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Would You Like WiFi With That?
BOARDMAN,Ohio -- TJ's Restaurant and Lounge at Holiday Inn-Youngstown is now offering complimentary wireless Internet access. To encourage both hotel guests and area residents to utilize the new service, the hotel will provide complimentary coffee and soft drinks to visiting portable computer users as part of its "Wireless Weekdays" promotion."At first, we viewed the network as an added-value amenity for our tech-savvy overnight guests," says Brent Reynolds, general manager.Hotel guests already can access the network in their rooms, from the lobby, restaurant, lounge, and swimming pool. "Then we considered the growing popularity of Internet cafes, which, more often than not, charge users an access fee for WiFi, and decided to make it free for our local customers as well," Reynolds says.To help build awareness of the new amenity, the management team decided to enhance the offering even further by serving complimentary coffee or soft drinks to any guest visiting TJ's lounge with a WiFi-ready portable computer. This "Wireless Weekdays" offer is available Monday through Friday, is limited to TJ's Lounge guests only, and ends April 30.To log on to a wireless network, the portable computer must be equipped with a wireless card."