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the World Of Hospitality
Mantaray UK
Mantaray Opens Lindale Showroom
The last 30 years has seen a technological revolution
and the birth of the digital world. The hospitality
industry has benefited greatly from this revolution,
from the advent of electronic booking systems, and the
integration of streamlined back office systems to the
availability of almost instant and anonymous feedback
through social media platforms and review groups,
those at the forefront of the hospitality sector have
embraced the revolution and harnessed its potential.
These benefits, however, do come at a cost. In a world
where every business has access to marketing experts
and online optimisation and where the customer base
is becoming more discerning by the day it becomes
increasing difficult for business to stand out from the
crowd. The other risk of the technological revolution
is that of technology fatigue, whilst it is generally
accepted technology needs to be incorporated into
our daily lives from the design stage up, the risk of
customer alienation is very real, we all have different
tastes and needs after all, the balance has to right.
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Mantaray Installations, based in Cumbria, has set
out with this balance in mind. Creating stunning
handcrafted furniture for the hospitality sector which
integrates the latest technologies whilst remembering
that these developments should enhance not impose.
Newfoundland Lodges revolutionised the outdoor
hospitality sector when they released ‘The Pod’ back
in 2004. The pod, now a worldwide success story
spawned a whole new category dubbed Glamping and
demand shows no sign of slowing a decade later.
Mr Ian Bone, director of Mantaray, is an avid music
lover and appreciator of high-fidelity audio says
Mantarays first product, the canopy bed came about
as a result of personal desire “I wanted something with
classical elegance but also a modern design edge” and
a sound and lighting system for the same room that
was “real and uncompromising, and would envelop
the listener in a rich, luxurious field of sound”. “After
looking around, I realised there was not only nothing
on the market even close to what I wanted, but also no
sound and lighting solution t hat would work well with
the vision I had” and so design work began on how to
best combine the two.
The light system installed in the Canopy Bed, which
connects to any Bluetooth enabled device through
the latest apt-x technology, listens to the user’s music
in real time and not only faithfully reproduces the
sound in great detail but also accompanies it with an
appropriate lighting display to enhance the sensory
experience, the lighting can range from the subtlest
of soothing colours to a vivid and deep display, all
carefully controlled by the on-board intelligent
processing engine.
Mr Bone, has form when it comes to ground-breaking
redesign and altering the status quo. His other venture
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The control of the system is simplicity itself and of
course, and it can be switched off leaving the music in
splendid isolation or simply disconnect altogether and
enjoy the bed for what it is, a stunning piece of modern
design brought to life by master craftsmen.
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