The new Westin Hotel Financial Street in Beijing has launched a range of fast, flexible and personalized communications services to its guests based on Nortel IP and wireless technology.

The services meet increasing demand for more advanced and easy-to-use communications that allow travelers anywhere, anytime access regardless of device.

The hotel's 486 rooms are fully equipped with Nortel's IP and WLAN technologies that enable staff to deliver high quality multi-media services to guests, which makes Westin Beijing Financial Street one of the early adopters of IP telephony solutions for both inbound communications and guest services in China. The Nortel IP Phone 2007 in each room feature large, full-color touch-screens and user-friendly menus that provide easy access to hotel guest services and public information. These include introductions to Beijing's famous scenic spots, weather forecasts, flight information, taxi reservations and guest check-in and check-out.

The hotel's WLAN capabilities provide hotel guests with anywhere, anytime wireless Internet access throughout the hotel, restaurants and common areas. The integration of a traditional telephone system, the broadband network in guest rooms with the hotel's management and communications network into one converged infrastructure, is enabling the Westin Beijing to provide customers and employees anywhere, anytime access to communication services.

"The implementation of the converged network in Westin Beijing is a prime example of how advanced technology is being leveraged in the hospitality industry to improve services and address increasing needs for more advanced and easy-to-use hotel services," said Jackson Wu, president, Greater China, Nortel. "Nortel's successful deployment at the Westin demonstrates how our solutions are enabling China enterprises benefit from a complete IP-based converged data, voice and multimedia applications network."