Features

Rooms for improvement

In this issue’s market insight, InAVate tours the very corners of the region to get a snapshot of what’s going on in the hospitality market. Integrators and distributors give their side of the story and we also try to discover who really does make the decisions and therefore whom the integrator needs to influence.

Comme ci, comme ça

After several years of economic stagnation, is the French AV market ready to be born anew in the wake of a Presidential election. InAVate talks to those in the know to find out if it’s a case of Gallic charm or….

AV’s Low-Fibre Diet

Fibre is a viable alternative to copper. So why aren’t more AV pros using it? Tim Kridel investigates...

Variations on a theme

InAVate steps, Alice in Wonderland-like down the rabbit hole of Themed Environments to assess the impact that AV technology is having on this most creative of markets.

Get with the programme!

Our correspondent attacks poor standards of control system programming and asks if many of those programmers understand how the systems they programme should function. Did they read the specification? Probably not….

Sleeping giant?

Talk to anyone about the AV business and the first word out of their mouth will more than like be Dubai, but take the time to listen to the third or forth words and another name springs to mind. This month’s insight tries to look past the glaringly obvious to other opportunities in the region.