We are thrilled to announce the opening of Acentic Asia.

Located in the iconic skyscraper Hopewell Centre in Hong Kong Island, Acentic Asia will bring Acentic’s in-room entertainment Hotel TV system and Internet connectivity technology to the Asian hospitality market, along with consulting and support. The office will serve international hotel brands and individual local properties with personalized attention to Asian market needs, such as localisation (translations), and support for local digital technology like Hong Kong’s DMB-T over coax and IP.

At the moment, there is no major player in the iTV market in Asia and the majority of the hotels do not have a digital iTV system or even provide digital TV services to their rooms. This is an opportunity for hotels to gain a competitive advantage by offering their guests today’s connected lifestyle.

Hong Kong, here we come!

Acentic is proud that their CFO, Stuart Radcliffe, has recently participated in a charity bike ride over 4 days travelling from London to Paris between 2nd - 5th of September. The bike ride, organized by The Royal British Legion http://www.britishlegion.org.uk, has been running now for more than 15 years, with greater support and organization each year. It has become a critical part of the charity’s fund raising calendar, and the money raised from the ride, predicted to be in excess of £500,000, will all go towards providing financial, social and emotional support to those who have served and are currently serving in the Armed Forces and their dependents.

Stuart and the 300 other riders who joined the event covered a route of approximately 480 kilometres, starting at Greenwich Park in London on the 2nd of September and after arriving in Calais at the end of the first day, they followed a route through northern France. Stopping off at Beauvais and Abbeville they finally arrived in Paris late in the afternoon of the 5th of September. “This event was a great challenge for me”, Stuart reported. “While the distance covered over a short timescale left me thoroughly exhausted, I was ecstatic with the achievements of the whole cycling group and I am proud to have been involved in such an important charity event”.

Acentic supported Stuart throughout the 4 day ride and have received first hand the details about his unique experience, and here is the diary of his considerable journey.

Bike Ride Diary.pdf (197.52 kb)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhuFZCbNSg4

Today, I am proud to take the helm at Acentic as the new CEO.  I’ve been with Acentic since the company was founded in 2003, have seen the many changes we’ve gone through as a company and have helped to create a great brand with innovative technology.  I am proud to have worked now for nearly 20 years in the media industry and look forward to providing continuity and stability for Acentic's employees, partners, customers and new business prospects.

We have a lot of exciting news coming up in the next few weeks but remain committed to our core business and product offering of Digital TV services, High Speed Connectivity and world-wide media and content in hotels. I look forward to working with all of our employees, partners and customers toward new technology and business goals while increasing guest satisfaction, revenue from high speed internet and content offerings in hotels all over Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

We plan to make new and existing customers a continued priority, dedicating ourselves to customer service and quality products.  We always want to keep our hotels happy to help them deliver the best in-room services possible to their guests.  We look forward to the changes and growth the Acentic family has to look forward to in the foreseeable future. 

Thank you,

Richard Robinson, Acentic CEO