Your Hols has long advocated that free wi-fi should now be rolled into the price of a hotel room – being connected today is as much as a necessity as having loo roll in the toilets – so it’s nice to see that swanky London hotel The Ritz is now offering guests free connection.
The 12 week network upgrade needed to offer the service also means that speeds are faster than at any other London hotel.
“From listening to our guests we learned that convenient and fast Internet access is an essential requirement of theirs, whether they are staying for business or leisure purposes. Moreover, given how readily available Internet access is either via public Wi-Fi or 3G networks, charging for Internet access is an additional expense we do not want to continue to burden our guests with,” said Stephen Boxall, Managing Director of The Ritz London.
“The Ritz London has earned a reputation for providing the best to its guests, for exceeding expectations, and so simply providing Internet access on a complimentary basis was an insufficient measure by our standards therefore, we chose to invest considerably in a network upgrade to ensure our guests not only benefit from complimentary Internet access but also enjoy download speeds that are unsurpassed in the London luxury hotel sector”
Now it should be time for other hotels to follow suit.
