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Malmaison and Hotel du Vin Hotel Chains have installed Proxim Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Mesh Systems for Guest Internet Access. Airangel, a specialist in providing guest Internet access solutions, has been responsible for deploying Proxim wireless networks in 11 Malmaison and 11 Hotel du Vin hotels.

 

Malmaison and Hotel du Vin are recognized as the leading lifestyle hotel group across the UK. The Malmaison hotels are primarily located in city centres and are mid-sized, operating in the 'boutique/lifestyle' market.

 

The Hotel du Vin hotels are primarily based in cathedral or university towns and are generally smaller hotels than Malmaison.

 

Proxim AP-700s were installed in each hotel in addition to Proxim AP-4000s in a mesh environment at the Malmaison hotel in Manchester, where the public space areas of the building were particularly awkward to network due to cabling restrictions.

 

"Some of the hotels are very old buildings and required wireless mesh to seamlessly connect areas that were not possible to connect via ethernet. Wireless Mesh allowed us to provide our customers with broadband access speeds, while reducing our network installation time. For example the Hotel du Vin in Birmingham is the old Eye Hospital and was a tricky building to re-cable, so installing a wireless network was the only viable solution," Chris Airey, Operations Director of Airangel in a statement said.

 

"Our hotel guests expect the best service and providing wireless Internet access was essential. We were looking for a wireless network, which was reliable and robust, so Airangel specified the Proxim solution, which they managed to install with the least disruption to the running of the hotels," said Mark Jelley, IT Director at Malmaison and Hotel du Vin Hotels.

 

"We are planning to increase the number of hotels to 26 by the end of 2008 and plan to install wireless networks in each one of them."

 

"Working together with Airangel, we have delivered a robust and cost-effective secure wireless network. The Proxim infrastructure really comes into its own when there are difficult buildings to network, providing a highly reliable solution," said Anthony Fulgoni, VP International Strategic Sales for Proxim Wireless (News - Alert).

 

Proxim Wireless Corporation is one of the leaders in core-to-client solutions for broadband wireless networks. The company’s systems enable a variety of wireless applications including security and surveillance, VoIP, last mile access, enterprise LAN and PtP backhaul.

 

The company has shipped more than 1.5 million wireless devices to more than 200,000 customers worldwide.

 

 

 

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