Guests at Hotel President Wilson enjoy the ultimate experience with Quadriga and Bang & Olufsen in the world’s most expensive hotel suite - 21-02-2011

Hotel President Wilson, Switzerland is providing the ultimate guest experience by introducing a new way of communicating with guests in their room via Quadriga’s Sensiq solution, complemented by the highest quality Bang & Olufsen LCD screens.

The hotel’s 1,680 square metre Royal Penthouse Suite, which costs 75,000 Swiss Francs (58,000€) to stay in per night, offers an outstanding guest entertainment experience. It is one of only three hotels in the world to include the BeoVision 4-103 from Bang & Olufsen, one of the world’s largest televisions measuring 103” – providing an unrivalled cinema and entertainment experience in both vision and sound. The hotel selected Quadriga’s Sensiq guest communications portal solution to complement this state-of-the-art AV technology. Both brands have worked closely with the hotel to deliver a superior guest experience and reinforce the Hotel President Wilson’s luxurious brand.

The lavish Hotel President Wilson is located on the lakeshore, with spectacular panoramic views of Lake Geneva and the famous “jet d’eau”. This luxurious venue has been fully renovated and is one of Geneva’s most contemporary hotels. The suite occupies the entire eighth floor of the Hotel President Wilson. It boasts a fitness area, a jacuzzi with views of Mont Blanc, 12 bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, a 250sq metre salon, a Steinway grand piano and private terrace.
As part of this renovation, all 180 rooms and 48 suites in the hotel are equipped with bespoke AV technology from Bang & Olufsen, ensuring that all hotel guests are offered an unparalleled experience. The BeoVision 4-103, situated within the Royal Penthouse Suite, features a stand that has been uniquely engineered to elevate the screen at the touch of a button. Simultaneously, BeoLab 10, a bespoke speaker system, emerges from under the screen to ensure a superior sound quality. The screen can also tilt forward to ensure the best viewing position.
To support the hotel’s aims of providing a truly differentiated offer, delivering the ultimate guest experience and reinforcing its luxurious brand, Quadriga worked with the Hotel President Wilson to tailor Sensiq to reflect their unique brand as well as to integrate their own specific content to promote their services and hotel facilities directly on the TV to guests in their rooms. This includes the Bayview and Arabesque restaurants, its choice of relaxing bars and lounges and its superb leisure facilities and spa. In addition to the hotel services, guests can access information about how to get the most out of their stay in Geneva.
Charles Tamman, owner and chairman at Hotel President Wilson, explains: “As part of my ongoing quest for higher excellence, we have recently completed a multi-million euro transformation of the hotel. Thanks to our work with Quadriga and Bang & Olufsen, the Hotel President Wilson is without a doubt a unique place and each visit is an unforgettable experience. It is one of the finest and most state-of-the-art hotels in Geneva.”

“The Hotel President Wilson is exclusive, grand and luxurious, and it was essential that it selected an in-room guest communications solution to fully reflect this image,” explains Marc Budie, technology director at Quadriga. “Quadriga will build on its successful relationship with the hotel though the installation of Sensiq, a powerful communications platform. This will enable the Hotel President Wilson to create its own unique information and entertainment guest portal for the in-room TV. Sensiq ensures that the hotel can deliver the ultimate guest experience, fully supporting its exclusive brand image, while providing guests with all the information and content they may need during their stay.”

Flemming Nielsen, managing director of Bang & Olufsen Enterprise, comments: “The Hotel President Wilson’s quest for higher excellence matches perfectly to the essential values of Bang & Olufsen and together we are able to create an unforgettable guest experience. We are proud that the Hotel President Wilson has once again chosen Bang & Olufsen to be its AV partner. In addition to fitting customised AV solutions in each of the 228 guest rooms at the hotel, the solution for the Royal Penthouse Suite is outstanding and embraces the essence of the space with impressive sound and picture experiences delivered by a range of our products. The BeoVision 4-103 will without doubt be a unique experience that adds an extra dimension to the concept of room service, even when switched off.”

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About Hotel President Wilson
The hotel opened in 1963. The Tamman family purchased the President Hotel from Swissair and Nestlé in 1989. The hotel reopened in 1996 as the new President Wilson hotel and a 190 million Swiss Franc investment. Member of the Luxury Collection of Starwood Hotels and Resorts since 2000, Charles Tamman, Chairman and General Manager, has set the hotel on the tracks of success. Hotel President Wilson, has completed a €26 million (CHF 40 million) renovation of its lobby,public areas and guest rooms. The renovation, which started in autumn 2007, gives the iconic Hotel President Wilson a modern new feel and ensures the property is a unique expression of its location. The new design was conceived by acclaimed Swiss architects Atelier d’Architecture 3 BM3 and was inspired by the Hotel President Wilson’s magnificent setting on the banks of Lake Geneva. “Hotel President Wilson’s long-standing history of welcoming prominent people from around the world, combined with its striking location, impeccable service and renovated interior ensure that it will provide a unique and enriching experience to our guests.” comments Charles Tamman, Owner and General Manager.

For more information on Hotel President Wilson, visit www.hotelpwilson.com

About Bang & Olufsen
Bang & Olufsen was founded in Struer, Denmark, in 1925 by Peter Bang and Svend Olufsen, two innovative, young engineers devoted to high quality audio reproduction. Since then, the brand has become an icon of performance and design excellence through its long-standing craftsmanship tradition and the strongest possible commitment to high-tech research and development.

Still at the forefront of domestic technology, Bang & Olufsen has extended its comprehensive experience with integrated audio and video solutions for the home to other areas such as the hospitality and automotive industries in recent years. Consequently, its current product range epitomizes seamless media experiences in the home as well as in the car and on the move.

For more information on Bang & Olufsen, please visit www.bang-olufsen.com.

In recent years, Bang & Olufsen has become the brand of choice for some of the world’s top
developers, interior designers and hotels. By bringing our specialised division in this field,
Bang & Olufsen Enterprise, into their environment, these industry leaders are partnering
with an established global leader in integrated multi-room solutions that add unique value and differentiation to high-end interior designs through their unrivalled performance and emotional appeal. Read more at www.bang-olufsen.com/hotels

About Quadriga
Quadriga works with the world’s leading hotels to support their brand and help them to differentiate themselves from their competition, providing the hotel’s single answer to guest communications, delivered through integrated internet, network and IPTV technologies. Quadriga specialises in creating communications solutions for hotels and guests, delivered through the TV and guest laptops, providing guests with a gateway to a world of information and content.

By enabling hotels to communicate with their guests and promote their services and facilities, Quadriga can help hotels to generate additional business value.

The company delivers solutions that evolve with the rapidly changing technology needs of hotels and their guests. It specialises in integrating diverse digital, internet and network technologies and the ability to support existing network infrastructures ensures that it can achieve a high level of efficiencies for its hotel customers.

With 25 years experience and providing services in 350,000 rooms, Quadriga is the trusted partner to the world’s leading hotel chains, including InterContinental Hotels Group, Accor, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Marriott International and Hilton.

For more details on the company visit: www.quadriga.com or contact Berkeley PR on quadriga@berkeleypr.co.uk or +44 (0)118 988 2992.