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Antonio Dimilia

Industry Director - Hospitality and Travel

Business Transformation Team

Antonio is an Atlanta-based Cisco Director focused on the Hospitality and Travel Industry.

With over 21 years of leadership experience, Antonio is focused on delivering business value to customers in the hospitality, gaming, cruise line, and airline industries.

Most notably, Antonio was the founder and chief executive officer of StayOnline, a ground-breaking broadband wireless solutions provider for the hospitality industry. StayOnline was acquired by LodgeNet, the leading provider of interactive media and connectivity services to the hospitality industry, in 2007, where Antonio served as president of the LodgeNet StayOnline broadband subsidiary.

Antonio has also held senior executive positions at FCS, a global developer of hospitality telephony applications, and at Control4, a leading manufacturer of automation and energy management solutions.

A native of Rome, Italy, Antonio holds a bachelors degree in information and computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a masters degree in computer science from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Articles

March 7, 2014

NETWORKING

Unlocking the Connected Guest Experience

4 min read

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal featured a hotel that will soon be using mobile technology to bypass the check-in process. Guests will have the option...

December 19, 2013

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Bringing the Internet of Everything to Life for Hoteliers

2 min read

In my recent post, “The Internet of Everything’s Impact on Hospitality”, I discussed how the Internet of Everything (IoE) is currently transforming the hospitality industry to more effectively enhance the...

December 5, 2013

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

The Internet of Everything’s Impact on Hospitality

2 min read

When a person is considered tech-savvy and “always-connected” in their day-to-day life, these expectations don’t change when they stay in a hotel. In fact, this new “connected hotel guest” actually...

July 10, 2013

NETWORKING

The Next Big Innovation Cycle for Hoteliers

2 min read

Remember the time when we were trying to figure out exactly what the Internet was? Web pages and dot coms didn’t make complete sense. Wow, how times have changed....

June 25, 2013

NETWORKING

Cisco’s New Wall Access Point Helps Hoteliers Deliver In-Room Wi-Fi Access

1 min read

Hotels and guests have had a love-hate relationship with Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi has become an expected service, not just a luxury, leaving hotels struggling to find the right setup that is...

April 15, 2013

NETWORKING

Cisco enables Wi-Fi at Hotel Technology Forum at renowned Bellagio

1 min read

We are heading to The Strip once again next week as sponsors of the Hotel Technology Forum (HTF). This time, we are staying in some very comfortable territory and get to experience our own solutions in action. The Bellagio will be hosting HTF from April 17-19 and expects to have many hospitality leaders pass through […]

March 8, 2013

NETWORKING

HTNG Recap: Cisco Hospitality highlights industry leadership

1 min read

We had a great time last week at the Hotel Technology Next Generation’s (HTNG) North American Conference in Atlanta. Many of the industry’s top leaders were in attendance, and...

February 21, 2013

NETWORKING

Cisco Hospitality and MGM partner to deliver keynote at HTNG

As our team prepares to attend Hotel Technology Next Generation’s (HTNG) North American Conference next week in Atlanta, we are excited to have one of our very own as the keynote...