smartphones, laptops and MP3 devices, and like [to have access to] the technology to deliver plug-and-play facilities, as well as Bluetooth, alarm clock and docking capabilities.”
REGIONAL REQUIREMENTS Local or national design trends inevitably have an influence on the expectations of hotel audio – not to mention the size and scale of deployments. As Kinton observes: “There are large hotel developments going on in India, and when they build a high-rise hotel they put in shopping malls, function suites and nightclubs.” Well- specified karaoke facilities in countries including China and Vietnam are also adding to the workload, with Kinton revealing that “we are currently looking at a hotel in Vietnam which will have over 100 karaoke rooms”. Quite frankly, the mind boggles. While the aforementioned tophotelprojects.com statistics
indicate a rallying in Dubai and other UAE markets, Kinton suggests that “the Middle East seems to be slowing down over the last few years, but India, China and their near- neighbours are still on the up.” Inevitably, it is these territories
that will afford the most strident growth in the near-future, but a general rallying in construction and tourism bodes well for the entire hotel market. In tandem with this upturn, a move towards
l The hotel sector is rallying after a challenging 2008-2010
l Many facilities are now taking an holistic approach to audio encompassing multiple zones, applications and usage patterns
l High-spec line array systems and digital mixers are increasingly common in performance/ conference areas of larger hotels
More than 60 rooms at the Yu Da hotel in FoShan, China, have been equipped with Ohm loudspeakers. The Ohm spec includes 114 BR-12, 12 BR-15, 175 LB-3 and 60 CLEO mkII