Airwave Europe in Europe

COVE CENTRUM, THE HAGUE Part of the Edyn collection of lifestyle aparthotel and serviced apartment brands, Cove operate design-rich, serviced apartments in city centre locations.

Cove Centrum, is located in the centre of the Netherlands’ political powerhouse, The Hague, amidst the commerce of the city centre, but only a short bike ride to a sweeping stretch of white-sand beaches.

With a strong emphasis on community and co-working spaces, Cove Centrum is perfect for both leisure, families and business, and with a philosophy based on “the things that guests really care about” Airwave set about designing a guestroom entertainment system, that focussed on just that.

Naturally, a clearly presented line-up of TV channels is key, this was implemented in conjunction with a multiday electronic programme guide, o ering guests advance visibility of linear TV scheduling.

On-demand content was provided via smart apps (including BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All4 and YouTube) and hospitality certifi ed Google Chromecast - allowing

What puts the ‘Europe’ into Airwave Europe?

Whilst Airwave’s key focus is UK centric, we enjoy working with several hotel partners across the European continent.

AIRWAVE at work

guests to cast content from a smart device to the in-room TV. Cloud-based VOD app, Airtime, was also implemented, giving guests access to a catalogue of earlyrelease blockbuster movies & programming content.

Otrum’s Mirage guestroom entertainment system provided an able vehicle to house all these features, sitting alongside an information portal, including apartment details - such as cleaning schedules, utility info, and a QR code, containing a series of appliance manuals.

Having designed an entertainment system in accordance with Cove’s philosophy, Airwave wall-mounted 121 x 43inch Samsung 690 Series hospitality TVs, across the building’s fi ve fl oors.

25 HOURS HOTELS Part of the Accor portfolio of brands, 25 Hours operate 15 hotels and 2,600 rooms across Europe.

Centred around a social hub and community ethos, 25 Hours hotels are individually designed, full of personality, and inspired by the art, culture and gastronomy of their surroundings.

Airwave was delighted to work with a local systems integrator, in the design and implementation of an Otrum Enterprise guest entertainment system, across 25 Hours hotels in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and Zurich.

PREMIER INN GERMANY

Having installed almost 100,000 TV systems into UK based Premier Inns over 15 years, Airwave was naturally delighted to commence a partnership with a newly conceived German arm of the hugely popular hotel chain, in 2016.

Since the installation of satellite infrastructure, Samsung hospitality TVs and Samsung Lynk Sinc into Premier Inn Germany’s fi rst site in Frankfurt, Airwave have since installed guestroom and public area technology into 42 hotels and 1,750 rooms across Germany.

With a further 25 sites and 4,500 rooms in the pipeline, we look forward to a busy few years ahead.

PARK PLAZA AMSTERDAM The Park Plaza Hotels Europe group (PPHE) consists of 48 hotels and 9,100 rooms across the UK and Europe.

Over 1,000 of the 5,000 Park Plaza rooms serviced by Airwave, are located in the Netherlands (Park Plaza Utrecht and 3 properties in Amsterdam - Victoria, Vondelpark and Amsterdam Airport).

Airwave’s latest project involved a technology refurbishment across Park Plaza Amsterdam Airport’s 342 guestrooms.

The hotel’s TV estate had plenty of life left, so Airwave’s remit was to refresh and modernise the system - without replacing the TV hardware.

Key to the refresh was the implementation of an Otrum Mirage guest entertainment platform. A graphical user interface was created in accordance with Park Plaza’s template design – this includes a welcome video, information pages, Multiday EPG, Google Chromecast, Cloud-based VOD app, Airtime, and PMS integration.

Guests can message sta , and check in or out via the interface’s ‘Go Digital’ page - which uses QR technology to augment the system’s functionality.

As Mirage is cloud-based, much of the new system’s implementation was done at Airwave’s UK HQ. Site work included the de-installation of each TV, removal of the incumbent hardwarebased system, the installation of a Chromecast dongle, and re-installation of the TV.

The result - minimal disruption, a streamlined installation process, and a brand new TV system, deployed on existing TVS.

POINT A DUBLIN Point A provide a ordable, boutique accommodation in 10 properties across Great Britain and Ireland.

Airwave is Point A’s preferred supplier of AV and GRE technology, and was delighted to manage the implementation of technology within Point A’s fi rst Irish site, in Dublin.

Within the new Parnell Street location, Airwave implemented Point A’s brand standard technology system. This includes: • Wall-mounted 43-inch Samsung ET690U

Series hospitality TVs • An Airmedia guestroom entertainment system • Hospitality certifi ed Google Chromecast • A line-up of smart apps

Airwave typically install ET690 Series displays, playing Freeview content, in each hotel’s public area, however the installation of 43-inch LG ULG3 Series signage displays, marks the fi rst of the Point A brand’s bar areas. Here, displays are used for the advertising of special o ers across all areas of the hotel’s F&B services. LOCKE LIVING Locke Living projects in Europe include the implementation of guestroom entertainment systems in Zanzibar Locke, Dublin, Schwan Locke & Wunderlocke, Munich, Locke at East Side Gallery, Berlin, and Locke de Convento, Lisbon – with further openings planned in Copenhagen and Zurich over the coming months.

For more details of Airwave’s partnership with the Locke Living service apartment brand, see pages 14 & 15.