Airangel dials up strategic partnership
Published on Wed 29 Sep 2010
WiFi specialist Airangel has secured deals with two international hotel brands as it consolidates its position in the hospitality sector.
The company, a leading supplier of wired and wireless branded guest internet access, will install its virtual concierge solutions at two London-based Crowne Plaza and Marriott sites.
The 5* Renaissance London Chancery Court Marriott hotel will receive wired and wireless access throughout all 365 bedrooms, 13 meeting rooms and two new business kiosks.
Crowne Plaza’s Kensington hotel will have a new WiFi service for all guests with content rich branding and marketing capability.
Airangel has also installed in 10 further Holiday Inn Express sites, including Salford Quays, Glasgow Airport and Newport in addition to the seven it is already working with. The company now provide guest internet access to over 18,000 hotel bedrooms across the UK.
The contract wins come as Airangel announces it has entered into a strategic partnership with an American counterpart.
Single Digits Inc, a provider of high speed internet access solutions based in New Hampshire in the USA, will work with Airangel to extend the global reach of both companies. The two firms will share intelligence, technological innovation, multi-language global support and field engineering resources.
Dean Wilkinson, managing director of Airangel, said: “Securing clients with international reputations such as Marriot and Crowne Plaza hotels is testament to the quality of the virtual concierge solution we’ve developed.
“We’re increasingly working with clients that have global requirements and entering a strategic partnership of this ilk will help us meet their changing needs.
“Our industry is constantly evolving and our alliance with Single Digits will enable to us to share intelligence and keep both companies at the forefront of guest internet access across both continents.”
Bob Goldstein, CEO of Single Digits, said: “We’ve chosen to partner with Airangel for its high-level of network engineering capabilities and its industry-leading guest support and service delivery.
“Airangel’s proven track record in the European market in constructing customised solutions for new and existing networks has made it an ideal partner for us.”
Published: Liverpool Daily Post, Manchester Evening News, Warrington Worldwide, Manchester Evening News online, NW Business Insider
