WAYPORT SIGNS AGREEMENTS WITH MAJOR HOTELS IN EUROPEAN MARKETS
WAYPORT SIGNS AGREEMENTS WITH MAJOR HOTELS IN EUROPEAN MARKETS
Wayport Strengthens Position in the Nordic Region by Delivering Guest Internet Services to Major Hotel Chains
AUSTIN, TX - April 10, 2007 — Wayport, Inc., an international leader in the design and integration of applications and software over wired and wireless carrier grade networks, announced today new agreements with major Nordic hotel chains. Over the last months, Wayport has signed agreements to deliver its guest Internet services to First Hotels, Restel hotels (the management company for Cumulus, Holiday Inn, Ramada and Rantasipi Hotels in Finland), Norlandia Hotels & Resorts and Zleep hotels. Guests at these hotels can now access Internet via Wayport’s services. The agreements place Wayport’s public PC solution or high-speed Internet deployment in more than 80 hotel properties. These new customers in Nordic countries further strengthen Wayport’s position as one of the largest network and application providers for the hospitality market in the region.
“Our customers depend on reliable Internet services for their business needs,” says Mr. Torbjørn Slåtto, VP Marketing for First Hotels. “Wayport has years of experience and a proven track record of providing innovative top quality solutions to match these needs as well as meeting our brand requirements.”
“We are very pleased that we can work with the major Nordic hotel chains to offer their guests state-of-the-art services, and we look forward to a long-term partnership and building solutions that meet the future needs of the hotels and their guests,” says Ib Drachmann-Hansen, President at Wayport EMEA. “The strengthening of our Nordic markets is another step forward in our European growth strategy, aiming to be the leading service and applications provider in the hospitality sector throughout the continent.”
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About Wayport, Inc.
Building on its established network infrastructure encompassing more than 13,000 locations in 32 countries, Wayport designs, develops and enables software and applications over carrier grade networks for innovative organizations in a number of vertical markets encompassing retail, healthcare, hospitality, managed services and others. Wayport helps organizations attract and retain loyal customers, create new business capabilities and improve operational efficiencies at premier venues including major hotels, airports, McDonald’s and Hertz locations, and other retail brands worldwide. To learn more about Wayport, please visit www.wayport.net or to see locations worldwide, visit www.wayport.net/locations

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