Kramer has recruited Peter Baxter as senior vice-president for the EMEA region. Baxter's most recent role was EU vice-president for B2B at Logitech. During three years with the company, he also headed the video collaboration business for the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions. In his 32 years in the…
Hotel signage and displays are playing an increasingly important role in premium travel, and Atlantis The Royal, a resort that opened in Dubai in February, has opted for Samsung LED solutions to create an ultra-luxury experience. In the hotel lobby, Samsung Smart LED signs that are 6m x 8.5m, 7.5m x…
A 1,600-strong fleet of AO drones lit up the desert sky in Riyadh to celebrate the 22nd World Travel & Tourism Council Global Summit. The production team utilised 1,000 of AO’s supercharged LED drones and 600 pyro drones, which ejected a ‘waterfall’ of glitter-sparks into the night sky. The multi-disciplinary…
Ankara-based EMN Tech has teamed up with AOTO to create the largest virtual production studio in Turkey. The studio is designed to provide an all-in-one solution for virtual production and is equipped with a 175 sq metre LED wall, cameras and motion capture technology. The LED wall comprises AOTO's RM2.3…
Visualization has entered into a strategic distribution agreement with Hall Technologies in the UK while sister company, CineAV, has signed a deal to distribute Hall Technologies' range of connectivity and UC products in South Africa. Visualization managing director Nick Pidgeon said: “Along with VueAV and our other sister companies, we…
Retailers in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh are suspending digital signage screens from the ceiling to make displays more eye-catching. That's according to a report by Munich-based digital signage consultancy invidis which describes the practice as "refreshingly different digital signage". Optician chain Magrabi has been using displays suspended from…
Crestron has asked Holzmedia to equip its experience centres throughout the EMEA region with AV furniture, following enthusiastic customer feedback following a trial project in Frankfurt. The Stuttgart-based company, which designs and manufactures furniture for conference and meeting rooms, also provided the furniture on the Crestron booth at ISE. The…
Saudi Arabia has unveiled plans to construct a 400m-tall, immersive, hollow cubed skyscraper with digital interior walls. The Mukaab will form the centrepiece of the New Murabba development, which is planned to be built on the outskirts of the city's capital, Riyadh. Developers claim the structure will employ digital and…
Pixoul Gaming, a newly opened VR and esports hub in Abu Dhabi, aims to be a magical, immersive destination for gamers of all levels from across and beyond the Middle East. With 10 different heart-pumping VR games and one of the region’s largest esports arenas, it seeks to foster a…
Creative Technology Middle East delivered the largest temporary studio in Qatar during the FIFA World Cup to support Fox sports broadcasting. All 64 World Cup games were broadcast live across the United States from the set which featured four stages, including the finals which reached 16 million viewers. CTME delivered…
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