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Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Crystal Springs Resort upgrades the TV experience for guests with SONIFI
LOS ANGELES, May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Guests at the stunning Crystal Springs Resort now have an equally stunning in-room TV experience thanks to the property's longtime technology partner SONIFI. Located just an hour outside New York City, Crystal Springs Resort is a top travel destination for world-class golfing, luxurious spa treatments, culinary delights and unforgettable events. The property has used SONIFI's interactive TV platform in their guest rooms for many years; when they saw the company's newest platform, though, they knew the modern look, convenient features and revenue-driving opportunities would be an update worth making. Since the resort already had the room equipment and headend system set up on site, SONIFI simplified the process by using its latest deployment option, Headend Interactive, to upgrade the in-room experience. "Crystal Springs Resort was a perfect candidate for this interactive TV headend deployment," said Roy Kosuge, SONIFI's Chief Operating Officer. "Using their existing TVs, remotes and RF infrastructure, we were able to improve their guest engagement platform without the need for room visits or rewiring." With the new interactive platform, Crystal Springs Resort welcome guests with a scene-setting video that automatically plays when the TV turns on. They're also able to use the system's features to promote all the resort has to offer. With customizable videos, guest messages, digital guidebooks and main menu highlights, guests get a closer look at amenities and enticing offers for the resort's revenue centers. "We have so much we want guests to know about, whether it's our six top-rated golf courses, award-winning spas, 10 unforgettable dining options, multiple wedding and event venues, or guest services available at each of the two hotels on site," said Larry Slonaker, Chief Information Officer at Crystal Springs Resort. "This updated system from SONIFI lets us showcase all of it in a way our guests are really responding to, and with Headend Interactive, it was very affordable with minimal impact during install." The interactive TV also gives guests easy access to their favorite entertainment like live TV programming from DIRECTV, secure streaming from thousands of apps with STAYCAST, and premium on-demand content. "Guests at Crystal Springs Resort have high expectations for their experience there," Kosuge said. "The resort delivers on every level, and we're proud to have SONIFI be part of that, too." About SONIFISONIFI is the largest guest technology provider in hospitality, deployed in more than a million rooms across 5,000 properties around the world. Global brands, ownership and management groups, and hotels of all chain scales trust SONIFI to deliver the best experiences with Wi-Fi, interactive TV, streaming, in-room entertainment and telephony services. Learn more at View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE SONIFI Solutions
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
SONIFI Now Available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace
LOS ANGELES, April 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SONIFI, a leading provider of hospitality technology and an Oracle partner, today announced SORA is now available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace and can be deployed on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and integrates with OPERA Cloud via the Oracle Hospitality Integration Platform (OHIP). Oracle Cloud Marketplace is a centralized repository of enterprise applications offered by Oracle and Oracle partners. OCI's modern cloud architecture enables leading hotels to provide the best Wi-Fi and interactive TV experiences from SONIFI without needing an onsite interface, changing networks, or purchasing licenses and adapters for each product. With OHIP, SONIFI can integrate its offerings with a hotel property's Oracle Cloud Property Management System (PMS) to enhance in-room guest experiences and offer revenue opportunities for hotels. Customers get access to leading compute, storage, data management, security, integration, HPC, artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain services to augment and help modernize their critical workloads. Oracle Cloud Marketplace is a one-stop shop for Oracle customers seeking trusted business applications offering unique business solutions. OCI is a cloud designed to run any application faster, and more securely, for less. OCI can help address a variety of data privacy, sovereign AI, and low latency requirements as it is the only hyperscaler capable of delivering 150+ AI and cloud services at the edge, in a customer's datacenter, across clouds, or in the public cloud. Oracle's distributed cloud delivers the benefits of the cloud with greater control and flexibility while also providing the consistent performance, SLAs, and global pricing for which OCI has become known. "We're committed to giving our customers industry-leading technology that helps them drive guest satisfaction, loyalty, and revenue. Being available to them on Oracle Cloud Marketplace is key to achieving those goals," said Kara Heermans, Senior Vice President of Product Management and User Experience, SONIFI. "SONIFI's participation in Oracle Cloud Marketplace further extends our commitment to the Oracle community and enables customers to reap the benefits of SORA. We look forward to leveraging the