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Hospitality Industry Solutions

Secure Guest WiFi Without Compromising Experience

Deliver fast, safe, filtered WiFi to hotel guests and conference attendees while protecting your brand, your network infrastructure, and your guests from online content risks.

100MDomains Classified
58Content Categories
<50msAPI Response Time
99.9%Uptime SLA
Compliance

Regulatory Drivers for Hospitality Networks

PCI DSS 4.0
GDPR
CIPA / Family Safe
CCPA / CPRA
Key Risks

Guest WiFi Security That Scales to Thousands of Rooms

Hotel WiFi is the most visible technology touchpoint in the guest experience — and a single negative incident on your network can damage years of brand building.

One of the Largest Attack Surfaces in Hospitality

Every hotel guest expects reliable, fast WiFi from the moment they check in. Yet this same network that delights guests also represents one of the largest attack surfaces in the hospitality industry.

  • Business travelers joining video conferences from their rooms
  • Families streaming entertainment during vacation
  • Conference attendees connecting hundreds of devices simultaneously in meeting halls
  • WiFi quality directly impacts guest satisfaction scores, online reviews, and repeat booking rates

Unfiltered Networks Are Breeding Grounds for Content Risks

Unfiltered guest WiFi networks are breeding grounds for content risks that put guests and your property at risk.

  • Guests may unknowingly visit restricted content sites that harvest their credentials
  • Connections to malicious domains can download unsafe content onto guest devices
  • Guests may encounter inappropriate content that reflects poorly on your brand

Protecting Your Hospitality Brand Online

Hospitality brands invest enormously in creating premium guest experiences. From five-star lobby designs to carefully curated dining menus, every detail is intentional.

  • A guest who accesses inappropriate or offensive content on your hotel's WiFi may associate that experience with your property
  • A child could encounter harmful material while using your resort's pool-side WiFi
  • Reputational damage can be swift and severe in the age of instant social media reviews

Family-Friendly Browsing Without Feeling Intrusive

Content filtering across 59 categories allows hospitality operators to enforce family-friendly browsing policies on guest networks, with more permissive policies available for adult-only properties or specific network segments.

  • Categories such as Adult Content, Nudity, Violence, Drugs, Gambling, and Weapons can be blocked by default
  • Most guests never notice the filtering because they are not trying to access blocked content
  • Prevents accidental exposure to harmful material
  • Your network reflects the same quality standards as your physical property

Our web filtering database with 100 million classified domains enables hotels to filter guest WiFi at the DNS level, blocking access to unsafe content and other security content risk categories while maintaining the fast, seamless connectivity that guests demand.

With API response times under 50 milliseconds, filtering adds zero perceptible latency to the browsing experience — and the protection is there when it matters.

Deployment

Segmenting and Securing Hotel Network Infrastructure

Hotels operate complex networks spanning guest rooms, POS systems, property management, and building automation.

A Modern Hotel Network Is Surprisingly Complex

All of these systems share underlying network infrastructure — and each has different security requirements.

  • The property management system (PMS) handles reservations, billing, and guest profiles
  • Point-of-sale terminals in restaurants, bars, and gift shops process payment cards
  • Building automation systems control HVAC, lighting, and access controls
  • Entertainment systems in guest rooms stream content; conference AV equipment connects to cloud services
  • Guest WiFi serves hundreds or thousands of simultaneous users across multiple floors and buildings

Per-Segment Filtering Policies

Guest WiFiFamily-friendly content filtering
POS network segmentsRestricted to payment processor and PMS domains only
Building automationLimited to vendor update servers
Staff workstationsProductivity-oriented filtering

Our 59-category classification system and API-driven architecture make it straightforward to implement differentiated policies across every network segment, all powered by the same continuously updated database of 100 million domains.

API-First, Vendor-Neutral

Define policy templatesCorporate IT sets templates for each property type and network segment
Deploy anywhereEnforcement runs through whatever DNS or proxy infrastructure each property uses
Any networking vendorCisco Meraki, Aruba, Ruckus, or any other networking vendor via a simple REST API call
Day-one onboardingNew properties come online with proper filtering from day one

Unified Filtering Across Multi-Property Portfolios

Hotel chains and management companies need consistent security policies across dozens or hundreds of properties — a significant operational challenge.

  • Portfolios span luxury resorts, business hotels, extended-stay properties, and convention center hotels
  • Each property type has different guest demographics, regulatory requirements, and network architectures
  • Properties may have been acquired over time with legacy network infrastructure

Our API-first approach to domain classification decouples the intelligence layer from the enforcement layer. Classification data from our 100 million domain database gives you consistent content filtering across every property without requiring uniform network hardware.

Capabilities

Key Capabilities for Hospitality

Features designed for the unique demands of hotel and resort networks

Guest WiFi Filtering

Block unsafe content, adult content, and other harmful categories on guest WiFi with zero perceptible latency. Support thousands of concurrent guests across all property areas.

Network Segmentation

Apply different filtering policies to guest WiFi, POS networks, staff workstations, and building automation systems. Each segment gets security controls matched to its risk profile.

Multi-Property Scale

Deploy consistent filtering across entire hotel portfolios through a single API. Support multiple brands and property types with centralized policy management and per-property customization.

Family-Friendly Defaults

Pre-configured category policies that block content inappropriate for minors. Resort and family-oriented properties can ensure child safety on pool, lobby, and common-area WiFi networks.

Use Cases

Hospitality Use Cases

How hotels, resorts, and hospitality brands leverage our web filtering database

1

Conference and Events WiFi

Large conferences and corporate events bring hundreds or thousands of attendees onto your guest WiFi simultaneously. Filtering protects event-goers from restricted content sites targeting their corporate credentials and keeps bandwidth-intensive unsafe content downloads from degrading the network experience for presenters and attendees.

  • High-density event WiFi protection
  • Corporate attendee credential safety
  • Bandwidth preservation filtering
2

Resort Pool and Common Areas

Pool decks, lobbies, restaurants, and recreation areas serve guests of all ages. Content filtering ensures that families with young children can use WiFi safely in these shared spaces without encountering inappropriate content that other guests may attempt to access on the shared network.

  • Child-safe common area WiFi
  • Public space content controls
  • Recreational area coverage
3

POS and Payment System Isolation

Hotel restaurants, bars, spas, and gift shops process payment cards throughout the property. Web filtering on POS network segments prevents these systems from communicating with any domain outside of approved payment processor and property management system endpoints, supporting PCI DSS compliance.

  • Restaurant and bar POS protection
  • Spa and amenity billing security
  • PCI DSS requirement support
4

Staff and Back-Office Networks

Hotel staff use back-office computers for reservations, housekeeping management, procurement, and human resources. Filtering these workstations prevents restricted content attacks that could compromise guest personal data, payment information, or employee records stored in property management systems.

  • Front desk workstation security
  • Back office restricted content protection
  • HR and payroll system defense
100M
Domains Classified
58
Content Categories
<50ms
API Response Time
99.9%
Uptime SLA
Category Coverage

Recommended Categories to Filter on Guest Networks

Categories blocked by default under family-friendly browsing policies

Adult Content Nudity Violence Drugs Gambling Weapons Unsafe Content Restricted Content

Deliver Safe, Fast WiFi to Every Guest

Protect your brand and your guests with hospitality-grade web filtering