QHotels has teamed up with an events production company to equip its conference rooms with the latest 'touch of a button' audio visual technology.
The aim of the exercise is to ensure that screens and audio within QHotels' meeting rooms are capable of being operated at the touch of a button, allowing hosts to focus on the content of their meeting, rather than scrambling under desks to connect wires or amend resolutions on projectors.
Fixed LCD screens have been installed in smaller meeting rooms and projector screens fitted in larger conference spaces.
A Barco ClickShare wireless presentation system now features in these meeting rooms, allowing corporate delegates to wirelessly connect their laptop or tablet to the room's meeting screen with just one button. Hence delegates can flick from screen to screen in the most efficient way.
Extra care has been taken to ensure that the work was carried out sensitively within QHotels' historic and listed buildings such as at The Midland in Manchester.
Here the screen is disguised within a gilded frame and has the appearance of a mirror when it's not in use - to ensure that it doesn't detract from the hotel's ornate surroundings.
Elsewhere, trunking concealing cables has been hidden with a vinyl wrap matching the room's wall covering or colour, ensuring attention to detail was applied throughout.
Joanne Barratt, group operations manager for QHotels, said: "We are always looking at ways to improve our audio visual offering and Universal Live and Universal AV work very closely with us to ensure we stay ahead of the market. Whilst we are introducing ClickShare across our entire portfolio, we are also looking at what is likely to follow. As technology is constantly evolving, so are our customers' requirements."