power of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to help us achieve our business goals." About SONIFISONIFI is the largest guest technology provider in hospitality, deployed in more than a million rooms across 5,000 properties around the world. Global brands, ownership and management groups, and hotels of all chain scales trust SONIFI to deliver the best experiences with Wi-Fi, interactive TV, streaming and in-room entertainment. Learn more at About Oracle's Partner ProgramOracle's partner program helps Oracle and its partners drive joint customer success and business momentum. The newly enhanced program provides partners with choice and flexibility, offering several program pathways and a robust range of foundational benefits spanning training and enablement, go-to-market collaboration, technical accelerators, and success support. To learn more, visit TrademarkOracle, Java, MySQL and NetSuite are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation. NetSuite was the first cloud company—ushering in the new era of cloud computing. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE SONIFI Solutions
Associated Press
08-04-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Newly remodeled OUTRIGGER Waikīkī Paradise Hotel features must-have guest technology and G.hn Wi-Fi from SONIFI
LOS ANGELES, April 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Wanting travelers to have the best in-room amenities at the fully transformed OUTRIGGER Waikīkī Paradise Hotel, the OUTRIGGER team turned to longtime technology partner SONIFI to provide the entertainment and connectivity their guests want and expect. Located in the heart of Honolulu, Hawai'i, OUTRIGGER Waikīkī Paradise Hotel has been a familiar property with local residents for many years, formerly known as OHANA Waikīkī East by OUTRIGGER. With the full-property remodel OUTRIGGER led, they sought to completely reimagine the guest experience at the craft hotel, blending modern comforts with the cultural heritage of the island. Along with a completely refreshed lobby, pool and fitness center, visitors are surrounded by artwork and murals by local artisans throughout the property, including the 443 newly renovated guest rooms and suites. Each guest room is designed to be a sanctuary for travelers. Knowing how important staying connected is for their guests from all over the world, OUTRIGGER worked with SONIFI to upgrade its HSIA network using technology, which is capable of delivering Gigabit network speeds over a property's existing coaxial cabling. 'OUTRIGGER Waikīkī Paradise Hotel is a consistently high-occupancy property, typically with more than one guest per room, meaning there's multiple connected devices at a time in every room. That requires a solid, reliable network across the property to support all the guest devices, in-room technology and hotel management systems,' said Paul Johnson, SONIFI's General Manager of Internet Services. 'Taking rooms out of service to run new cabling wasn't feasible, so we worked closely with the property's IT team to update their network with a solution.' The new network delivers the stability and speed to meet guests' Wi-Fi demands as well as the hotel's back-of-house management needs. It also serves as the backbone to run other SONIFI technology installed in the rooms, including: Interactive TVs with custom branding and features that drive revenue with promotions of the on-site amenities, other OUTRIGGER properties and third-party partners Free-to-guest programming from DIRECTV, with custom lineups to include channels that cater to their international guests Simple and secure streaming from thousands of apps with STAYCAST, where guests use their personal devices to cast content directly to the in-room TV 'Guests who are looking to unwind or rest for a bit in their room often turn to their favorite entertainment to relax,' Johnson said. 'We looked at the property's demographics and typical guest behavior to make sure they would have the comforts of home that they look for, while incorporating engaging and visually stunning opportunities on the interactive TV for OUTRIGGER Waikīkī Paradise Hotel to promote how great their entire property is—leading to an increase in on-prem revenue for them.' This upgrade wasn't the first time the OUTRIGGER team has worked with SONIFI, and it won't be the last. 'We partner with SONIFI for our property technology solutions because of the longstanding trust and reliability they've consistently demonstrated—both in the quality of their products and the expertise of their team,' said Henry Schwartz, Chief Information Officer at OUTRIGGER Hospitality Group. 'They continue to deliver tailored, innovative solutions that align with the distinct needs of each of our properties and their guests. We're especially pleased with their work at the newly reimagined OUTRIGGER Waikīkī Paradise Hotel, and we look forward to continuing our collaboration on future projects.' 'Guests, island locals, and the OUTRIGGER team all have high standards and expectations at OUTRIGGER Waikīkī Paradise Hotel, just as they do for all OUTRIGGER properties,' Johnson added. 'We're honored to be trusted to deliver technology experiences designed to impress.' About SONIFI SONIFI is the largest guest technology provider in hospitality, deployed in more than a million rooms across 5,000 properties around the world. Global brands, ownership and management groups, and hotels of all chain scales trust SONIFI to deliver the best experiences with Wi-Fi, interactive TV, streaming, in-room entertainment and telephony services. Learn more at
