We are delighted to participate as exhibitors at the UPNXT Hospitality Festival! The festival will take place on June 21st and 22nd, 2023, at the Science Congress Center in Munich and is the first Hospitality Festival in Germany. It is organized by elevatr in collaboration with the Hotel Association Germany (IHA) as co-host.

As a Preferred Partner of the IHA, we are proud to showcase our expertise and passion for the hospitality industry. Our experts Roland Heinen, Stefan Baumann, and Sascha Hoch will be present to discuss our proven solutions in Network Management & Security, our unique networking concept with SD-WAN, and our cloud-based comprehensive solution conn4. With an integrated CMS and reporting tool, conn4 combines your Wi-Fi portal with your digital signage and in-room TV solutions in one product, enabling centralized and easy control of marketing campaigns at the push of a button.

We are excited about this new format and look forward to presenting our innovative solutions for the hotel industry and celebrating the industry together.

From May 23-25, 2023, the HITEC Dubai, the world’s largest hospitality technology trade show, will take place at the Dubai World Trade Center in the United Arab Emirates. There, numerous providers have the opportunity to present their strategic and technological innovations.

At our booth number 1B14 in Hall 1, our hospitality experts Jeroen Wisse and Stefan Baumann will also present our solutions in the area of network management and security, our unique networking concept with SD-WAN, as well as conn4, our cloud-based complete solution that combines your WLAN portal, digital signage, and in-room TV solutions in one product. Conn4 features a reporting tool and enables central and easy control of marketing campaigns at the touch of a button through the integrated CMS.

We look forward to welcoming you to our booth and presenting our solutions to you.

•Trade Show: HITEC Dubai

• Date: May 23-25, 2023

• Booth: No. 1B14 in Hall 1

• Location: Dubai World Trade Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

We are excited about the opening of our new office in San Francisco, the opportunity to expand our presence in the US and be part of the growing technology and innovation community there. In addition, last year we celebrated the opening of our new location in Ras Al Khaimah, capital of the Arab Emirate of the same name, from which we serve our customers in the entire Middle East & Africa region.

Already since 2017, we have been implementing communication networks in hotels in the Gulf region, ensuring efficient operations and satisfied guests in the hospitality industry with the integration of WLAN, IPTV, access control, room and energy management systems and digital signage. Our network innovations for the hotel industry have been present at Arabian hospitality trade fairs and events for some time. For example, we have already equipped houses of customers such as the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) with innovative wireless and communications infrastructure. As part of an all-round service, we offer complete packages from a single source, from consulting and project management to installation and on-site support.

“With our service, we are now even closer to our customers and can further strengthen on-site customer and project support,” reports Jeroen Wisse, one of our specialists for network infrastructure in hotel chains and Managing Director of the new UAE branch.

As an industry expert and experienced specialist with a long career in the IT industry, including as IT Director at Accor, Jeroen Wisse has already worked in various management positions and is valued as an expert in his field thanks to his extensive experience.

With the opening of the new locations in San Francisco and Ras Al Khaimah, m3connect now comprises a total of six own offices. We are particularly proud of this and look forward to the opportunities it will bring in a growing market.

Plans are already underway to expand our business with additional offices in Paris, Warsaw and London.

On September 28/29, the Digital Hotel Day will take place at the b’mine Hotel in Frankfurt am Main. Professionals, executives and experts from the hotel industry will be brought together to exchange ideas about the latest digitization opportunities and technologies for hospitality. Using best cases as examples, innovative approaches from solution providers will be presented and offered as inspiration for the digital expansion of the hotel industry.
Our CEO Emilio Dragas together with Niklas Unger, CIO Central & Northern Europe of B&B HOTELS Germany, will report on our joint implementation at B&B Hotels. The topic of the short presentation is: Centralized services from the cloud – the IT infrastructure as the foundation for all digital services.
The presentation of our success story with B&B Hotels will start at 6:20 p.m. on September 28. Afterwards, our hospitality experts will of course be available to answer any questions you may have about our innovative digitalization offerings and look forward to an exciting exchange and insightful discussions!

