With 47 sites throughout England and Scotland, Park Holidays UK is the second largest holiday park operator in the UK, offering holiday homes, touring and camping facilities. Recently, the company began a major investment programme for its entertainment systems, upgrading and digitising them to deliver greater flexibility. Yamaha MTX3 and MTX5 matrix processors were chosen to manage the audio systems.
Park Holidays UK uses Willow Communications’ Event entertainment platform and Command venue audiovisual control software, and Northampton-based entertainment technology specialist was contracted to specify and supply the new hardware systems. To deliver these, Willow MD Steve Barlow recommended the Yamaha MTX series as the audio routing element of a completely automated audio/video/lighting system.
‘We chose the MTX for several reasons,’ he says. ‘We have used MTX processors since their launch, as they provide a very reliable and flexible platform which integrates smoothly with our proprietary Command software. The availability of Dante on the MTX5 and Yamaha’s XMV series power amplifiers also provides a reliable digital audio network, which is a major benefit on large multi venue sites’.
As well as delivering an improved customer experience, the entertainment systems can now be managed remotely from a central location, making Park Holidays UK’s 11-strong A/V team more efficient and creating significant savings through increased productivity.
Systems featuring Yamaha MTX matrix processors are now in place at a third of Park Holidays UK estates, with more scheduled to be installed.
‘I am extremely pleased with the quality, reliability, and remote possibilities the MTX range has provided Park Holidays UK and my support team,’ says Park Holidays Retail Support Manager, Jay Muzzell. ‘It has given us more ability to easily control and customise the audio across the estates using the Command solution with the MTX range. We will continue to upgrade the estate with both products in the future.’
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