HotelChatter - Tag: WiFi Heaven http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T06:32:03Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/WiFi%20Heaven Vienna: Grand Hotel In Vienna Grandly Gives Us WiFi http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/14/53839/2523 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/grandhotelwifi.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>When you turn up to stay at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Hotel+Wien/ian/148567"><b>Grand Hotel Wien</b></a> in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/at/Vienna"><b>Vienna</b></a>, you'll likely be thinking along the lines of "old elegance" and "grand luxury" rather than "high technology" &#150; but you might be pleasantly surprised. <p>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 &#150; we assume that means that most or all of the guest rooms now have WiFi. The system has amandak 2009-09-14T09:28:52-05:00 Zacapa: If a Hotel with Cold Water Can Have Free WiFi... http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/4/10054/67641 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/IMG_TORRE_FUERTE_1866.JPG" class="top"></p> <p>As we all know, the hotel world comes stocked with contradictions. Case in point: In the decidedly non-tourist town of Zacapa, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Guatemala%20Hotels">Guatemala</a>, exists a bare-bones bedpost called <strong>Hotel Torre Fuerte</strong>, where we stayed recently.</p> <p>A few, uh, highlights: icy cold water spouting from the shower; a golf-ball-size hole on one wall (leading to lord only knows where!); a thin mattress dressed in thinner sheets. Oh yeah, and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20WiFi"><strong>free wireless Internet</strong></a>.</p> <p>Before we comment on the absurdity of a place that lacks hot water but provides the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/3/122117/5833/hotels/Shangri_La_Hotels_Now_Offering_Free_Internet_Who_s_Next_">common courtesy of free WiFi</a>, we should mention that Torre Fuerte must be doing pretty well, because they&#146;re building a new addition (rumored to have hot water!). But KatieK 2009-02-04T10:27:08-05:00 WiFi Is Now Offered In More Hotels Than in Previous Years http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/18/15234/5924 While we still think its Fd up that a treehouse in the Caribbean can offer wireless internet and a Ritz-Carlton or a Four Seasons in New York can't, overall wireless internet access is improving in hotels.

According to a survey done by the American Hotel & Lodging Association of 10,000 US hotels:

91 percent of responding properties now offer wireless Internet access, up from 35 percent in 2004.

Even better news, only 16 percent of the hotels survyed charge for wireless access which is down six percent from 2004. Meaning there are more places for us travelers to get free WiFi. Holla'!]]> juliana 2008-06-18T15:06:41-05:00 Paris: International WiFi Heaven: Luxury and Free Internet at the Hotel de Crillon http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/5/10357/69152 <![CDATA[<p> <p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/8580/crillon_night.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p> So you want free WiFi when you stay in a luxury hotel huh? Good luck! Send us a post card via FedEx overnight instead, it's sooo much cheaper than paying to send an email from your room. Unless you're staying at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+De+Crillon/ian/112507"><b>Hotel de Crillon</b></a> in Paris that is.<p> If you've been following our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20WiFi%20Week%202008">Best &amp; Worst Wi-Fi Hotel Stories</a> from the past few weeks, the overwhelming consensus is any hotel that costs more than $150 a night charges for WiFi, whereas any hotel UNDER $150 usually throws it in for nothing. <p> Hey, those luxury hotels do give you <i>Premium</i> internet access for the $24.95 you pay - it lets you feel AndrewC 2008-06-05T12:02:32-05:00 Guanajuato: Guanajuato Hotel Guide: Villa Maria Cristina http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/14/17390/6660 <![CDATA[<p><i>Once again, HotelChatter contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/Tim%20L."><b>Tim Leffel</b></a> is moving around Mexico, checking out the hotel scene in the colonial heartland. If you have a question about where to stay in Guanajuato or San Miguel de Allende, <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com"><b>hit us on the tipline</b></a>, or just comment below, and we will do our best to get you some sort of answer. Enjoy.</i> <p><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wns2Ih85jpI&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wns2Ih85jpI&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> <p>Until two years ago, there was only one luxury hotel in Guanajuato, Mexico. (More on that later.) Then <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Villa+Maria+Cristina/ian/252687"><b>Villa Maria Cristina</b></a> came along a few blocks away on the town's swankiest street and raised the bar a few notches. This member of the Small Luxury Hotels Tim L. 2008-04-15T11:08:13-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/