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Wireless Internet Capabilities Draw Business, Leisure Customers.

Byline: Darla Martin Tucker

May 17--It's too soon to determine whether a wireless Internet network at the Riverside Marriott has actually helped the hotel increase revenue, but the installation of a so-called Wi-Fi hotspot a year ago supplied by Sprint was critical to meeting the needs of its business guests, hotel officials said.

"That's what our corporate clients want," said Donna Esparza, area director of sales and marketing. "That's their hot button ... It was a highly requested item on survey cards."

The 292-room Riverside Marriott installed

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