House-from-home: A part of its steadfast international strategy, PPDS has prolonged its dedication to its manufacturing facility in Mexico, confirming a sustainable but substantial enhance in native manufacturing in 2024. The rise is about to help the rising demand for Philips MediaSuite TVs, which debuted within the Mexican market in early 2023.
PPDS, the unique international supplier of Philips skilled shows and options, is worked up to announce the newest section of its local-for-local manufacturing strategy, with an enlargement from 30,000 shows in 2023 to 100,000 items to be produced in its Mexico facility in 2024.
The manufacturing unit, in Tijuana, was established to help the launch of PPDS’ extremely acclaimed vary of superior, Chromecast built-in™ Philips MediaSuite hospitality TVs in Mexico.
Fuelled by sustained curiosity and requests from {industry} companions and hoteliers, the extension of PPDS’ hospitality enterprise is a part of a continued technique to supply the sustainable accessibility of its full suite of complete options to companions and prospects all over the world. These embrace digital signage, dvLED, interactive shows, skilled TVs, and devoted software program options, supporting all key market verticals.
Accessible by means of PPDS’ system integration companions in Mexico, Philips MediaSuite is hailed as essentially the most full resort TV available on the market, created for cutting-edge resort room experiences, and designed to evolve with the wants and necessities of company into the long run.
The {industry}’s model of selection
Since debuting in Europe in 2019, and in North America in 2021, Philips MediaSuite has shortly grow to be the model of selection for among the world’s main resort teams, with tasks and partnerships with Accor, Wyndham Lodge Group, Louvre Lodges, and most lately, InterContinental Lodges Group (IHG), all of that are outstanding key gamers in Latin America.
The provision of Philips MediaSuite TVs in Mexico – a $7.55bn1market accounting for greater than 22,560 properties and roughly 808,000 rooms2 – brings unimaginable new and probably profitable alternatives for hoteliers seeking to improve and advance the visitor room expertise, whereas creating important price financial savings, due to its distant capabilities.
Carlos Miranda, Common Supervisor Latin America North at PPDS, defined “Mexico is likely one of the world’s main vacation locations, with near 40 million3worldwide vacationers forecast to reach in 2023, rising to nearly 55 million by 20274. Competitors is growing and it’s important hoteliers present their company with the perfect, personalised expertise, the outcomes of which is able to encourage repeat enterprise and generate optimistic evaluations.”
Jeroen Verhaeghe, International Enterprise Growth Director Hospitality at PPDS, continued: “Right now, greater than ever, the TV performs an important position in attaining a optimistic expertise in inns. No two company are the identical, and that’s why we created Philips MediaSuite to supply the visitor’s selection of TV expertise, by way of our dedication to offering Chromecast built-in, Netflix securely and professionally embedded onto the TV itself, and our Android SoC delivering entry to the Google Play retailer, and extra. We’re delighted to have prolonged this availability for Mexico.”
Stream large with Chromecast
Operating on PPDS’ unique Android SoC, and accessible in 43”-75” dimension variants, Philips MediaSuite TVs mix best-in-class 4K image high quality, with in depth and unrivalled ranges of leisure selection, customisation and back-end management, for the final word personalised home-from-home expertise.
Setting itself aside from its rivals, Philips MediaSuite additionally contains a variety of distinctive options, together with Chromecast built-in™ expertise. Making a safe, ‘multi function’ answer – eradicating the necessity for added and dear subscription accounts, set-top bins and unpleasant wires – Chromecast built-in™ offers company with the liberty to wirelessly and effortlessly solid their streaming content material from their favorite apps, straight onto the large display screen, from their very own sensible gadgets, no matter their cellular working system.
A latest hospitality research confirmed 70 p.c5 of company surveyed rated Sensible TVs/Content material Streaming contained in the visitor room as a excessive think about deciding on a property, whereas forecasts in February revealed for the primary time, US adults will spend extra time watching digital video (3hrs 11m) in comparison with conventional linear TV (hrs 55m) TV6.
A part of a long-term dedication to that includes Chromecast built-in, in depth safety protocols have additionally been built-in, with all visitor knowledge mechanically deleted upon a visitor efficiently trying out of their room. This, mixed with hoteliers having the ability to handle visitor room TVs totally remotely (together with troubleshooting, updates, advertising and marketing and messaging) and eradicated threat of theft, brings important benefits.
Customers have safe entry to hundreds of widespread apps on Google Play, together with widespread providers comparable to native information, sports activities, and video games, in addition to content material streaming from suppliers comparable to Disney+, HBO, Hulu, HBO, Paramount, Spotify™, and plenty of extra.
Mikael Da Fonseca, International Director IKAM – Hospitality at PPDS, added: “The best way we entry and devour digital content material has modified dramatically in recent times and it is important hoteliers adapt to make sure the experiences they’re used to at house might be achieved effortlessly of their resort room. At PPDS we perceive that significance, and with Philips MediaSuite we offer all of the instruments to let company take management of their very own expertise, watching what they need, when they need, and the way they need.”
Franck Racape, VP International Industrial at PPDS, concluded: “With our increasing dedication to manufacturing in Mexico, coupled with forecasts for important progress in tourism right here, PPDS is in a first-rate place to help the wants of the market as we speak and into the long run.”
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- $7.5 billion resort worth: https://www.statista.com/outlook/mmo/travel-tourism/inns/mexico
- Properties and room numbers in Mexico: https://www.nexusglobalventures.com/industry-hospitality
- 40 million guests in 2023: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/journey/mexico-expects-to-receive-up-to-40-million-tourists-in-2023/
- 55 million forecast by 2027: https://www.strategymagazines.com/mexico-from-plazas-to-playas-tourists-find-a-warm-welcome-in-mexico/
- Streaming and selecting your resort: https://hospitalitytech.com/customer-engagement-study-2022?from=gate
- Survey on streaming utilization (US): https://www.insiderintelligence.com/press-releases/digital-video-time-to-surpass-tv-time-in-2023/
About PPDS
PPDS is a buying and selling title of TP Imaginative and prescient Europe B.V. (“TP Imaginative and prescient”) and MMD-Screens & Shows Nederland B.V. (“MMD”), registered within the Netherlands, with their head places of work in Amsterdam. TP Imaginative and prescient and MMD are wholly owned subsidiaries of TPV Expertise Restricted (“TPV”), the world’s largest producer of screens and a number one supplier of show options.
PPDS solely markets and sells Philips-branded skilled shows, overlaying skilled TVs, signage and direct view LED options, worldwide below trademark license by Koninklijke Philips N.V.
By combining the Philips model promise with TPV’s manufacturing experience in shows, PPDS employs a aggressive and targeted strategy to deliver progressive merchandise to market – from its 10″ touchscreen by means of to limitless direct view LED shows. Designing options that make a optimistic impression, each for resellers and for end-customers – on the proper time and in the appropriate locations.
