Positron Access Solutions, a global leader in innovative connectivity solutions for the hospitality market, and SONIFI, a leading ​ hospitality industry managed service provider (MSP) for guest engagement and high-speed Wi-Fi, today announced the successful deployment of Positron's Gigabit Any Media (GAM) solution at Buena Vista Suites Orlando. By transforming the hotel's existing coaxial infrastructure into a standards-compliant Gigabit Ethernet network, the project delivered reliable, high-speed connectivity to every guest suite, avoiding the cost, disruption and lengthy timelines associated with traditional rewiring.

The deployment at Buena Vista Suites demonstrates how hospitality properties can modernize legacy infrastructure to meet today's guest expectations, while maximizing the use of existing infrastructure investment and minimizing operational disruption. As hotels continue upgrading to support streaming, IPTV and increasingly bandwidth-intensive guest experiences, Positron's proprietary GAM platform provides a very cost-effective alternative to replacing existing cabling, enabling properties to accelerate digital transformation without sacrificing occupancy, revenue or guest satisfaction.

"Hotels shouldn't have to choose between delivering exceptional guest connectivity and undertaking expensive, disruptive infrastructure projects," said Jeffrey Clement, SVP Hospitality Sales at Positron. "Our Gigabit Any Media platform allows properties to unlock the full potential of their existing coaxial infrastructure, transforming it into a high-performance Ethernet network that supports today's connectivity needs, while creating a scalable foundation for tomorrow's guest technologies."

Like many hotels built with steel and concrete construction, Buena Vista Suites Orlando struggled to provide consistent Wi-Fi coverage throughout its all-suite property. Concrete walls between guestrooms limited wireless signal propagation, resulting in inconsistent connectivity and increasing guest issues. Traditional rewiring would have required extensive drilling, structural modifications, guestrooms taken out of inventory and months of construction, which would have been an impractical and costly undertaking for a high-occupancy hotel.

To avoid this potential disruption, the property chose to deploy Positron's GAM solution, which transforms existing coaxial cabling into a standards-compliant Gigabit Ethernet network capable of supporting high-speed guest internet access, in-room Wi-Fi and future IP-based technologies. This allowed the property to accomplish the upgrade without replacing its existing cabling infrastructure.

As the project's technology integration partner, SONIFI provided end-to-end network design and deployment support, including equipment procurement, GAM configuration and installation support to ensure optimal performance while minimizing installation costs and operational impact.

The full-property deployment was completed in approximately one week with virtually no disruption to hotel operations. Unlike traditional rewiring projects that often require guestrooms to be removed from service for days, Positron's solution enabled installation in ​ 20 minutes per room, allowing Buena Vista Suites to remain fully operational throughout the upgrade while protecting occupancy and revenue.

"Both Caribe Royale and Positron are longtime SONIFI partners, making for an ideal collaboration of experts and a smooth process from inception to go-live," said Roy Kosuge, Chief Operating Officer of SONIFI. "We're proud to expand this partnership and help our friends at Caribe Royale continue to provide the best guest technology experiences possible."

The impact was immediate. Daily guest Wi-Fi issues were eliminated as the new network delivered stable, seamless connectivity throughout every suite. At the same time, the hotel realized significant cost savings compared to a traditional rewiring project while avoiding construction delays and maintaining normal operations throughout the installation.

"Set it and forget it...it just works," said Chet Patel. Complex Director of IT for Buena Vista Suites Orlando. ​ "The installation was completed quickly with no disruption to hotel operations, and we've seen a dramatic improvement in the reliability of our guest connectivity."

Beyond improving the guest experience today, the upgraded network provides Buena Vista Suites with a modern digital platform capable of supporting IPTV, streaming services, next-generation in-room entertainment and other IP-based guest technologies without requiring another major cabling investment. The solution leverages the property's existing coaxial infrastructure so future technology upgrades including smart room and building applications can be implemented using this upgraded network as the network backbone without additional network costs faster and more cost-effectively than with traditional network architectures.

The successful Buena Vista Suites deployment reflects Positron's and SONIFI’s growing track record of helping hospitality properties overcome the challenges of aging building infrastructure while avoiding the cost, complexity and operational disruption associated with traditional rewiring projects. By transforming existing coax into a high-capacity Ethernet network, hotels can improve guest satisfaction, simplify network management and prepare their properties for evolving technology demands—all while protecting existing infrastructure investments.

For more information, please visit www.positronaccess.com and www.sonifi.com.