Case Study: Anantara Hotels, Resorts and Spas achieves seamless, secure Gigabit Wi‑Fi and effortless guest mobility at Desert Islands Resort with HPE Aruba Networking

Discerning Guests Enjoy Seamless Mobility at the Desert Islands with Aruba Gigabit Wi-Fi

Desert Islands Resort & Spa by Anantara, a luxury property on Sir Bani Yas island, faced an aging wireless system that couldn’t keep up with guests’ growing demand for high-speed mobile connectivity or support bandwidth‑hungry operational applications in a harsh salt-water/desert environment. IT leadership needed a standardized, reliable Wi‑Fi solution across the sprawling resort and its varied indoor and outdoor venues to improve guest experience and operational efficiency.

Anantara deployed Aruba 802.11ac indoor and outdoor access points with Mobility Controllers and ClientMatch intelligence after a successful proof‑of‑concept. The new network now blankets rooms, restaurants, pool, convention center and amenities, enables tiered guest services, simplifies central management, reduces administration time, supports higher density and harsh conditions, and creates opportunities to increase revenue while scaling easily for future needs.

Anantara Hotels, Resorts and Spas

Harikumar Nair

Director Information Technology