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RoamBOOST Helping Right Cellular Wrongs
RoamBOOST | February 23, 2017
Engaging with a DAS provider that offers full-service consulting will help hotels get the most out of their IT investments Boston, Mass. — February 23, 2017 — Hotel IT departments are getting a lot of attention this year. According a recent industry study, hotels plan to spend more money on technology in 2017 than in previous years; hoteliers report that 21% of their IT budgets will be spent on improving their networks and connectivity, with 47% of hotels focused on upgrading their guest WiFi. While ongoing IT investment is important to maintaining guest satisfaction and loyalty, RoamBOOST is advising hotels to manage their ...
Get Guests Off WiFi and Into the IoT
RoamBOOST | November 8, 2016
DAS is a new platform to power the Internet of Things Boston, Mass. — November 8, 2016 — The IoT, or Internet of Things, actually isn't that complicated. It's not a technology, it's not a piece of hardware – it's simply the interconnection between devices. However, guests who live an IoT life use up A LOT ot bandwidth. In a hotel and travel environment, mobile devices are used for airplane and train tickets, check-in upon arrival, as the key to the room, controlling the lights, curtains, thermostats, televisions, and app functions such as ordering roomservice, towels from housekeeping, conceirge or texting the front de...
STOP Waiting . . . They’re NOT Coming!
RoamBOOST | July 12, 2016
RoamBOOST dispels myths about wireless carriers and receiving funding for DAS Boston, Mass. — July 12, 2016 — Are you among the many hoteliers still waiting for a wireless service provider to do a site assessment and install a Distributed Antenna System (DAS) at their expense to give guests the cellular coverage they expect while at your hotel? If yes, we've got some bad news. They aren't coming. Unless a building is strategic to the phone company – like serving as the headquarter hotel for the Super Bowl – hoteliers are on their own to find a fix for insufficient cell coverage. "Several hoteliers told us during...
RoamBOOST Enabling Home-2-Suites by Hilton Indianapolis to Create a Cellular Network in Time for Opening
RoamBOOST | May 24, 2016
As the new Home-2-Suites by Hilton in downtown Indianapolis neared completion, managers discovered the building had no cellular coverage; RoamBOOST saved the day Boston, Mass. — May 24, 2016 — When Good Hospitality Services (GHS) began its final countdown to the opening of its Home-2-Suites by Hilton in Indianapolis last month, they noticed a problem. The 108-room, seven-story historic building had no cellular coverage. In today's constantly connected world, that was not acceptable for ownership. Just as the group was deliberating possible solutions, Josh Latham, regional vice president of sales for RoamBOOST, called GHS' Co...
Prime Hospitality Group Ensuring Mobile Phone Coverage at New Autograph Collection Resort & Spa
RoamBOOST | May 10, 2016
When the Playa Largo Resort & Spa, an Autograph Collection Hotel, opens in July on Key Largo, RoamBOOST will be there amplifying cell phone signals to ensure no disruption of mobile phone calls Boston, Mass. — May 10, 2016 — When the Playa Largo Resort & Spa, an Autograph Collection Hotel, opens its doors in July on Key Largo, guests of the luxury resort – the first new resort in the Florida Keys in over 10 years – can rest assured knowing that they can make and receive cellular phone calls without disruption or delay. Through a recent contract between Prime Hospitality Group (PHG) and RoamBOOST, the pro...
RoamBOOST is Booming with New DAS Installations on the Horizon from Coast to Coast
RoamBOOST | April 12, 2016
More than 10 properties are soon to go LIVE with the RoamBOOST Distributed Antenna System; DAS amplifies cell phone signals to ensure no disruption of mobile phone calls Boston, Mass. — April 12, 2016 — Business at DAS integrator, RoamBOOST, is booming, with more than 10 orders contracted in the first quarter of 2016 for the company's custom cellular enhancement solutions. Planned installations of RoamBOOST include: ► 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge in New York New property requiring installation of the entire building. ► Hilton Vancouver in Washington Existing property requiring installation on floors 1 and 2 only in order to ...
Are Dead Zones Hurting Your Satisfaction Scores?
Pam Angelucci | January 26, 2016
Having a network infrastructure that balances Wi-Fi and Cellular (3G voice and 4G/LTE Data) is key to meeting the needs of mobile-dependent travelers By Pam Angelucci If I were to ask 10 hoteliers who just recently made a sizeable investment in their hotel's Wi-Fi infrastructure, "Do you think your guests are happy?" chances are high that all 10 would say "Yes." The answer to my next question, however, may be more telling . . . "Do you have any dead zones in your hotel? Any places where obtaining a cellular signal is iffy or nonexistent?" Today's travelers expect to have lightning-fast speeds to con...
No. 1 Resort in U.S. Relies on RoamBOOST for Cellular Reception Spanning 19,500 Acres
RoamBOOST | December 1, 2015
Owned by White Lodging Services, The Lodge and Spa at Brush Creek Ranch now offers fast, reliable cellular reception from all carriers via a Distributed Antenna System from RoamingAround Boston, Mass. — December 1, 2015 — When you're the No. 1 Resort in the United States and the No. 1 Resort in the West (Conde Nast Traveler 2015 Readers' Choice Award), you rely on the industry's leading mobile expert to solve cellular coverage problems. That's why The Lodge and Spa at Brush Creek Ranch in Saratoga, Wyo., called upon the specialists at RoamingAround to bring its RoamBOOST Distributed Antenna System (DAS) to their rescue. With...
