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GLOBAL OFFICE CYBER ROOMS
By Madelyn Miller
The Pan Pacific Hotel Vancouver has become the first hotel in North
America to install guest room computers equipped for video conferencing.
In conjunction with Calgary-based Guesttek Services, the hotel’s "Global
Office Cyber Rooms" are equipped with Compaq PCs, video cameras and
supporting software in 17 of the hotel’s 506 rooms.
Through a suite of Microsoft products, guests can directly access their
business and personal e-mail, create documents with someone in another
location, connect around the world via video conferencing, chat online,
read the latest news on the Net, listen to radio or televised news
from "back home," or indulge in a variety of computer games.
The cost of this service is $30.00 per day and includes a 24-hour, toll-free
support line. In addition, a help menu appears onscreen when the
computer boots up. Guests will access their e-mail by entering their
own password. To ensure confidentiality, any e-mail sent or received
will be automatically purged when the next guest enters a new password.
Video conferencing facilities are becoming more common-place and the
trend-setting service of the Global Office Cyber Room is sure to become
an industry standard due to the convenience found at the click of a mouse.
Just be sure to bring your best pajamas.
To book advance reservations at the new Pan Pacific
Hotel Vancouver (800) 327-8585.
Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts http://www.panpac.com
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