Items tagged with marriott

by Joshua Gulick - Thu, Sep 10, 2015

Marriott Pushes ‘Vacationing’ In Your Hotel Room With Samsung Gear VR-Fueled ‘Vroom Service’

Marriott is putting a new twist on room service by delivering Samsung Gear VR headsets to guests. The new “VRoom Service” features a VR headset and headphones, along with virtual reality travel videos. Fire up the VRoom Service headset and you can explore Beijing from your hotel room in New York. The Marriott VRoom... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Tue, Aug 18, 2015

FCC Fines Smart City $750K For Blocking Wi-Fi Hotspots At Hotels And Convention Centers

You would have thought that companies would have wised up after Marriott was caught using unlicensed jamming equipment in conference rooms to block the Wi-Fi hotspots of its paying customers. Predictably, when hotel patrons would complain about not being able to access the Internet with their smartphones or mobile... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Sat, Jan 31, 2015

Marriott Abandons Petition Seeking Permission To Block Wi-Fi Hotspots

Give Marriott International a half-hearted gold star for finally committing to leaving Wi-Fi hotspots alone. Bruce Hoffmeister, Global Chief Information Office for Marriott, issued a statement saying the hotel chain has decided to withdraw its petition seeking "direction" from the Federal Communications Commission... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Wed, Jan 28, 2015

Although Marriott Closed Door On Wi-Fi Blocking Efforts, FCC Slaps On Deadbolt

After being hit with a $600,000 fine by the Federal Communications Commission over its Wi-Fi blocking efforts, the Marriott International thought better of its ill-advised policy and vowed to no longer block guests from using their personal Wi-Fi devices at any of its managed hotels. Score a point for consumers, and... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Tue, Jan 20, 2015

Marriott Pilot Program Brings Netflix, Hulu To Hotel Rooms

Up until last week, Marriott had the not-so-bright idea of blocking Wi-Fi devices in order to force travelers and conference attendees to pay for its high-speed Internet services, which in some cases could run as much as $1,000. Wiser heads prevailed -- a $600,000 fine by the FCC tends to do that -- and rather than focus on Wi-Fi hotspots, Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Thu, Jan 15, 2015

Marriott Wises Up, Drops Ridiculous Plan To Block Customers’ Wi-Fi Hotspots

It seems as though cooler heads have prevailed over at Marriott International. The hotel chain has decided to drop plans that would block customers from using their own personal Wi-Fi hotspots -- Internet services that they have already paid for -- and push them to use overpriced Marriott Internet... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Wed, Dec 24, 2014

Hotels Seek FCC Approval To Block WiFi Hotspots, Google And Microsoft Have Your Back

We’ve all encountered this issue. You check into your hotel room and attempt to connect to the complementary Wi-Fi network only to find that it’s slow as molasses, transporting you back to a time when a 56K modem was considered hot stuff. And even when you are forced to pay a daily “Resort Fee” to access Wi-Fi... Read more...