{"id":7842,"date":"2014-10-17T03:09:54","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T02:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=7842"},"modified":"2014-10-16T14:10:44","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T13:10:44","slug":"expedia-study-finds-complimentary-wifi-crucial-hotel-perk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/10\/expedia-study-finds-complimentary-wifi-crucial-hotel-perk.html","title":{"rendered":"Expedia Study Finds Complimentary WiFi is a Crucial Hotel Perk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new study of 8,556 employed adults across 25 countries, which was conducted by the Canadian division of online travel giant Expedia, has found that travellers increasingly prioritise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a> accessibility. Some 56% of travellers worldwide said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a> availability and pricing impact their purchasing decision when booking travel or hotels.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In terms of hotel amenities, leisure travellers ranked the inclusion of &#8220;<em>Complimentary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a><\/em>&#8221; first, ahead of high-speed Internet access, wired in-room connectivity and a business centre with computers and printers. Mind you WiFi could also be considered &#8220;<em>high-speed Internet access<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>By comparison business travellers deemed complimentary WiFi to be even more important, with 86% of global travellers ranking it as very or somewhat important when booking a hotel. As for how people (leisure and business travellers) make use of their Internet connectivity..<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>The Most Frequently Utilised Mobile Services<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\u2022 Email\/messaging: 61%<br \/>\n\u2022 Camera\/video recording: 50%<br \/>\n\u2022 Maps\/navigation: 47%<br \/>\n\u2022 Social media: 45%<br \/>\n\u2022 Weather: 38%<br \/>\n\u2022 Utility (alarm, calculator): 33%<br \/>\n\u2022 Entertainment: 24%<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study of 8,556 employed adults across 25 countries, which was conducted by the Canadian division of online travel giant Expedia, has found that travellers increasingly prioritise WiFi accessibility. 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