Broadband Hospitality Achieves Marriott Property Internet Certification
Youngstown, OH – June 11, 2013 – Marriott International has certified Broadband Hospitality, a Youngstown, OH-based hospitality technology company, as a Marriott Global Property Network Standards (GPNS) approved provider for property internet, following the company's successful completion of the rigorous testing and acceptance periods.
The Marriott GPNS program creates a consistent, industry-leading property internet offering of the highest quality across Marriott brands. As one of only a few hospitality internet providers to pass the certification program, Broadband Hospitality delivers high-quality, scalable, end-to-end solutions that meet the demands of today's hotel customers who are increasingly relying on a stable, consistent internet connections to live and work.
To achieve certification, Broadband Hospitality demonstrated its ability to install and support industry-leading Internet equipment according to Marriott's robust standards while providing exceptional guest and hotel support at the 203-room Courtyard by Marriott in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the popular Mall of America.
Vince Lucci, owner of Broadband Hospitality, says that his company's focus on quality and intelligent execution is the reason for the company's success and evolution from a hotel telephone vendor in 1993 to a full service hospitality technology company offering bandwidth upgrades, top-of-the-line equipment and over-the-top, in-house Help Desk services. "The Marriott GPNS certification is an extremely important milestone for our company and validates our employees' commitment to be the best at what we do," Lucci said.
Curt Weingart, VP of Sales & Marketing, adds that Broadband Hospitality "offers a solution for every size property and every size budget but hotels are realizing the need to install better quality equipment and provide a more stable connection to have their guests return. Having great Internet service is becoming as important as having electricity."
About Broadband Hospitality
Broadband Hospitality sells, installs and supports hospitality wired and wireless internet systems, Internet bandwidth and free-to-guest, high-definition television programming to hotels and resorts throughout the United States. The company's 24 x 7 x 365, US-based Help Desk is operated out of their corporate headquarters in Youngstown, OH and serves nearly all brands of hotels but Broadband Hospitality is a GPNS-certified provider to Marriott International and a preferred provider of Internet & television to Value Place Hotels of Wichita, KS.
