Cabling, Wi-Fi and security for hotels and resorts
Cablify installs guest room and back-of-house cabling, Wi-Fi, cameras and access control in hotels, resorts and extended-stay properties, working floor by floor while the hotel stays open.
- Hotel rooms under construction, March 2026
- 136,990 (CoStar)
- U.S. hotel occupancy, 2025
- 62.3%
- Rooms in conversion and renovation projects, Q2 2026
- 255,834
- Room phones
- Must dial 9-1-1 directly
Every room phone has to reach 9-1-1
The FCC names hotels among the places multi-line phone systems are typically found. Under Kari’s Law, systems installed after February 16, 2020 must let a guest dial 9-1-1 without a prefix such as 9, and must notify a central location, such as the front desk, when someone does.
Under the RAY BAUM’S Act, fixed phones on those systems have had to send a dispatchable location since January 6, 2021, and on-site non-fixed devices since January 6, 2022.
A dispatchable location is only as accurate as the records behind it. We label each room’s phone drop to the room and floor it serves and hand your phone vendor a port map they can load.
- Phone drops labeled by floor and room
- Port maps that match the phone system’s location database
- Drops to the front desk and security office for 9-1-1 notifications
Accessible rooms need communication features
The 2010 ADA Standards require a share of guest rooms to have communication features. In those rooms, where an emergency warning system is provided, alarms must comply with the visible alarm rules, and visible notification devices must alert guests to an incoming phone call and to a door knock or bell. Those notification devices may not be connected to the visible alarm appliances.
| Guest rooms in the hotel | Rooms with communication features |
|---|---|
| 51 to 75 | 7 |
| 76 to 100 | 9 |
| 101 to 150 | 12 |
| 151 to 200 | 14 |
Renovations and conversions
Lodging Econometrics counted 2,097 hotel conversion and renovation projects, with 255,834 rooms, in the second quarter of 2026. Conversions reached a record for a second quarter.
Floor by floor
Rooms taken out of service a block at a time and returned the same day or the next.
Guest Wi-Fi
Access points placed for rooms, corridors, meeting space and the pool deck.
TVs and casting
Drops for room TVs and the systems that let guests stream from their phones.
Door locks
Network or power-ready cabling for networked guest room locks.
Back of house
Drops for the front desk, offices, kitchen, laundry and housekeeping.
Cameras
Entrances, lobbies, elevators, loading docks and parking.
Keep the networks apart
In September 2023, MGM Resorts estimated that a cybersecurity incident cost it about $100 million in adjusted property EBITDAR, according to its SEC filing. Hotels run guest, payment, phone, building and staff networks in the same building, and keeping them apart starts with the physical layer.
- Separate, labeled patch fields for guest, payment and building networks
- Locked network closets on each floor with card access or cameras
- Records of every port so changes do not bridge networks by accident
Common questions
Does Kari’s Law apply to hotels?
Yes. It applies to multi-line phone systems installed after February 16, 2020, and the FCC names hotels among the places those systems are typically found. Guests must be able to dial 9-1-1 directly, and a central location such as the front desk must be notified.
Can you work while the hotel is open?
Yes. We work a block of rooms at a time and return them to service on the schedule your operations team sets.
What do ADA communication features involve?
In rooms with communication features, visible devices alert guests to incoming calls and to a door knock or bell, and they may not be connected to the visible fire alarm appliances.
Do you install guest Wi-Fi?
We cable and mount access points from your wireless plan, in rooms, corridors, meeting space and outdoor areas.
Request a quote for a hotel
Send the property address, the number of rooms and what you need installed. For renovations, include the room blocks and dates.