Best Western Enhances the Guest Experience with a 2,400-site LG Digital Signage Network

It’s an amazing display of partnership. Ping HD, Apex Procurement and LG, working together with Best Western International, Inc. to roll out one of the world’s largest multi-site deployments of LG Electronics’ webOS SoC (System on a Chip) digital signage displays.

Best Western® Hotels & Resorts will soon be featuring LG digital signage in the lobby of every Best Western hotel property in North America.

The solution is built around 43-, 49- and 55-inch LG displays featuring LG’s webOS for Signage platform and powered by Ping HD’s EngagePHD™ software.

According to the press release, Best Western guests will typically see one to three displays at each property, providing travelers with information about the hotel, the local area and latest news from Best Western. In addition to relevant local and brand information, property owners can display their own custom content.

Some properties will also feature interactive touch screen overlays providing real-time access to information on local tourist attractions, restaurants and live flight departures. In addition, some properties will feature displays in the restaurant and bar areas to show live TV along with an L-Bar wrap area of the screen for playing custom content while the TV program is in progress.

Congratulations and a big thanks to Ping HD, Apex Procurement LLC and Best Western on this major rollout. Stellar work!

Plenty of details, so read the press release here.

LG B2B Interview at CES2019 Discusses Company, Technology and Products

Last week at CES®, Stampede, the global leader in value added Pro AV distribution spoke with Clark Brown, vice president of sales for LG Business Solutions.

The first topic was the pre-show keynote, delivered by Dr. I.P. Park, president and chief technology officer for LG Electronics. If you haven’t seen it, Dr. Park’s keynote was called AI for an Even Better Life, in which he outlined the company’s vision for the future and highlighted the importance of evolving intelligence in consumer electronics. Dr. Park also illustrated LG’s continued efforts to facilitate a culture of open innovation.

LG Business Solutions is always thinking how they can bring some of the things that are happening in the consumer world into the commercial world. For example, in the keynote Dr. Park had noted that intelligent signage will turn the physical elements of space such as walls, signboards and even floors, into an active, intelligent part of the environment.

On the subject of technology, the LG booth showcased a great deal of innovation. LG OLED was there, along with mobile, displays, appliances and more.

Thin Clients and cloud computing was discussed next. Brown noted that there is so much data going into the cloud today and corporations and businesses need quality display devices to view it. LG recently launched a portfolio of Thin Client devices to meet those needs.

Regarding display quality, LG is known for the quality of the way their glass is made using In-Plane Switching (IPS) technology. In fact, LG Business Solutions now offers a family of medical displays, surgical displays and clinical review displays – a new initiative that complements what the company has been doing for many years in digital signage and desktop displays.

CES2019 was the major show for the launch of LG’s video wall displays with 0.44 mm bezel – the thinnest bezel on the market. Video wall is an important category in signage and public displays and LG is a key player.

A hot topic was LED. Direct View LED (DVLED) is seen on outdoor and indoor displays today with greater frequency. LG is a manufacturer of its own DVLED technology and DVLED is a very important part of the LG B2B business. Brown hinted that we’ll be seeing more products in this category in 2019.

LG Business Solutions is always pushing the envelope on technology and will be coming to InfoComm 2019 in Orlando to showcase the latest innovations. Public signage is being used today in all walks of life and it is exciting to have unique products that can help end users deliver their message.

Watch the Stampede interview with Clark Brown now.

Share Your Experience with LG and Increase Your Industry Presence

We’re wrapping up the first full week of 2019. And that means lots of New Year’s resolutions are in full swing. Whether you have a list of them, just a few, or none at all, we’d like to give you a couple of suggestions that could help your business gain greater visibility this year.

Write a blog post for LG. If you’re a solution provider, reseller, systems integrator or end user, your expertise could be very helpful for both our target audiences. Here’s an exciting opportunity to share your ideas, your challenges, what works and what doesn’t. If you write a post specifically for the LG Solutions Blog, it could expose your business to a wider array of industry categories. Our blog gives you an opportunity to deliver your objectives, your mission and how you see the business of digital signage shaping up.

If you decide to let LG Commercial Displays link to a current post on your company’s blog, it could extend the reach of your company’s content. Through our blog, we’ll work to connect more viewers to your content on your own properties and help your own organic search as well.

Let LG create your case study. Sharing your project has plenty of benefits and we can help make it happen. By participating in the LG Business Solutions case study series your company will be seen as an innovator for adopting some of the latest display technologies on the market. If your project is selected we’ll write your case study and spread the word. There’s also the possibility of your case study becoming a video.

There’s absolutely no cost to you. Just plenty of benefits. Once your case study is completed, we’ll feature it in our monthly newsletter that goes out to a vast database of influencers and decision-makers. We’ll offer it for download in targeted industry publications. We’ll utilize our social media channels to push your case study out for even more exposure. And we’ll feature your case study in our Chicago Business Innovation Center and right here on the LG Solutions Blog.

Have a look at our case studies page here.

Getting your message out via LG Business Solutions could be very rewarding. And that’s why we make New Year’s resolutions, isn’t it?

To submit your blog post for consideration or your case study details, please email Laura.Cohen@lge.com

Any questions? Use the same email. We’re here to help and we hope to hear from you soon.

Installation Inspiration – LG Digital Signage in Dubai

We thought you’d like something amazing to spark your imagination for 2019. So let’s go to Dubai.

Dubai Mall, with over 80 million visitors annually, is one of the most well-known malls in the world. At the center of this 548,000 square-meter mall is an aquarium with an LG digital signage installation that is turning our imaginations into reality.

The 820-unit LG OLED display is ranked with three Guinness World Record titles:
Largest OLED Screen

Highest Resolution Video Wall

Largest High Definition Video Wall

In addition to the LG OLED, LG’s Ultra Stretch and LED displays are installed at other famous attractions around the aquarium.

Just goes to show you what’s possible when you get creative with LG digital signage. Imagine what LG signage can do for your own business.