Airwave at Work

CUILLIN HILLS, ISLE OF SKYE If you’re looking for a room with a view, you’d struggle to fi nd a better location than the Cuillin Hills Hotel, in the stunning Isle of Skye.

Set within 15 acres of majestic Hebridean countryside, Cuillin Hills overlooks the Portree Bay and the Sound of Raasay, with the stark Cuillin mountain range framing this awe-inspiring vista.

Cuillin Hills pride themselves on the provision of an exemplary guest experience, and with this in mind, approached Airwave to design and install a wow factor TV entertainment system.

Sometimes, remote locations aren’t conducive to the demands of today’s technology - in Cuillin Hills’ case, the consequence being a limited TV channel line-up.

“This formed a key part of our remit” said Key Account Manager, David Taylor “we were tasked to implement a system that would enable a full complement of Freeview TV channels.”

This involved the design and implementation of Freesat reception equipment, IPTV, SMATV, and satellite infrastructure. The end result being a comprehensive channel listing and four BT Sport channels.

Of course, the provision of terrestrial TV can’t be considered as an exemplary o ering by itself; in order to meet the expectations of today’s guests, further choice and options are necessary via OTT services. In this instance, Airwave implemented hospitality certifi ed Google Chromecast.

This was integrated within an Otrum Enterprise Cloud information system, providing a platform for Chromecast via a dedicated button on Otrum’s interface - which also includes a series of information pages and other features, such as VOD movie app, Airtime. All this internet-based TV technology needs a modern, SMART hospitality TV to front it. Airwave recommended the Samsung 690 series of hospitality TVs, wall-mounting a mixture of 43, 50 and 65-inch UHD displays in the guest-rooms.

QBIC MANCHESTER Qbic base their philosophy on creativity; they look to break the rules, make people smile and above all, provide an experience that’s full of personality.

Qbic’s newest location sits proudly in Manchester’s buzzing Deansgate strip, nestled amongst bars, restaurants and the city’s nightlife scene.

With 261 individually designed rooms, Qbic Manchester is one of the largest hotels in the city, also featuring a bar, restaurant, co-working spaces and conference facilities.

IT and business services provider, Haventrust, called upon Airwave’s expertise in the design of guest entertainment systems.

Airwave kicked the project o with the installation of an IPTV headend, aerial and network infrastructure. Preconfi gured wireless access points were then deployed in each guestroom, ahead of the wallmounting of 43, 55 and 65-inch Philips Mediasuite hospitality TVs.

The Philips Mediasuite range is built on an Android platform and features in-built Chromecast functionality, allowing guests to cast content from a portable device on to the big screen. Integrated Netfl ix can also be incorporated, accessible by a dedicated button on the remote control.

QBIC opted for a simple, functional interface, featuring a homepage, two additional information pages and an embedded QR code, allowing guests to contact the hotel’s reception.

The homepage provides four simple options - watch TV, cast content, watch Netfl ix and hotel information, with CMND’s fl exible management system allowing bespoke design, colouring and branding.

BODMIN JAIL Built in 1779 by Napoleonic prisoners of war, using 20,000 tonnes of granite quarried from the nearby moor, Bodmin Jail marked a milestone in prison design, featuring segregated cells and hot water.

A bastion of security, Bodmin Jail was used to house the Crown Jewels throughout WW1, and harbours a dark, evocative past….

After its 1927 closure, the building lay unused and dilapidated for the best part of 100 years. Now, new life has been injected into this magnifi cent structure, in the form of a stunning new hotel.

The newly renovated building combines luxury with history, featuring contemporary design, nestled within the jail’s formidable stone walls.

Airwave was delighted to be awarded the project to design a TV system, commencing proceedings with the installation of TV reception equipment and an IPTV headend.

Fronting the system’s infrastructure, Airwave wall-mounted 55-inch Samsung 690 Series hospitality TVs, all embedded with an Otrum Mirage interactive information system.

Airwave’s design engineers built a bespoke user interface, consisting of a home-screen and several additional pages, housing hotel information and features such as Chromecast and cloud-based VOD app, Airtime.

Otrum Mirage was also used to provide a customer interface on the 3 x 75-inch meeting room TVs, facilitating the use of services such as as screen mirroring and Chromecast.

FOWEY HALL Perched above the Fowey Estuary in stunning south Cornwall, Fowey Hall provides a luxurious family retreat in a sprawling coastal manor.

With a pool, spa, library, games & cinema room and free childcare provision, Fowey Hall boasts a facilities rich service o ering. Naturally, a top quality TV system was required as part of this and, of course, Airwave was delighted to lend a helping-hand.

“Fowey Hall wanted a smart TV service but weren’t in a position to implement ethernet infrastructure” said Head of Hospitality Sales, Wayne Bowring “this is often the case in older-style buildings with thicker walls, or aesthetics that can’t be compromised.”

With this in mind, Airwave implemented a DOCSIS system in conjunction with Philips MediaSuite hospitality TVs.

DOCSIS enables the delivery of internet services over a property’s coaxial network, o ering a smart TV service without the need for ethernet cabling.

Airwave wall-mounted a mixture of 32, 43, 50 and 55-inch displays, all powered by a Philips CMND CMS. This was designed and implemented by Airwave, featuring a homepage and 10 additional information pages.

EASY HOTELS Part of the ‘easy’ family of brands, easyHotel owns and franchises an estate of 41 hotels in 11 countries across the world.

Operating in the super budget hotel segment, easyhotel o er competitively priced accommodation in city locations.

Airwave is honoured to partner with easyhotel, providing value-driven hotel TV systems to the brand’s guestrooms.

The easyhotel guestroom remit consists of RF infrastructure deployment to feed 32-inch wall-mounted hotel displays and a RF based information system. A wallmounted large format display is also required for each hotel’s reception area.

Having recently implemented this remit into easyhotels in Birmingham and Manchester, Airwave was delighted to be awarded further projects in Cardi , Oxford and London Shoreditch.

Over the three properties, Airwave wallmounted 300+ 32HFL4014 PrimeSuite Philips TVs, all featuring a Philips CMND IPTV platform with homepage and additional information pages.

The system mirrors easyhotel’s ethos – simple, clean and value-driven, and provides guests with a modern, intuitive TV system. ZANZIBAR LOCKE, DUBLIN Lockeliving provide designled apartments that combine the convenience of a hotel, with the freedom of home.

Zanzibar Locke sits within a stone’s throw of Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge, the crossing of which delivers you into the throng of the iconic Temple Bar area of Ireland’s capital city.

With modern, shared workspaces, a workout studio and huge apartments, it’s not just Zanzibar Locke’s location that wows its guests.

The building compromises of four Georgian townhouses and combines mid-century touches with contemporary, Scandinavian design.

Guests staying in an amenityrich property, nestled in one the busiest areas of Dublin’s city centre, are treated to a sensory overload. With so much to learn, and so much to do, the provision of a top drawer TV information system is key.

Airwave obliged, recommending Otrum’s Mirage information system. Mirage provides a powerful SaaS solution, enabling unparalleled options for the customisation, branding and personalisation of the guest-room TV’s interface.

“The only design limitation with Mirage is your imagination! You can create any visual or menu structure you want” said Jon Arnold, Interactive Systems Technician, Airwave.

Otrum Mirage also provides a platform for other features, including a tailored list of channels, SMART APPS, catch-up TV services, Google Chromecast and movie VOD APP, Airtime.

Lastly, Airwave wallmounted 160 X 43, 50 and 55-inch Samsung 690 Series hospitality TVs.