn up to stay at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Hotel+Wien/ian/148567">Grand Hotel Wien</a> in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/at/Vienna">Vienna</a>, you'll likely be thinking along the lines of "old elegance" and "grand luxury" rather than "high technology" but you might be pleasantly surprised. This grand old dame of a hotel has just got itself hooked up to a WiFi network system which claims to be one of the best. (Well, actually it claims to be the best, but we think that's hard to prove). The NonStop Wireless Networking, a Belden brand, has been installed in 140 different access points within the hotel we assume that means that most or all of the guest rooms now have WiFi. The system has

Pattaya: Email By The Pool At Pattaya's The Venue

amandak — 2009-06-09T09:12:08-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/The_Venue_Pattaya_Pool.jpg" class="top"> In our neverending quest for finding hotels around the world with sensible WiFi in other words, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotel wifi">WiFi</a> that not only works but is also free we were daydreaming this week about vacationing near the beach in Thailand and we came across someone with a similar wish looking for <a href="http://www.sawatdee-gay-thailand.com/forum/hotels-with-wireless-internet-access-for-my-laptop-t17826.html">WiFi in Pattaya</a>.Any beachside town will do, we figure, so <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/city/Pattaya">Pattaya</a> is an interesting spot for us, and according to the locals there are quite a few hotels with good WiFi. But the one that grabbed our attention is The Venue, a stylish and very gay-friendly hotel near the beach. What grabs us most is this: <blockquote>The Venue [has] wireless throughout the hotel...very

Barcelona: NYT Likes the 360-Degree Views at the Barcelo Raval

KatieK — 2009-06-08T08:47:07-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/barcelo_ravelo.jpg" class="top"> Two things we love: Free <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20WiFi">Wi-Fi</a> (duh) and a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Killer%20View">killer view</a>. So naturally we're pretty excited about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Barcelo+Raval+/ian/266762">Barceló Raval</a>, a hotel that opened last fall in Barcelona. Via the <a href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/travel/07check.html?ref=travel">New York Times</a>, we hear the hotel proffers 360-degree views from the roof terrace, which just so happens to also boast free Wi-Fi (offered throughout the rest of the hotel too). Um, yes please. The Barcelo Raval is "meant to help anchor a bold urban revival program in Barcelona's famously seedy Raval neighborhood just west of the famous and somewhat seedy itself Rambla de Catalunya," reports the NYT, who also aads that a "bit of urban grit can be a good thing"

Berlin: The Marriott Berlin Charges $530 For WiFi Access

JetSetCD — 2009-05-26T15:43:41-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/iBahn1.jpg" class="top"> In an ideal, globally-connected world, all hotels would have free and fast WiFi. This is however not a perfect world, and so traveling across borders with the intention of checking your email or uploading pictures to your Flickr is often a bigger headache that it should be. Our most recent instance of entering <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/wifi%20hell">Hotel WiFi Hell</a> occurred during our 3-night stay at the centrally-located and business traveler-happy <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Berlin+Marriott+Hotel/ian/215578">Marriott Berlin</a>. After enjoying free and freeflowing access at a much cheaper hotel elsewhere in the city for our first few days in Berlin, we were admittedly spoiled. Nonetheless, we found the internet plan at the Marriott too exorbitant for any visitor: · One hour of access (common