La Reserve Hotel welcomes iSurf to Praslin

La Reserve Hotel on Praslin is amongst the first group of hotels on Praslin to be connected with iSurf – the latest and fastest Prepaid Wireless Internet service in the Seychelles, introduced by Cable & Wireless Seychelles (CWS).

In a ceremony on Friday 4th June, 2010, Cable & Wireless officially launched the service on Praslin in the presence of the STB Director of Marketing and partners in the Hospitality industry on the island at a cocktail at La Reserve Hotel. In a short speech Mr. Charles Hammond – Chief Executive CWS said “a large majority of our visitors choose Praslin for their holidays and it is of importance for Seychelles to offer reliable and secure internet services to meet trends and demands. I take pride in the work that my team at Cable & Wireless has done to bring iSurf to Seychelles.” He also added that CWS will continue to support and partner with the Hospitality industry to ensure that holiday makers in Seychelles are always connected to the rest of the world. For his part Mr. Peter Pomeroy – General Manager La Reserve Hotel said “today we stand tall to be the first Hotel on Praslin to offer such service and with the continual support of Cable and Wireless, I am positive that our guests will not be disappointed with the iSurf”. He also added that now La Reserve is proud to offer all its guest with Hi Speed internet and they have the option of browsing at their own comfort and leisure as we have coverage of the whole La Reserve premises.

Together with Cable and Wireless, the engineering team installed few hotspots on the hotel premises connected through optical fibre cable and anyone with the proper Wi–Fi receiver, a username and a password can get access with a wireless network, perfect for all your requirements. The service which basically allows wireless access to the internet by means of any wireless–enabled devices such as laptops, mobiles, blackberry, PDA etc….caters for a large customer segment with primary focus on the needs of Seychelles’ hospitality industry. This state–of–the–art wireless system allows hotel guests and casual visitors to access the Internet by buying airtime cards– available in 1hour and 24 hours denominations from the resort’s reception. The cards come with the added benefit of allowing guests to log out whenever they wish and keep their remaining credit to use another time within the validity period after the first login.