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Royal Pavilion Brighton launches Inclusive
Audio Tour Service (London)
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Espro Acoustiguide is pleased to announce the signing of a five-year agreement
with the
Royal
Pavilion Brighton,
for the provision of an inclusive audio guide service offering five tours on 400
exSite Classic wands.
From 24th April 2006, using funds secured as a result of an
independent disability audit of the Royal Pavilion in 2003, audio guides will be
available free of charge to the Pavilion’s 300,000 visitors per year.
The
Acoustiguide audio tour is the first ever to be offered at the Royal Pavilion;
five tours are offered on the exSite Classic wand, including English, French,
German, a visually-impaired tour, and a basic English tour ideal for foreign
tourists and other visitors who wish to take the tour in a simplified and
highly-accessible version.
John
Nash’s extraordinary architectural design together with the important historical
collection within, have ensured the Royal Pavilion’s status as an enduring and
much-visited landmark. The Pavilion's lavish interiors combine Chinese-style
decorations with magnificent furniture and furnishings. Daring and inventive
colours feature throughout, and there are many original items on loan from HM
The Queen.
The audio
guides are designed to complement information provided by the site’s Information
and Security Team, guidebooks and guided group tours already available at the
Pavilion.
Speaking of the new audio tour service, Councillor Sue John, Deputy Leader of
Brighton & Hove City Council said “The Pavilion is such an iconic building
and with its intriguing royal history, it deserves to be made easily accessible
and clearly explained. This is a way of making sure everyone, including overseas
visitors and visually impaired people, get the best possible value from the
experience.”
David
Wynne, Managing Director of Acoustiguide Limited said “We are
delighted to have won such an important contract at this much-loved site.
Providing an audio tour service here is an ideal way of allowing visitors to
fully appreciate the visually stunning interiors without being distracted by too
many written information boards. The tours were carefully constructed by our
creative team to ensure bottlenecks were avoided whilst allowing visitors to
listen to commentaries at their own pace.”
For information about
the
Royal
Pavilion, Brighton please visit
www.royalpavilion.org.uk
About Acoustiguide
Fifty years ago, Acoustiguide pioneered the audio tour concept, and the company
has remained at the leading edge of creativity and technology in this field ever
since. Acoustiguide, a subsidiary of the Espro Acoustiguide Group, provides
audio programmes for museums, art galleries, heritage and historic sites all
around the world. Acoustiguide offers complete creative and production services;
the most advanced audio and multimedia interpretative technology and
comprehensive on-site management.
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