DirecTV and Hotel Wifi – Heaven or Hell?
DirecTV, in their infinite wisdom, has decided recently to take advantage of your hotels wifi system and internet connection to stream content into the rooms for guests. So what does this mean for you as a hotel operator? It means after installing this DirecTV system,...
Solar Eclipse 2024 and Digital Signage
The Solar Eclipse is coming to many of our managed venues in April so we thought it would be cool to add a Solar Eclipse 2024 Countdown Screen to our Flight Displays, Meeting Displays and other Digital Signage products. It will be the last total solar eclipse visible...
Wifi 7 and your Hotel, Apartment or Assisted Living Venue
According to the Wifi Alliance... Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 7™ is here to meet the growing user demands for immersive, interactive technology. Based on IEEE 802.11be technology, Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 7 enhances Wi-Fi performance in the 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz bands, bringing...
5 Things Your Hotel or Apartment Business Center Must Have
Business Centers in Apartments and Hotels are changing but are still important amenities to the guest or resident. Below are 5 MUST HAVE things your Business Center needs. Security - Your Business Center must be secure to not only protect the guest but protect your...
Apartment Residents Want Printing Services
Was reading an article from SatisFacts about shifting residents' needs in todays remote work environments and the two things that stood out were 1. Faster Internet and 2. Access to Print Services. Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a huge shift to work...
Why your Airport Hotel or Restaurant should have a Flight Arrival and Departure Screen.
If you have been in an airport, you have seen the screens that show airport arrivals and departures. These screens are called Flight Information Display Systems or FIDS and show data about these flights. They typically show what city the flight is going to or from,...
Is It Time to Dump the Hotel Business Center?
Hotel business centers have been around for many, many years and have been a welcome amenity to a lot of travelers. Be they printing business documents for a meeting, boarding passes for there flight, or just a recipe from your venue it has always been there. The...
Five Tips for a great Bed & Breakfast wifi system.
Designing wifi systems for some tends to feel like one of those black arts where it takes a wizard to bless your system. Well, wizards aside, there are some good hard and fast rules of thumb and guidelines to make your system perform well for your guests. We at Kharma...
Does Your AirBnB Wifi Suck? Better Not!
A few years ago AirBnB launched a new tool that allows hosts and guests to check their wifi speed at the property. The results of these speeds will show on your profile to potential guests and will count in their decision to book or not. As wifi speeds have become one...
Video Help Screens added to our Cloud Print Stations
After only a few weeks on the market, we have now added text and video help screens to our Business Centers and Cloud Print Stations for Hotels, Apartments and Senior Living facilities. As a manager or front desk personal in one of these facilities, your time is...