A hotel provides conference facilities that are used by local firms for offsite meetings. 10 rooms are available each with a seating capacity of 30, and walls can be removed to make fewer larger rooms.

The hotel provides wired Internet in guest rooms but no Internet access is available for conference visitors, leading to many complaints from them.

• Solution:
  • Install our low cost wireless equipment that has our integrated scratch card billing system
  • Sell 1-day duration scratch cards from the front desk
  • Scratch cards can be stock or customized with the hotels graphics
• A client's business case example:
  • The hotel averages approximately 50 visitors (non-guests) per day for business conferences hosted at the hotel who have laptops and want to check email
  • The hotel charged $10 per visitor per day for Internet access; most visitors will expense the charge to their employer
• Results:
  • Time to investment payback: Less than 30 days
  • Profit 1^st year approximately: $150,000