Every Best Western hotel in the US, Canada and the Caribbean will have free open WiFi by Sept 1. Tell you what, I've got a new default choice for hotels when I travel. Let's start finding ways of holding conferences at BW's instead of high-ticket Hyatts and Marriotts with their craptacular $10/day WiFi.
"It's the No. 1 amenity requested by virtually everyone, especially businesspeople, said Tom Higgins, CEO and president of the Phoenix-based hotel chain. "High-speed Internet for free is going to be where it's at."
(via matthowie)
Update: Glenn adds, "It's a mix of hardwired and Wi-Fi. They're actually not precisely
promising that you'll have access in every room. They'll loan you a
wireless card for rooms that don't have a hardwired line, but that
doesn't necessary mean (at least initially) that every room will have a
good Wi-Fi connection."
