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In August of 2019, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted rules that implement two federal laws designed to strengthen emergency calling from multi-line systems like hotels, office buildings, hospitals, and so on. The two laws are Kari’s Law and section 506 of the Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for Users
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems aren’t particularly new, but the hotel industry has been surprisingly behind the times when it comes to adopting new technologies. Some hotels even have a hybrid system, where the hotel’s connection to the outside world is handled through a VoIP system, but the individual
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) has been around for decades. Rather than using old-fashioned analog phone lines, which transmit signals through copper cables that were laid all over the country more than a century ago, a VoIP system transmits phone and data signals through a hotel’s broadband internet connection. As
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a serious toll on the hotel industry, greater than anything we’ve seen in our lifetimes. Occupancy and booking are down, airlines are hardly operating, vacations have been canceled, and the summer surge that many hotels rely on probably won’t happen at all. As a result,
There’s no sense in beating about the bush — the hotel, travel, and tourism industries are in the middle of the worst downturn they’ve possibly ever seen. Hotels are suffering lower booking and occupancy rates than during the Great Recession of 2008 or the post-9/11 era, and they’re having to
Hotels are in dire straits right now due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Tens of millions of people have lost their jobs, making income insecurity a much more pressing concern than before. Businesses are switching to fully remote operation, removing the need for business travel or conventions. And most private
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a global effect unlike anything we’ve ever seen. According to the American Hotel and Lodging Association, an industry trade group, the novel coronavirus has had a more severe impact on the industry than the 9/11 terror attacks and the Great Recession combined.
