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Best and Worst International Hotel WiFi 2008
5/07/2008 at 10:25 AM
Tags: Hotel WiFi, Hotel News, International Hotel WiFi, Annual WiFi Report, 2008 WiFi Report, Hotel WiFi Week 2008
Now that we've squared away the Best and Worst WiFi Hotels stateside, it's time to look at what's happening abroad.
Baby bro Jaunted has continued its WiFi Week by publishing yesterday some helpful tips on finding wireless when traveling outside the U.S. and typically, you can always get some sort of access in a cafe.
But here we'll be looking at the hotels abroad where HotelChatter editors and contributors found or didn't find WiFi. We've been keeping tabs on the International Hotel WiFi scene all year long and unlike what's happening here at home, the Hotel WiFi trend seems to be improving in other countries.
For instance, we traveled to London and had complimentary WiFi in our hotel near Hyde Park. Also, several small UK-based chains have decided to give up WiFi for free to its guests. Over in Spain, Best Western continues to offer free WiFi and we even found out that there's WiFi in the Hilton in Cairo. Of course, it's at a fee of $7 but still, that's improvement.
Something that totally makes us melt? Radisson SAS hotel in Europe publishing a list of their hotels that offer free WiFi. Life is good again!
Keep reading for more of the Best and Worst International Hotel WiFi Report
HOTELS IN EUROPE
Radisson SAS Hotels have free wireless in many of their properties throughout Europe and even has a handy list of which hotels offer this service.
United Kingdom
The Residence Hotel in Bath, England offers wired and wireless internet for free.
The Baglioni Hotel in London offers wired and wireless internet for free.
Best Western Academy Hotel in Dublin has free wireless internet.
Quality Crown Hotels in London have taken all their hotels on the free WiFi train.
Spain
Best Western Arosa in Madrid has free wireless throughout.
The Sheraton Mencey Hotel in the Canary Islands had unusable lobby WiFi.
France
The Sofitel Thallaso in Corisca was a headache for foreign correspondent for Monica Guy.
Hotel Pont Royal in Paris keeps WiFi free and even has a handy description about it.
Germany
Berlin Hotels have confusing WiFi policies. Most likely, you can get in free in the lobbies at the bigger chains but you have to pay for it in-rooms and it's often cabled, not wireless.
The Mooseleitner in Bavaria has free wireless internet throughout.
Hungary
The Danubius Hotel Group in Budapest charges $23 for 24 hours if you're in one of their 3- or 4-star hotels but a jaw-dropping $45 if you staying in a 5-star hotel instead.
Austria
The Bristol Hotel in Vienna charges 36 Euro a day for ethernet. Not surprisingly, this is a Starwood property.
HOTELS IN CENTRAL AMERICA
Mexico
Ceiba del Mar in Cancun has free WiFi throughout.
Dos Casas in San Miguel de Allende is a luxury hotel with free WiFi. Imagine that.
Villa Maria Cristina in Guanajuato also offers free WiFi. We like Mexico.
HOTELS IN SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina
La Cayetana in Buenos Aires had free wireless throughout.
Uruguay
El Diablo Tranquilo in Punta del Diablo had free wireless throughout. But when too many people are on the network the speed drops noticeably.
HOTELS IN THE CARIBBEAN
Bahamas
The Cove Eleuthera has free wireless in the main building.
The Atlantis Resort in Nassau was ethernet only at $10 a day.
HOTELS IN ASIA
Japan
The Comfort Hotel in Hiroshima offers instructions on getting onto the WiFi network in Japanese but it's not different than what you do in a Comfy Inn stateside.
Thailand
The Oriental Bangkok has free wireless internet throughout.
Singapore
Singapore Marriott offers it free in the lobby and public areas but makes you pay for ethernet in the rooms.
China
The Langham Place Hotel in Hong Kong has "omnipresent WiFi."
HOTELS IN AUSTRALIA
Melbourne
The Westin Melbourne offers it free in the lobby but not in the guest room. Ditto for the Hotel Lindrum.
HOTELS IN AFRICA
Egypt
The Hilton on the Nile in Cairo gets mad props for having WiFi but it could be even better by making it free.
South Africa
The Aster Palms in Paarl has free internet.
If you've got a International Hotel WiFi story of your own and you want us to translate, then add your own stories here. Please remember to list the hotel name, location, and wireless connectivity details. Let's keep this to first-hand experiences only.
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