Max Wi-Fi launches new service at Mermaid Centre

London’s Mermaid Conference and Events Centre is the first venue to install event communications company Max WiFi’s new ‘Venue Wi-Fi Service’.
 
Max WiFi has installed a Meraki MX70 Router and 25 Meraki MR16 dual radio access points in the centre, which allows the centre to offer connectivity to devices which communicate on both the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz radio frequencies so that end users will experience much better connectivity.
 
In effect, the venue can now offer free Wi-Fi to delegates. The system is fully scalable and can be enhanced as clients demand up to a 100Mb of Internet bandwidth.
 
“We have created this service in response to market demand,” said MD of Max WiFi, Richard Hughes. “It means that fixed venues can now tap into decent secured connectivity and offer their clients a fail-safe Wi-Fi solution. There is a running cost to maintain the connection but it doesn’t have to run at full speed all the time.
 
“With demand increasing and the Olympics next year, venues will need to up their game if they’re looking to remain relevant in today’s demanding events and conference market. Wi-Fi will be an even hotter topic next year and if venues are not providing a good service their reputations may suffer.”
 
Head of PR at the Mermaid Conference and Events Centre, Carol Anderson said: “Having used Max WiFi for a number of events we quickly realised that it made sense to have something permanent installed. Demand from our clients has increased considerably and this is not going to slow down. We realised investing in the future was a necessity not a luxury.”
 
The Mermaid Conference and Events Centre (formerly Mermaid Theatre) is an independently owned venue on the north bank of the Thames adjacent to Blackfriars Station and its main auditorium is tiered, column free and seats up to 600.
 
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