Hotel Senator 4* in Dźwirzyn, part of the Hotele Nadmorskie Group was looking for a solution that could support both guest comfort and professional events in a smooth, intuitive way. To achieve this, they worked together with integrator Merizon and technology partner SimpleAV to design a setup that matched the daily reality of the hotel.

The challenge

Hotel Senator serves many different users, each with different needs. Across both guest rooms and conference spaces, the goal was to give users the right level of control without making the technology more complicated to operate.

Conference room AV control: adapting to different room setups

This was especially important in the hotel’s conference environment. The Horyzont room is a large modular event space of 625 m², suitable for up to 600 participants. It can be used as one large conference room, as three separate rooms or in a combined configuration. That flexibility is valuable, but it also makes control more complex. Projection, lighting, sound and signal routing all need to adapt to the current room setup.

Guest room control: making comfort and service functions accessible

At the same time, the hotel rooms had their own requirements. Guests needed an easy way to interact with room comfort and service functions, without depending on separate systems or staff assistance for every request.

So the core question became:

How do you give guests, staff and event users the control they need, while keeping the experience intuitive, consistent and easy to operate?

The solution

To make that possible, Hotel Senator needed a control interface that could bring different room functions together without exposing users to the complexity behind them.

Together with Merizon and SimpleAV, the hotel implemented ProDVX APPC-10XP panels as dedicated touch interfaces across the hotel environment. The panels give guests, staff and event room users one recognisable point of control, while allowing the underlying systems to respond to different room setups and use cases.

Across the Hotele Nadmorskie hotel group, more than 300 ProDVX panels were installed. The panels support two main control panel applications: guest room control and conference room AV control.

Guest room control: climate settings and service messages

In the hotel’s more high-end guest rooms, the panels are connected to an external hotel application. Guests can use them to control climate settings and send service-related messages to staff, such as do not disturb, room cleaning requests or a notification that a pet is present in the room.

Conference room AV control: projectors, lighting, volume and signal routing

In the conference environment, the ProDVX panels run the Atlona Velocity control interface, allowing users to manage room functions such as projector operation, projector lifts, lighting, volume and signal routing from one clear interface. The underlying AV system can remain advanced, while the user interaction stays simple and intuitive.

The benefits

The result is a more intuitive control experience across both guest rooms and conference spaces. Guests have direct access to comfort and service functions, while event users can quickly adapt AV and room settings to the selected Horyzont room configuration.

For the hotel team, this means rooms can be adapted faster and conference setups become easier to manage, without requiring users to understand the technical complexity behind the system.

Why SimpleAV chose ProDVX

ProDVX panels run Android AOSP, allowing the integrator to install the third-party applications required for both solutions. Using one consistent hardware platform simplifies deployment across a large number of installations, while still allowing each panel to be configured for its specific environment and purpose.

In addition, the panels are designed for continuous 24/7 operation, making them suitable for a hotel environment where the control interfaces need to remain available throughout the day and night.

Results

The Hotel Senator project shows how professional control panels can make advanced room technology easier to use. By combining flexible software integration with one consistent hardware platform, the hotel can support very different room experiences without adding complexity for the people using them.

Read the full Hotel Senator case and watch the project video on ProDVX.com.

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