Business Travel Tips

An increasing number of Hotel chains are arranging facilities to meet the new thech needs of business travelers.
To be productive when they are on the road, business travelers now want high-speed Internet access and always the ability to talk on their cellphones.

To accommodate such needs, increasingly hotels now provide 24-hour business centers, free wireless in public spaces, and laptop and MP3 plug-ins to high-definition TVs.

Forbes lists a few examples of high-tech hotels.

At the Mandarin Oriental in New York, guests are assured of uninterrupted cell service, thanks to technology from an Innerwireless Distributed Antenna System, a system installed in the core of the hotel that allows for uninterrupted and universal cellular coverage.
Hotel Indigo, is a boutique hotel run by the Intercontinental Hotel Group, offering 24-hour business centers with free computer access in its 10 properties, including those in Atlanta, Chicago and Dallas. There’s also free wireless throughout the hotel.
The St. Regis Hotel in New York has equipped its “butlers” with wireless devices such as BlackBerrys. Guests stuck in meetings can now e-mail their butlers, instructing them, perhaps, to change the evening’s dinner reservations or retrieve a fax.