Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino Standardizes on Aruba to Deliver IoT-enabled “Smart Rooms” and Exceptional Guest Experiences
March 12 2019 - 8:00AM
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Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company (NYSE: HPE), today
announced that the Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino, a boutique
hospitality and entertainment destination in the heart of
revitalized downtown Las Vegas, is using Aruba wireless, wired,
security and location services solutions to bring new services and
experiences to its guests and the surrounding community.
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The Downtown Grand has been an Aruba customer for a number of
years, but in 2016, Area Director of IT Erik Gavilanes made a
decision to standardize on Aruba infrastructure when the property
began planning for a major upgrade.
Currently, Aruba Wi-Fi covers the property’s indoor and outdoor
spaces, including the pool deck and a section of 3rd Street that
runs between the Downtown Grand’s buildings, which is the frequent
site of music, art, food and entertainment events. With the
upgrade, the Hotel will install high-speed, location-ready Aruba
802.11ac Wave 2 APs to transform every hotel room into a “smart
room” with location-based services and IoT capabilities. New APs
will also be installed to provide better coverage, performance and
services for their outdoor spaces. In addition, the Hotel will use
all-Aruba solutions in its new tower scheduled to open in 2020,
which will add nearly 500 guest rooms, bringing the property’s
total to 1,100 rooms.
Working with Summit Partners of Las Vegas, the Downtown Grand
has also deployed Aruba network switches to securely connect the
property’s IP surveillance cameras, Aruba AirWave for wired and
wireless network management, and Aruba ClearPass for simple-to-use
guest Wi-Fi.
“Wi-Fi is a necessity for any hotel to stay competitive,
particularly in Las Vegas,” said Gavilanes. “With Aruba, we have
the added benefits of using access points that are location-ready,
and include built-in BLE beacons, and extra ports that allow us to
plug in other IoT devices in the rooms without running additional
cabling.” He added, “Location-based services are very important for
us, as they can be used to enhance our staff's and guests’ physical
security, as well as deliver a wealth of new guest services
options.”
Because Aruba’s solutions are built on an open, multi-vendor
platform, Gavilanes said the integration with the Hotel’s existing
systems, as well as those they plan to adopt in the future, is
simple and cost-effective.
Gavilanes and his team are also relying on Aruba AirWave to help
in the design and construction phase of the upgrade, utilizing
AirWave’s VisualRF tool to determine where the new APs should be
installed. Once the AP count has reached the expected 1,300 across
the property’s indoor and outdoor areas, he expects to use AirWave
for optimization and management of the network.
Another crucial piece of the Downtown Grand’s infrastructure
upgrade is Aruba ClearPass. With ClearPass, the IT team can run a
customized captive guest portal that integrates with the Hotel’s
property management system to enable a tiered billing system for
hotel guests, including complementary and premium options. The
Hotel is also using ClearPass to offer non-hotel guests who may be
visiting the property – particularly the outdoor venues during
events – free Wi-Fi by using social media log-in or email.
In the future, Downtown Grand expects to build upon their new
Aruba infrastructure, leveraging ClearPass to unify the wireless
and wired components, and expanding further on the Aruba APs’
location-ready and IoT capabilities to deliver more smart room
functions to hotel guests. The Hotel foresees integration with HVAC
units, lighting and temperature controls, and even door locks to
enable truly smart rooms that could be prepared and customized for
a guest at the moment of check-in.
Said Gavilanes, “It’s an exciting time to be in hospitality and
there are many new technologies that will impact our guests’
experience. We want to be on the forefront of as many of those as
possible.”
About Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, is a leading
provider of next-generation networking solutions for enterprises of
all sizes worldwide. The company delivers IT solutions that empower
organizations to serve the latest generation of mobile-savvy users
who rely on cloud-based business apps for every aspect of their
work and personal lives.
To learn more, visit Aruba at http://www.arubanetworks.com.
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