Transform your meeting rooms and huddle spaces to maximise their revenue potential Who hasn’t walked into a meeting room, only to be frustrated by dysfunctional technology, a shortage of power outlets and poor sound quality?
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mproving the enterprise meeting room experience is climbing the priority list for hotels around the world. A better guest experience comes from having the right technology and environment with the aim of maximising the potential revenue from the space. Meeting rooms clearly have become both a pain point and a huge opportunity for hotels. It’s rarely viable to have on-site technical staff who can provide ad-hoc support to guests, so the system has to be as simple and effective as possible.
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The team at Perfect Octave have designed simple solutions to this, such as interactive
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Huddle Room Technology – Simple, Compact and Effective
video ‘self-help’ guides that demonstrate to guests how to use facilities in the room and how to connect to the internet.
soon as possible without any technical help. Clever design and automation is how we do it”, adds Sheppard.
Peter Sheppard, Perfect Octave Technical Director: “Too often technology is used inappropriately and not implemented properly. If a guest using a meeting room for the first time has to spend 10 minutes downloading apps and finding wi-fi passwords just to connect to a screen, that’s not a good experience for them and will reflect poorly on the venue, especially if there is no-one on hand to help them”.
Some studies show on average, 75% of booked meeting space is utilised in a given day*. Clever technology can be used to maximise efficiency of all meeting spaces. For example, a simple occupancy sensor can tell whether a meeting room is utilized ten minutes after the scheduled start and, if not, update the reservation system to free up the room for last-minute meetings.
“We think about the user first and work backwards, eliminating as many steps as possible for them to get their meetings running as
Huddle spaces are just as key to maximising revenue as meeting rooms. Providing low cost technology within a welldesigned space can allow 4-6 delegates to carry out a quick meeting or video conference in a short time. Perfect Octave have demonstration facilities available to show just how compact and effective these spaces can be.
Room Booking Systems with automation technology, maximising occupancy and revenue.
For further information about services provided by Perfect Octave, or to book a demonstration, visit www.perfectoctave.co.uk or call 0203 959 8570 * Nemertes Research - Jan 2018