Sofitel is a global icon of modern French style, culture and art de vivre. Founded in 1964, Sofitel is the first international luxury hotel brand with more than 120 chic hotels in the world's most sought-after destinations. As one of the brand's flagship hotels, Sofitel Jinhui (formerly known as Kowloon Hotel), opened in 2024, is located in the heart of Shanghai's North Bund. Sofitel Jinhui is part of AccorHotels Group, a leading international travel and lifestyle group, providing guests with a home away from home experience in 5,600 hotels, resorts and residences around the world, as well as some 10,000 premium private residences. At present, Sofitel Jinhui has 288 luxurious rooms and 27 elegant suites, as well as a number of high-end ballrooms and multi-functional meeting rooms, providing guests with an unparalleled luxury experience.
For a modern international five-star hotel, the integrated wiring system is a necessary infrastructure to achieve networking, informatization and intelligence, and Sofitel Jinhui attaches great importance to the construction of the system. As a Chinese integrated cabling brand that designs and manufactures high-quality and high-performance cabling solutions, Longtek has been committed to meeting the professional cabling needs of all walks of life.
In this project, based on the criteria of meeting the design requirements and being moderately advanced, combined with the different functional areas and different application requirements of Sofitel Shanghai Jinhui Hotel, Zhaolong Interconnection proposed to mainly adopt S Series Class E low smoke halogen-free (IEC 60332-1) cabling system and E series Class E cabling system solutions, which met the requirements of Sofitel Hotel project for high speed, high security, high reliability, scalability, and PoE support.
In today's digital age, the successful operation of a modern international five-star hotel depends on an efficient, reliable and advanced cabling system. Sofitel Jinhui is well aware of this, so it attaches great importance to the construction of its integrated wiring system. However, in the face of the growing demand for informatization and intelligence, hotels are facing a series of problems and challenges in the wiring system. First, as technology evolves, hotels need to support higher data rates to meet guests' demand for high-speed internet access. This requires not only high bandwidth capability for the cabling system, but also the ability to handle a large number of concurrent connections without degrading performance. In addition, in order to ensure the security of information transmission and prevent data leakage or unauthorized access, the cabling system must adopt advanced security measures, such as encryption technology and strict access control.
Second, reliability is an integral part of hotel operations. Any network failure can lead to service disruptions, impact customer experience, and even financial losses. As a result, cabling systems need to be designed to be robust enough to operate stably under a wide range of conditions, as well as to be easy to maintain and recover quickly.
In addition, with the expansion of the hotel business and the upgrading of technology, the cabling system should have good scalability, so that it can be easily upgraded or added to new services in the future. At the same time, it is especially important to support the PoE (Power over Ethernet) function, as it allows the simultaneous transmission of power and data over Ethernet cables, which is essential for the deployment of devices such as IP phones and wireless APs.
Finally, considering environmental protection and health factors, it is also necessary to choose wiring products made of LSZH materials. These products release less smoke in the event of a fire, helping to reduce the risk of casualties and improve evacuation efficiency.
In response to these challenges, it was necessary to develop a solution that would meet the hotel's existing requirements and meet environmental standards, providing a modern and sustainable network infrastructure to provide a better and more convenient service experience for its customers.