Artificial intelligence for radar systems to support police surveillance in public places and train stations, in short KIRaPol.5G. This is one of our company’s new 5G projects, which is funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia as part of the 5G.NRW competition. Together with the project partners IMST GmbH, Telefonbau Arthur Schwabe GmbH, the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences and various security authorities (Federal Police, Bavarian State Criminal Police Office, Mönchengladbach Police Headquarters), we are developing a concept in which public areas can be monitored in compliance with data protection requirements by using innovative technologies.
Instead of video systems, radar technology is increasingly used. Here, radio waves can be used to detect not only individual objects, but also their position and speed. In this case, it is not possible to draw personal conclusions, as could be the case with video surveillance using facial recognition. This results in a considerable advantage in terms of data protection. AI-supported pattern recognition will be used to read out people’s movements from the radar data, which will also make it possible to identify dangerous situations, among other things. For example, if a person is lying motionless on the ground, an alarm can be automatically triggered at the security authorities. In this way, emergencies can be quickly recognized and a correspondingly rapid response can be made.
In this project, we are responsible for the network infrastructure for transmitting the highly secured data streams. The radar systems are connected to the central components via the 5G network. The data collected there is then in turn transmitted via a highly encrypted connection to a cloud, from which the alarms are triggered to the security authorities in subsequent use cases. The pilot project will be the main train station in Mönchengladbach, including the forecourt.

We are very pleased that our partner companies also choose us when it comes to building their network structure. Our partner Zwo G GmbH has built a new headquarters in Viersen and has commissioned us to set up the network infrastructure for them there. We also set up the hardware for their telephony and their conference rooms. Zwo G GmbH is a waste management and recycling company with which we cooperate on our construction sites. We are looking forward to further cooperation together.

We have already welcomed nine new employees to our company this year. We would like to welcome Emina Iljazovic, Sebastian Gerhards, Cuong Nguyen, Stephan Weber, Farras Sasono, Soufian Asabban, Alex Boos, Alexander Ritz and Andre Siedersleben to our team!
We are very happy that we are able to recruit new colleagues again and again, despite the tight situation on the job market, and we are expecting further reinforcements until the turn of the year!
Are you also looking for new and exciting challenges in a strong team? Then apply now! You can find our current job offers here.

We are looking forward to your application!

Centrally located in the city center, directly opposite the theater and only a few meters from the cathedral and city hall, a new Motel One hotel opened in the imperial city of Aachen at the end of March. In addition to rooms with mini spas and comfortable box-spring beds, the design hotel also impresses with its individual interior in reference to Aachen’s past and present. As a long-time partner of Motel One, we are very excited about the hotel chain’s new location, which is just a few minutes’ walk from our headquarters. We have provided high-speed Internet lines for the property, expanded the WLAN across the board and installed 259 new smart TVs from Samsung. The use of the WLAN as well as the TVs runs via our self-developed platform conn4. So nothing stands in the way of a future stay with first-class WLAN connection as well as a wide selection of entertainment via the room TVs. We welcome the Motel One Aachen in our imperial city and wish a good and successful start.

© Motel One

Sustainability is of great importance to our company. Therefore, we have decided to reward our employees with an attractive offer, through which we combine the topics of environmental protection and employee satisfaction.
From now on, all our employees have the opportunity to receive an electric company car – regardless of professional experience and position. In this way, we want to support the mobile independence and the associated quality of life of our workforce in both their professional and private lives. At the same time, this measure is intended to actively counteract the current challenges posed by rising costs in almost all important areas of life. In these times of crisis, it is particularly important for us as an employer to act responsibly and in favor of our employees.
The goal we are pursuing is clear: to increase employee satisfaction through needs-based adjustments and, at the same time, to inspire greater awareness of our environment. Our employees are delighted with the new offer and the first orders have already been placed.
Other additional benefits we offer our employees at m3connect include an above-average employer contribution to the company pension plan, 30 vacation days, lifelong learning and development opportunities, KiTa allowances, joint attendance at events such as Rock am Ring, bonuses for weddings or the birth of a child, a company bicycle and many more. Last month, we also introduced remote work as a new working model to give our employees a better work-life balance. This means that it is now possible to work flexibly in terms of location two days a week – whether at home, with a partner or even abroad.
It is important to us at m3connect that our dedicated employees use their skills to the best of their abilities and that we reward their contribution to the company’s success. That’s why we are constantly working to optimize our comprehensive overall offering and to be a place for our employees where they are supported in all their life phases and can realize their talents, visions and successes.
By the way: We are always looking for new talents for our team. Our open positions are available here: https://lnkd.in/dDuXwcM.

Our Key Account and Sales Manager Avdo Iljazovic reports in the May issue of Bankmagazin about our networking solutions for financial institutions and the importance of a customer WLAN. Using our collaboration with Sparkasse Aachen as an example, he explains why cyber security is supported by a customer WLAN at an institution with sensitive data, and gives an insight into the future of digital customer service offerings in branch offices. He also answers the question of why a robust infrastructure is so important as the foundation of all digital services. Read the entire interview here.