SANTO DOMINGO. - Grupo Piñero, a multinational company with almost 50 years operating in the tourism sector, and Huawei, a global provider of information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, signed an agreement to improve connectivity for guests visiting the hotel firm's resorts.
The collaboration agreement will allow the implementation of GPON and WiFi technology in the Cayo Levantado Resort, Bahia Principe Grand Bavaro, Bahia Principe Luxury Samana, Bahia Principe Grand Turquesa and Bahia Principe Grand Aquamarine hotels, according to a press release.
He explains that the agreement was signed by Mateo Ramón, Chief Information Officer of Grupo Piñero and Jack Heliang, CEO of Huawei Enterprise Business Spain, with the assistance of Ma Haixu, President of ICT Strategy & Marketing at Huawei.
Through this alliance with Huawei, the Piñero Group will have a WiFi network and GPON technology in a selection of its resorts in the Dominican Republic, thus ensuring the best possible connectivity for all its guests, implementing GPON technology (Gigabit Passive Optical Network).
The group explains that GPON is a telecommunications access technology that uses fiber optic cabling to reach the end user. "This technology creates converged IP-based broadband networks, maximizing assets and allowing more services to be offered over the same infrastructure," it emphasizes.
He adds that its main advantages are a greater cable distance, better service quality, and increased user navigation security.
“This agreement will allow us to incorporate the necessary infrastructure to deploy solutions that will improve the customer experience, essential for the path we have begun towards digital transformation,” explained Mateo Ramón, CEO of the hotel group.
"At Huawei, we are very proud to be able to collaborate on this project, which shows once again how technology is an essential part of determining the competitiveness of the hotel industry," explains Jack Heliang.
“We firmly believe that agreements like the one that brings us together here today are the best formula for success and the key to driving the future of the sector,” he adds.
Grupo Piñero maintains that it is committed to innovation for the constant improvement of the business through the implementation of pioneering global projects and by promoting digitalization aligned with the business strategy.
"One of the main lines of action in its digitalization strategy is the improvement of the customer experience, as demonstrated by the signing of this agreement with Huawei, which represents progress in the connectivity of a large part of its hotels in the Dominican Republic," notes the hotel company in the tourist centers of the East.
