LodgeNet Launches Comprehensive Reporting Solution for its Hotel Broadband Business
Company to Deploy LodgeNet Solve to Hotels Served with Cloud-Based FREEDOM Internet Platform
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: LNET), the leading provider of interactive media and connectivity services to hospitality and healthcare businesses and the consumers they serve, today announced the launch of LodgeNet Solve, a comprehensive on demand reporting portal that complements the cloud-based FREEDOM Internet solution offered exclusively by LodgeNet Broadband to hotels in the United States.
Created in response to hoteliers' demands, LodgeNet Solve will provide real-time and aggregate information on customer usage, bandwidth usage, device uptime, and other aspects of the hotel's broadband network - all through a single, Web-based portal. The portal will initially be available to hotels LodgeNet has installed with the FREEDOM Internet system.
"Reporting is absolutely necessary for a hotel to intelligently manage its network and maximize guest satisfaction," said Steve Pofahl, General Manager of LodgeNet Broadband. "LodgeNet Solve brings all of our experience and industry knowledge together into a reporting solution that puts vital information at the hotelier's fingertips. It also positions us to bridge the gap between broadband and media platforms - including mobile - as we move toward bundled solution offerings in which all platforms can be managed and monitored by on-property personnel through a single, secure portal."
LodgeNet currently provides broadband systems and services to approximately 150,000 hotel guest rooms as well as meeting rooms, public spaces and conference facilities.
About LodgeNet
LodgeNet Interactive Corporation is the leading provider of interactive media and connectivity services to hospitality and healthcare businesses and the consumers they serve. Recently named by Advertising Age as one of the Leading 100 US Media Companies, LodgeNet Interactive serves approximately 1.8 million hotel rooms worldwide in addition to healthcare facilities throughout the United States. The Company's services include: Interactive Television, Broadband, Mobile and Advertising Media Solutions along with nationwide technical and professional support services. LodgeNet Interactive Corporation owns and operates businesses under the industry leading brands: LodgeNet, The Hotel Networks and LodgeNet Healthcare. LodgeNet Interactive is listed on NASDAQ and trades under the symbol LNET. For more information, please visit http://www.lodgenet.com.
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