Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2006-05-24 05:47:52 - Graham Ellis
Lisa emailed me an item from e-hotelier.com: "I recently attended a three-day sales conference in a major resort hotel. The location was chosen because ... [snip] ... and last but definitely not least, the promise of sufficient technology to satisfy business and leisure requirements alike." The article goes on to conclude that the very limited wired points and their high cost, the availability of WiFi only beside the dance floor, and the limited in-room entertainment have cost the hotel a repeat ,000 booking for next year. (link to full item)
I'm writing this in my hotel room this Tuesday evening. I'll post it, Wednesday Morning, from the training room; there *is* WiFi there but it bottlenecks out through what feels like a single analogue line shared by everyone. Keeping odd hours and getting to know the staff helps. A oh boy, do I know how Chris Hartmann and Beat Barblan felt when they wrote that article, and I expect the chap who I tripped over when I came out of the training room, seated on the floor with his laptop on his knee and a cable trailing over the corridor to a power point, feels the same way too.