Wifirst is now an official partner of The Ascott Limited in Europe for its Ascott, The Crest Collection and Citadines brands
Paris, 8th February 2018 - Wifirst has been selected by The Ascott Limited to support its The Crest Collection and Citadines brands in Europe in the area of digital connectivity. |
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Wifirst is now an official partner of The Ascott Limited in Europe for its Ascott, The Crest Collection and Citadines brands
Paris, 8th February 2018 - Wifirst has been selected by The Ascott Limited to support its The Crest Collection and Citadines brands in Europe in the area of digital connectivity. |
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This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2018-02-08
Filed by Wifirst
The Ascott Limited is one of the leading international owner-operators of serviced apartments. The company is committed to the continuous modernisation of its properties, and has chosen Wifirst (Bolloré Group), the leading "WiFi as a Service" platform, to provide a connectivity base for its residences.
The Wifirst solution is now in use across all of the group’s European properties guaranteeing free super high speed WiFi that guests can access from everywhere in its rooms, suites, apartments and lobbies and all of its communal spaces. This means that Wifirst is now supplying WiFi coverage to more than 5,000 apartments and rooms in 41 apart’hotels and hotels which are all connected using optical fibre technology. These include prestigious hotels like The Cavendish London, La Clef Tour Eiffel Paris and La Clef Louvre Paris.A foothold in Europe for WifirstThis partnership has enabled Wifirst to once again demonstrate its ability to offer an agile solution that is suited to all hotel accommodation models, and not just in France. Wifirst’s London office worked with The Ascott Limited (which has its head office in Singapore) to connect its hotels and apart’hotels in France, Germany, Belgium, Spain and the United Kingdom.A base that can support a range of digital services“We were impressed by Wifirst’s solution, which offers our properties a solid technical foundation on which to base all of their digital services. Wifirst doesn’t just provide WiFi access for our guests, it also allows our staff to log on to a dedicated WiFi network completely securely”, Guillaume Renaudin, IT Director Europe of The Ascott Limited, explained.Wifirst’s promise to Citadines: a closer look Since buying out Citadines in 2004, Singaporean group The Ascott Limited has continuously modernised and renovated its city residences, transforming them into connected, lifestyle properties. “A connection that makes you feel at home, wherever you are”: that’s Wifirst’s promise to Citadines. The intuitive log-in process set up by Wifirst enables customers to log in with a single click, “just like at home” and ensures that they don’t experience any sudden loss of connection during their stay.ABOUT WIFIRSTWifirst is the leading super high speed WiFi platform. It operates several hundred thousand intuitive, secure, high-performance connected spaces. Wifirst has established itself as the no. 1 provider of managed WiFi in the Hospitality & Residences market through constantly adapting its solution to meet the growing demands of users. Major players like AccorHotels, France’s Centres Régionaux des Oeuvres Universitaires et Scolaires (CROUS), the student bodies dealing with accommodation and catering, and Nexity Studea have all entrusted Wifirst with meeting their connectivity needs. Wifirst also supports the French army, providing WiFi services to defence bases in France as well as to theatres of operations overseas. Lastly, Wifirst plans to speed up its growth by targeting the major bank, insurance and retail networks.
wifirst.frABOUT THE ASCOTT LIMITED EUROPE The Ascott Limited is a Singapore company that has grown to be one of the leading international serviced residence owner-operators. Ascott’s portfolio spas more than 500 properties in over 130 cities across 30 countries of the Americas, Africa,Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. The company's brands include Ascott, Citadines, Somerset, Quest, The Crest Collection and lyf. In Europe, Ascott’s portfolio includes 45 properties in seven countries: two Citadines in Belgium, (Brussels), 29 properties in France (14 Citadines and three The Crest Collection residences in Paris, and 12 Citadines in key regional cities), 1 Citadines in Georgia (Tbilisi), 5 properties in Germany (Madison Hamburg as well as one Citadines each in Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt and Hamburg), 1 Citadines in Spain (Barcelona), 6 properties in the UK (The Cavendish London, five Citadines in London) and 1 property in Ireland (Temple Bar Hotel, Dublin).
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