Whitbread PLC, the UK’s largest hotel and restaurant group, has signed a new four-year data and voice networks contract with Fujitsu Services. As part of the contract, Fujitsu will be responsible for providing secure, managed voice and data networks and VOIP across all Whitbread’s corporate locations, hotels and restaurants.

Mark Fabes, business support systems director at Whitbread, comments: “Over the last five years, Fujitsu has modernised and managed our entire data and voice networks, providing a secure, high quality service. In the current economic climate, a reliable and robust data network is critical to our operational optimisation and ensuring we provide the best possible experience for our customers across all of our brands. The availability of our network and the readiness of the data it provides underpin all of our business activity.”