Millennium Airport Hotel goes all Wifi

The Millennium Airport Hotel in Dubai as part of its Triple B promotion will extend its free Wifi anywhere on the hotel premises. This is in addition to the Wifi access all across the property. The Triple B promotion, ‘Bed, Breakfast and Broadband’ was introduced after the management noticed a steady rise in number of guests requesting free Wi-Fi. A survey was conducted  this year by hotel.com which took in the views of 8,600 travellers across 28 different countries. As per the survey, 67% of respondents chose free Wi-Fi as the facility they most wanted to become standard throughout all hotels, when travelling on business. That figure was more than twice the 31% recorded during an amenities survey carried out by hotel.com in 2012. “That statistic resonated with us. Moreover in 2012, only 38% of travellers considered free Wi-Fi an absolute must when booking a hotel, but this year that figure was up by 18% to 56%, so the trend to us is very clear,” said Simon Moore, general manager, Millennium Airport Hotel Dubai. By the end of 2014 there will be approximately 1.4 billion smart phones in circulation globally, that is one smart phone for every five people, and one in ten people will own a tablet by 2016 according to market research firm Strategy Analytics. The hotel’s full wireless connectivity, spans across 341 rooms, eight food and beverage outlets, the swimming pool area and includes the hotel’s new wing which is adding 225 to the hotels overall inventory. Source: Travel Daily