Rockliffe Hall Hospitality LCD TVs

Only 20 miles from the historic city of Durham, on the North Yorkshire border, Rockliffe Hall will redefine 5-star luxury, with the facilities, people and service making it one of the finest new resort destinations in the North of England. Set in 375 acres of stunning countryside, on the banks of the River Tees and within the picturesque village of Hurworth, the 5-star hotel complete with a championship golf course and one of the largest spas in the country was recently installed with 93 Hospitality LCD TVs from Airwave.

Commenting, Paul Chambers, Sales & Marketing Director of Airwave said, we are extremely proud of the works completed, the large format Samsung & Loewe TVs installed throughout the hotel were an ideal choice and complimented the high quality surroundings. In addition to the TVs Airwave are also providing Movie content for all the Guest rooms.

Royal Society of Medicine Hotels IPTV system

Airwave has recently completed the installation of a IPTV system solution into the prestigious Royal Society of Medicine Hotels in the fashionable Marylebone Village in London.

We are very proud of the works completed on the Domus refurbishment project said Paul Chambers, Sales & Marketing Director at Airwave. The installation required both technical and installation expertise to ensure sensitive and complimentary fitting of leading edge TV solutions into both the Grade 1 listed individually furnished Chandos House and the larger Wimpole Hotel site. The solution featured the latest in LG Hospitality Freeview televisions and Exterity Internet Protocol TV providing guests with easy and intuitive navigation pages to support the hotels corporate, medical training and education events.

Luxury B&B spoils its guests

Sissinghurst Castle Farm has just been beautifully refurbished by the National Trust and opened its door to guests on 20th November. Wayne Bowring, Internal Sales at Airwave commented “This 7 bedroom luxury bed and breakfast now provides its guests with the latest Samsung Hotel Freeview LCDs with bedside ipod docking stations to as well, making it an extra special place to stay.”

Airwave checks into Holiday Inn Zurich airport

The new Holiday Inn Express in Zurich has a treat in store for its guests with 53 digital TV and radio channels being delivered from around the world to cater for the demands of their international guests after installation by Airwave of the new DVB Stream system. The company has also installed 165 of the latest new range Philips Hospitality LCDs with clock alarm feature.

The Arch goes HD with Sky

The Arch , the new 82 bedroom five star hotel situated near Marble Arch in the heart of London’s West End, is the first hotel in the capital to be installed with Sky HD in all rooms. Sky HD is probably the most successful digital HD platform in the world, with over 300 TV channels (35 in HD) and 95 radio stations. In addition, Airwave is installing its new DVB stream technology to deliver selected foreign language channels in digital across the hotel to match the guest mix.

The Wall with 89 Sharp LED’s

Apex London Wall Hotel, London’s newest luxury boutique hotel opening in December, is a deluxe four-star property with 89 spacious bedrooms and suites, boasting free WiFi, the latest 40 and 32 inch Sharp LED TV screens, Bluray DVDs and Sharp sound-bars to boost sound quality. Julian Arnold, Commercial Director at Airwave said “We are very pleased to that the Wall is the first hotel in the UK to fully take advantage of the new full matrix LED technology which is now becoming available.”

Thanks to all who visited us on stand at the IHEEM Healthcare Estates Exhibition at Harrogate International Centre (27th & 28th October)

Our displays included TV’s on wall mounted arms, ceiling mounted arms, IPTV solution, Freeview TV’s in a variety of screen sizes, a full media solution (including telephone) with touchscreen and a large digital signage display. We were also able to showcase a range of our innovations and accessories such as remote control fixing and infection control solutions, pay TV single use remotes and single use headphones to name but a few.

Industry professionals from a wide range of sectors; healthcare estates, design, architects and main contractors visited the stand and were impressed with the diversity of solutions Airwave Healthcare now have in the portfolio. (Case studies and reference sites available on request).

It was an opportunity for us to chat to our existing clients, meet new customers and demonstrate equipment in a ‘live’ situation, not always possible when we go to meet people at sites.

