A long-standing partnership with Minor Hotels evolves into a comprehensive end-to-end technology deployment, combining digital hospitality solutions with a high-performance GPON fiber optic infrastructure across the entire resort.
Tivoli Estela Golf & Lodges is a new luxury resort concept from Minor Hotels, located in PĆ³voa de Varzim, on Portugalās northern coast near Porto. Designed to offer a premium leisure experience, it combines accommodation, wellness, sports, and lifestyle services in a unique coastal setting.
As a technology partner of Minor Hotels, Nonius was selected to deliver a fully integrated digital infrastructure for the resort, ensuring a guest experience and operational backbone fully aligned with the groupās high hospitality and technology standards.
The project covers a wide range of resort facilities, including 80 lodges and apartments, 18-hole golf course, restaurant, bars, outdoor pools, 2 padel courts, wellness centre, kids club, and other public spaces, all connected through a robust and scalable technology ecosystem.
The Challenge: Delivering a Unified Technology Infrastructure Across an Entire Resort
Tivoli Estela Golf & Lodges required a technology platform capable of supporting a modern, premium guest experience while ensuring operational efficiency and long-term scalability across the entire resort.
The challenge involved:
- Delivering seamless connectivity across multiple buildings and outdoor areas
- Supporting high-density Wi-Fi usage throughout the property
- Providing a modern and personalized in-room entertainment experience
- Ensuring reliable voice and Internet services
- Implementing a future-ready network infrastructure capable of supporting all resort operations
- Centralising technology management while maintaining high performance and reliability
The solution needed to combine hospitality technology with enterprise-grade network infrastructure, fully integrated into a single ecosystem.
The Solution: End-to-End Integrated Technology by Nonius
Nonius designed and deployed a comprehensive technology platform combining guest entertainment, connectivity, communications, and infrastructure solutions across the entire resort.
TV & Streaming
The resort was equipped with:
- TV & Streaming: Interactive in-room entertainment platform, embedded on LG Hospitality TVs, delivering hotel information, branded content, and seamless access to streaming applications and Cast functionality.
- TV Headend: Centralised content distribution system ensuring reliable delivery of live TV channels and curated content across all rooms with high stability and quality.
Wi-Fi & Networks
To ensure high-performance connectivity throughout the property, Nonius deployed:
- Wi-Fi & Networks: Enterprise-grade wireless and switching infrastructure based on RUCKUS technology, delivering high-performance, secure and scalable connectivity across the entire resort, including indoor and outdoor areas.
- Internet Access: Guest Internet Access platform providing secure, seamless and fully managed connectivity with authentication, bandwidth control and a consistent branded login experience across the property.
Voice & Communications
Nonius also implemented the resortās Voice solution, ensuring reliable internal and guest communications fully integrated with the propertyās operational infrastructure.
GPON Fiber Optic Infrastructure
At the core of the project is a robust GPON fiber optic network infrastructure designed to support all resort services with maximum scalability and efficiency.
The deployment included:
- GPON Network architecture
- Fiber optic cabling infrastructure
- CCTV network integration
- Centralized network management
This architecture provides high availability, optimized bandwidth distribution, simplified infrastructure management, and future-ready scalability for upcoming technologies and services.
Benefits for the Resort
ā Unified technology ecosystem across the entire property
ā High-performance connectivity in all indoor and outdoor areas
ā Modern TV and digital guest experience
ā Robust and scalable GPON fiber infrastructure
ā Simplified operations through centralized management
ā Infrastructure prepared for future expansion and digital evolution
Benefits for Guests
ā Fast and reliable Wi-Fi connectivity throughout the resort
ā Modern in-room TV entertainment experience
ā Seamless connectivity across leisure and public areas
ā Consistent digital experience across all resort facilities
The Result: A Fully Integrated Digital Resort Infrastructure
With this project, Tivoli Estela Golf & Lodges now benefits from a fully integrated technology ecosystem combining hospitality solutions and enterprise-grade infrastructure within a single, scalable platform.
This deployment further reinforces the long-standing relationship between Nonius and Minor Hotels, highlighting the trust placed in Nonius to deliver complex, large-scale hospitality technology projects with high performance, reliability, and operational efficiency.
āWe thank Nonius for this ongoing partnership with Tivoli Estela Golf & Lodges. In todayās hotel industry, there is an increasing demand for integrated technological solutionsānot only because itās easier to work with a single provider, but also because of guestsā high expectations regarding connectivity. Thatās why the GPON network infrastructure allows us not only to offer an integrated experience across the entire resort, but also to evolve and grow from that same foundation. For the projectās success, technology alone is not enough. We also need the human touch that only Noniusās ongoing support can provide, and that is why we are proud to be partners.ā
Alvaro AlmeidaGeneral Manager of Tivoli Estela Golf & Lodges Porto
"Nonius is proud to be the technology partner for Tivoli Estela Golf & Lodges. We deliver a comprehensive suite of integrated solutionsāincluding GPON fiber, Guest TV, Wi-Fi, and Voiceāensuring a seamless, high-performance digital experience for every guest while optimizing the resortās operational efficiency."
Andrade SantosKey Account Manager at Nonius Portugal
