Cancun, Mexico – (BUSINESS WIRE) – GigNet, a digital infrastructure company with an extensive regional fiber optic broadband network from Costa Mujeres north of Cancun via the Tulum Hotel Zone, announced today that it is providing RIU Hotels & Broadband to multiple locations in the Mexican Caribbean.
“Each of the 12 RIU Hotels & Resorts in the Mexican Caribbean (Cancún, Playa del Carmen, Playa Car and Riviera Maya) has its own personality and a lot in common: white sandy beaches, the best 24-hour all-inclusive service, a varied one gastronomic experience, entertaining entertainment programs for all age groups and something that our guests now demand as a requirement: high-speed internet, ”commented Miguel Reynés Massanet, CIO RIU Hotels & Resorts. “The pandemic has changed the way people travel and what they expect from their travel and hospitality providers. Hygiene, safety and comfort are high on the list of requirements, and high-speed internet is required to meet all of these requirements. GigNet has met all of our requests and we are very happy with the service they have provided. ”
Mark Carney, OBE, President of GigNet Mexico added, “Travelers rely on the Internet more than ever. We are pleased to give RIU Hotels & Resorts guests the opportunity to experience first-class connectivity. We provide high-speed broadband so guests can share their travel experience with loved ones while using cloud and streaming applications such as Zoom calls, Netflix streaming and PlayStation games in their rooms or anywhere on the resort property. ”
ABOUT RIU HOTELS AND RESORTS
The international RIU chain was founded in 1953 by the Riu family as a small holiday company in Mallorca and is still owned by the third generation of the family. The company specializes in holiday resorts. With the inauguration of its first city hotel in 2010, RIU expanded its product range with its own range of city hotels called RIU Plaza. RIU Hotels & Resorts now has 100 hotels in 20 countries. In 2020, the chain welcomed 2.3 million guests and provided jobs for a total of 24,425 employees. RIU is currently the 32nd chain in the world, one of the most popular in the Caribbean, the third largest in Spain in terms of sales, and the fourth largest in terms of number of rooms.
ABOUT GIGNET
GigNet is the Mexican Caribbean brand of GigNet, Inc., a US-based international digital infrastructure company. Through its subsidiaries in Mexico, GigNet, SA de CV, and Sanalto Redes Peninsular, SAPI de CV, the company is a fully licensed telecommunications provider in Mexico. GigNet is actively expanding its extensive regional broadband network in the Mexican Caribbean, one of the largest and fastest growing tourism destinations in the world, with over 25 million annual airport visitors. GigNet is a leader in the digital transformation of the region.