We would like to thank our partners and suppliers who helped make the show a success including Samsung, Philips, Ergomounts, Luxo and Jaotech.

This show is a regular fixture in the Airwave Calendar; we will be showing again next year when it is held in Manchester (Manchester Central Exhibition Centre) 5th & 6th October 2010. We look forward to seeing you then!

Lindsay Davies, Healthcare Account Manager, 07879 690091

Kidney Dialysis becomes a little more bearable

Life has just become a little easier for patients living with kidney failure in North East London as the local dialysis unit located within the new gateway Surgical Centre at Newham University Hospital has now been installed with the latest Samsung Professional Freeview LCDs from Airwave.
Coax cable had been installed to each TV point and an aerial socket along with a power socket were fitted into the ceiling void close the proposed ceiling pole locations which were above the foot of each bed, within the curtained railed area. The requirement was for individual LCD TV’s with integrated Freeview, for each patient to be able to enjoy their own choice of TV or radio channel from the comfort of their bed or chair.
Space around the bed head is always tight in renal units and with precedence quite rightly being given to the dialysis equipment and other medical devices the Trust decided that rather than have the TV’s mounted on an arm from behind the bed head, our ceiling mounted pendant bracket with 22” screen would be the ideal solution for Newham Renal.

Lindsay davies of Airwave Healthcare explains “As the majority of the beds and chairs are positioned in bays of 4 or 6 it was essential that the TV’s were programmed to ‘headphones only’ with an audio cable discreetly run through the suspended ceiling and down into the bedhead trunking to where a headphone socket was fitted. Extended cable length (1.8m) headphones were supplied which allow patients to comfortably stay ‘plugged in’ despite the fact that their chair, or bed in the seating position, may actually be some distance from the wall. As the dialysis patients are frequently on the ward they have been provided with their own head set to keep and re-use each visit however they could in fact use any of their own headphones from personal devices such as iPod, cd players and the like”
She explained further “Another useful feature is the multi bedded area remote control. Each remote control is programmed to one of 10 variations in the multi bedded areas thus avoiding cross ‘zapping’ by patients, a unique benefit available on Airwave’s specialist healthcare TV range and so terribly annoying for patients (and staff) if a traditional TV is used and patients change every TV’s channel within their bay, and not always accidentally!”

For this particular project a 22” black finish TV was selected however, a number of our healthcare range TV’s (19” and 22”) are available in optional white finish as are many of our arms and brackets.

Patients TV switched on by William Hague

A new TV system providing patients with the full range of Freeview digital channels and funded by ‘The Friends of Richmond Friary Community Hospital ‘ has been ceremoniously ‘switched on ‘ by local MP, Rt Hon William Hague.

Staff at the hospital are delighted that patients can now enjoy top quality TV and radio with a wider choice of channels free of charge, they have already found time is saved as they are no longer required to change channel or volume on the communal TV or settle disputes about which programme should be on. The concern now is that patients will be in less of a hurry to get well and go home!

Patients Rewarded with new TV system

Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust have contracted Airwave to kit out their new 34 single bedded rooms in the new City Care Centre.

Airwave have installed 19” Sharp Freeview TV’s fixed to an articulated arm for easy patient use and accessible from the bed, or the bedside chair. Lindsay Davies at Airwave explained “The Trust made the decision to offer free TV and radio to patients who now enjoy a full range of Freeview channels. There is a Hospital Information Channel available too, the Trust can load pictures, images, information, and video onto a media card which once uploaded will play on a loop on the Hospital Channel. The unit is currently promoting hand washing and hygiene on their channel.”

Other System features:

• Grab handle below the arm allows ease of movement and positioning.
• Full range of positions.
• TV tilt and swivel functions.
• Unit can be pushed back to wall in an emergency or when not in use
• Back cover fits securely with a rubber seal added for ease and effectiveness of cleaning.
• Cables, connections and sockets are safely and securely covered.
• Headphone socket accessible
• Cables secured through arm, no trailing wires