Impressions From The First Invidis Executive Lounge In US December 10, 2024 by Dave Haynes My friends at the Munich-based consultancy invidis do a bunch of things, including organizing and running a series of executive retreats. They have done several in Europe and just did their first on this side of the pond, in Palm Springs, California. They invited me to join in, doing some interviews with attendees and sharing …
Here’s The List Of The 2024 Digital Signage Experience (DIZZIE) Award Winners December 10, 2024 by Dave Haynes The winners of the 2024 Digital Signage Experience (DIZZIE) Awards were announced and handed out Monday in Las Vegas – celebrating a pile of great projects, as well as two great individuals and one dubious and old fella. The big winner was, as often seems to happen, Montreal’s Moment Factory – for its latest work …
DSE Making Big Changes For 2025: New Format, Timing And Location December 10, 2024 by Dave Haynes Sitting at the airport, heading home from Vegas, and thinking the double Buffalo Trace on rocks nightcap at 1 am something was a flawed notion. Wee bit foggy this morning. DSE is on for its second exhibit hall day but I just did one day, as I have been away a few days. The big …
AVIXA Pushes Out First Details On Oct. 2025’s InfoComm América Latina In Mexico City December 4, 2024 by Dave Haynes AVIXA has pushed out a lot more details on its plans for what will the first InfoComm América Latina, a trade show and conference announced back in April that is geared to the pro AV industry in Latin America and set for Oct. 22-2 on next year in Mexico City. It will be at the …
InfoComm US and Latin America Get New Show Director November 22, 2024 by Dave Haynes I don’t tend to write many posts about new hires because based on analytics, not that many readers seem to care. But once in a while there’s a big one that will have wider industry interests. In this case, the biggest pro AV trade show on this side of the Atlantic has a new person …
Video: Have A Look At Probably The Most Unique Sneaker Store On The Planet November 20, 2024 by Dave Haynes When I was last in Barcelona, at the start of this year and just ahead of the ISE trade show, I found my way up to a gorgeous little, largely tourist-free area called Gracia, for a chat and visit with the folks at the digital signage solutions company Admira. We had a good chat but …
DSF Has Innovation Lab At This Week’s IAAPA Attractions Trade Show In Orlando November 19, 2024 by Dave Haynes The biggest trade show on the planet for the attractions industry is unsurprising held each year in the land of theme parks – Orlando, FL – and IAAPA opens its exhibit hall this morning for a four-day stand. I mention this because the attractions business can be a good one for companies active in digital …
DSE Announced Finalists For Its Dizzie Awards Next Month In Vegas November 6, 2024 by Dave Haynes The finalists for the 2024 Digital Signage Experience (DIZZIE) Awards coming up in just a few weeks in Las Vegas have been announced, with the winners to be announced at at an event during the trade show and conference. “The DIZZIE Awards finalists have masterfully blended digital and physical elements, creating content that captivates and …
AV Magazine’s 2024 Awards Are Out: Here’s The Digital Signage-y Winners’ List November 5, 2024 by Dave Haynes The UK trade publication AV Magazine has what always looks a boozy, fun black tie and gown awards evening each fall, celebrating the best of the industry … focused mostly and understandably on Europe and the Middle East. The 2024 edition was held this past weekend. The awards cover a lot of territory and you …
Here Are The 2025 Global Digital Signage Awards Finalists November 4, 2024 by Dave Haynes The finalists have been sorted across a pile of diverse categories for the 2025 Global Digital Signage Awards, which will be handed out a fun, mildly boozy dinner ceremony in Barcelona on Feb. 3rd. The event is at the same place as 2024 and immediately follows the Sixteen:Nine digital signage mixer that runs the night …