12on12: Hotels — Bottom Line, It’s All About Wi-Fi
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When legal professionals get together, you can just about guarantee that the conversation will, at some point, turn to planes, trains, and hotels. Our patron saint may well be George Clooney‘s character, Ryan Bingham, in “Up in the Air,” the 2009 movie adoption ofWalter Kirn‘s novel about a life spent with too much time in airports. Like Bingham enthusiastically comparing affinity cards with a colleague, conversations often involve sharing tips on how to get upgrades and rooms that are at least 30 feet away from elevators.
So for our March “12on12” LTN asked our readers about their favorite hotels (and tech nightmares). Here are the 12 responses (edited for clarity and space):
The good: Hilton has partnered with AT&T to offer fairly consistent Wi-Fi in all of its branded hotels, from Hampton Inns to the Waldorf. And I can access it for free as an AT&T internet subscriber or as a Hilton frequent guest. The bad: Any “resort” hotel that thinks we can better relax without the internet — so they send us on a frantic search for a remote business center with an internet connection that rivals old dial-up. I’d rather have Wi-Fi at the pool or beach. Hotel valuation experts used to say that you could take the price of a Coke at the hotel — multiply it times $100,000, and again by the number of rooms — and get a figure close to the hotel’s value. Today, the amount they charge for internet may be a better proxy. The higher the price of the room, the higher the price of the internet connection — when it should be inverted. — Don Philbin, president, Picture It Settled, San Antonio, Texas.
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