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Broadband Hospitality Inks Agreement to Supply Doubletree Hotel Boise Riverside with High-Speed Internet Service |
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NEW ORLEANS—June 24, 2003—Broadband Hospitality, one of the lodging industry’s fastest growing High-Speed Internet Access (HSIA) providers, has signed an agreement with Boykin Lodging Company (NYSE: BOY) to provide the Doubletree Hotel Boise Riverside’s 304 guestrooms and meeting rooms with HSIA. |
Boykin Lodging Company, based in Cleveland, Ohio, owns the property located alongside the Boise River in Boise, Idaho. The hotel is operated by Boykin Management Company, also based in Cleveland, Ohio.
Broadband Hospitality made the announcement today at HITEC, the annual Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference.
“We are excited that Boykin has once again selected Broadband Hospitality as its HSIA provider,” says Vince Lucci, President of the Youngstown, Ohio-based HSIA company. “Boykin shares our commitment to provide the most advanced and reliable technology in the hospitality industry. We back that commitment with around-the-clock tech support 365 days a year.”
Broadband Hospitality already has installed HSIA in 12 Boykin properties around the United States. Including the Doubletree Hotel Boise Riverside, four additional Boykin-owned hotels are under contract to have HSIA installed by Broadband Hospitality. They include hotels in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Sacramento, California and Kansas City, Missouri.
Technology Trend Drives New Business
“The signings demonstrate the strength of our business relationship, as well as the growing demand by travelers for HSIA,” Lucci says. “Both business and leisure travelers are asking for it. When people have access to HSIA at home, they expect the same on the road. In the current competitive economic environment, hotels have to have it.”
Broadband Hospitality now has more than 11,500 rooms installed or under contract.
“We’ve more than doubled the number of rooms we have installed in the past year,” Lucci says. “The demand is definitely there. We expect to reach our goal of having 20,000 rooms installed or under contract by the end of the year.”
To help continue its rapid growth pace, Broadband Hospitality plans to hire four additional sales representatives in the next few months. The company is seeking candidates for positions in Detroit, Cincinnati, Tennessee and the Virginia/Carolinas region.
Visit with a Broadband Hospitality representative at booth 127 at HITEC. The annual technology event began today and will run through June 26 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.
About Boykin Lodging Company:
Boykin Lodging Company is a real estate investment trust that focuses on the ownership of full-service upscale commercial and resort hotels. The company currently owns 30 hotels containing a total of 8,668 rooms located in 18 states, and operating under such internationally known brands as Doubletree, Marriott, Hilton, Radisson, Embassy Suites, and Courtyard by Marriott among others. For more information about Boykin Lodging Company, visit the company’s website at www.boykinlodging.com.
About Broadband Hospitality:
Founded in 1993, Broadband Hospitality’s mission is to help hotels leverage the full power of the Internet by providing complete, high-quality, high-performance Internet solutions.
In addition to providing HSIA solutions for guestrooms, business centers, kiosks and conference rooms, Broadband Hospitality offers print services (printing guest documents via the in-room Internet connection), e-commerce platforms for hotel chains, video on demand, videoconferencing and voice over IP. Broadband is currently testing all available wireless technologies to determine how best to provide wireless HSIA in hotel lobbies and conference centers. Areas where guests can use such service are called "hot spots."
Broadband Hospitality offers a wide range of voice solutions, including local service. The company also is an authorized Mitel dealer that installs and services hotel phone systems. Because of its strategic partnerships with companies such as AT&T, Qwest Mitel and Tut Systems, Broadband Hospitality can offer its customers the best possible telecommunications and network solutions at the best possible price.
Broadband Hospitality is the preferred HSIA vendor of the Ohio Hotel & Lodging Assn. At its convention in April, the OH&LA presented Broadband Hospitality with its Stars of the Industry Allied Member of the Year award. The company meets the brand standards for HSIA for Hilton Garden Inn hotels and most standards set by leading franchisors. For more information about Broadband Hospitality, go to www.broadbandhospitality.com or call Vince Lucci, President, at (330) 629-8848.
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Broadband Hospitality offers high-speed Internet products and services including wireless, ADSL, HPNA, kiosks, and Ethernet Hardware. From wired to wireless to Data-Over-Voice, Broadband Hospitality's Internet support team will develop, install, and maintain an Internet solution to meet hotel and guest requirements. |
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