The increasing cost of buying a home, less job security and a changing housing market have meant that, more than ever before, the under 40s are choosing to rent rather than purchase. This new breed has been called ‘Generation Rent’, and more than merely renting, they’re causing a sea-change in the expectations on developers, building…
DetailsAirangel – the Warrington-based company which is the leading provider of guest WiFi solutions to the hospitality sector – has secured a £1.7m funding package from Santander Corporate & Commercial to support its further growth. Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services advised Santander on the deal. Airangel, which has recently opened new office in Dubai, is…
DetailsOpt-in marketing isn’t a new thing. In fact, it goes as far back as magazines, catalogues, and newspapers and these days most companies now use some form of direct marketing to find new customers and to keep in touch with their existing base. Our own guest WiFi solution, for example, is designed to help hoteliers…
DetailsLondon, 13th March 2017: Malmaison Hotel du Vin, the leading lifestyle hotel brands, announce significant investment into upgrading its wireless network infrastructure. To manage the upgrade, the group has enlisted the services of Airangel. One of the UK’s leading enterprise guest WiFi solutions firms, it provides safe and secure WiFi that is easy to deploy,…
DetailsMost WiFi certified devices that are currently connected on your wireless networks use the 2.4GHz band. More recently, and due to the decrease in price of dual-band devices, we are seeing more use of the higher frequency 5GHz band. WiFi is a designed in accordance with the version of the 802.11 standards, a family of…
DetailsHotels losing revenue Big, luxury hotels often made a lot of their revenue from two things: In room phones and pay per view. The year is 2017 and everyone has a phone in their pocket, negating the need for people to use the, often expensive, hotel room phones. Pay per view is what it is,…
DetailsFor most of us life without the internet is hard to imagine. The internet underpins everything we do. It helps us keep in touch with our friends and families, entertains us, helps educate and creates job opportunities. With 2.4 billion web users worldwide it may come as a shock to you that 21% of the…
DetailsIf you are anything like me, you relish the self-checkout isle at the supermarket. The faceless zone where you can make purchases without any interaction with the supermarket staff, where you don’t have to conduct any small talk, and where you can set your own pace to sort and order your various items. If this…
DetailsFew can deny that the way we work, live and travel has been fundamentally affected by the dawning on the digital era. Ultrafast broadband in our homes has given way to a more mobile form of Internet usage, characterised by laptops, smartphones and tablets. More and more, we move through the world under a cloud…
DetailsAs Airangel continues to see growth across Europe and the Middle East, and with sights set on further international expansion, the UK based WIFI business turned to Neil Williams, a prominent figure in the hospitality solutions sector and former Senior VP of GuestTek to deliver the operational excellence required to accelerate growth. Whilst working for…
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