Source: Wifirst

A wonderful blend of hotel, resort, and spa - Champneys prides itself on its commitment to revitalise the mind, body or soul for anyone who wants to get away from the city life. With 6 elegant countryside locations, Champneys Health Spa offers luxurious facilities and treatments of a spa with top-quality accommodation and dining.

With many sites being Grade II buildings with vast grounds and square footage, some of the Champneys sites has a network infrastructure no longer fit for purpose. With lagging signals in the outdoor spaces and with many dead zones within the building, guest complaints, payment terminals and staff work applications were all causing big challenges for the hotel and spa group. 

Champneys understood that the modern guest would come to their site with a desire to disconnect and relax, but maybe not entirely. They could see the value of offering their guests the latest in WiFi technology by choosing to install WiFi 6 throughout the property. The new Cat 6 cabling and Wifirst's state of the art precision AP deployment provided great coverage throughout the buildings, even in the main outdoor areas!

The Wifirst network implementation was delivered to provide great coverage. This has helped guests gain faster and more reliable access to the Internet. With such beautiful sites in prime UK locations, Champneys can now benefit from enhanced promotion from guests by facilitating easier access to social media applications. By giving today’s users vital access to their social media accounts, they are now able to share stories and posts with their followers which is directly leading to increased bookings for the spa and hotel.

Wifirst has provided Champneys with an updated WiFi infrastructure that enables faster connectivity throughout the resorts, within our budget. Our guests are now able to get online easily which has enhanced their ability to easily promote Champneys Resort through various social media platforms leading directly to increased bookings. Anthony Bargery; Group IT Director, Champneys Spa Resorts and Hotels

About Wifirst

Wifirst is the European leader in managed WiFi for professionals. The operator deploys and operates high-performance, secure and sustainable "as a service" connectivity solutions. Its know-how and technologies appeal to IT decision-makers from the largest companies and public organisations (AccorHotels, Havas, The French Ministry of the Army, Norauto, The Ascott, etc.) In 2023, Wifirst joined the Next40: a program from the Ministry of Economy which identifies the most promising companies of the French tech ecosystem. Headquartered in Paris, Wifirst operates across 29 countries and is present in the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy and Germany where it has acquired the German operator Hotsplots, specialising in on-board WiFi solutions. For more information: www.wifirst.co.uk.

Theo Dimishky
Business Development Director
Wifirst

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