Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is now offering
complimentary Wi-Fi service in its limousines, a move that enables
guests to access the internet using their mobile devices from the
hotels’ chauffeur-driven cars.
In 2009, Shangri-La was one of the very first international
luxury hotel groups to provide free internet access at all its
properties.
“Extending free Wi-Fi service to the limousines
was a natural step to take after offering it at all our hotels.
Connectivity is a vital part of the Shangri-La experience, and complimentary
internet access has become one of our
signature standards,” said Greg Dogan, president and chief
executive officer of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts.
Since
Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong introduced complimentary Wi-Fi in
hotel cars in February 2010, the initiative has been rolled out at
72 hotels – most recently in the new Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto’s R
and S class Mercedes-Benz.
By the end of 2013, free internet
access will be available in the limousines of 82 of the group’s
hotels. Properties opening in London, Istanbul and Doha, as well
as in Shanghai, Qufu and Sanya in China are among the new hotels
that will offer Wi-Fi in their fleet of hotel cars.
At several individual Shangri-La hotels, mobile
connectivity
has been taken a step further. In Taipei, arriving guests who are
chauffeured to Shangri-La’s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel are welcomed
via FaceTime, while commuters using Shangri-La Hotel, Guangzhou’s
shuttle can enjoy free internet en route. At Shangri-La Hotel,
Singapore, guests can flip through an iPad that provides
information about the hotel’s surrounds and the city as a whole.
The limousine Wi-Fi service is not available where resorts
provide boat transfers – i.e. Shangri-La’s Villingili Resort and Spa and Traders Hotel Malé in the Maldives and Shangri-La’s
Boracay Resort and Spa in the Philippines – or in cars serving Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort and Spa, Fiji Island and Shangri-La
Hotel, The Marina Cairns.
The service is slated to be available at
Traders Hotel in Yangon in the future.
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