Global meeting room usage up 50% in last two years

Futuresource Consulting has released its latest corporate AV end user report, which has looked at the world of unified communications. In interviews with both corporate AV purchasers and meeting room users in France, Germany, the UK and the USA, they found that close to 50% of employees said their average weekly use of meeting rooms has increased in the last two years.

They also found that despite a forecast growth in home working and the rising usage of remote conferencing platforms that allow meetings to take place outside of dedicated spaces, over 20% of companies surveyed expect to add additional meeting rooms in the coming years.

Alongside a general increase in meeting room use there is also a drive towards more collaborative work group environments. This is being accelerated by two key points of development, namely, the rising adoption of touch technology and the growing requirement for meeting room AV to host remote attendees, commented Ben Davis, Futuresource Consulting.

Touch is entering the meeting room in both mobile devices and meeting room displays. Our survey shows that 26% of respondents are using tablets or smartphones to share content in meetings and over 30% of companies expect to purchase an interactive meeting room display within the next two years, significantly growing penetration from its current base of

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