Apr 13 2018

You’re an event planner and your key objective is to maintain and increase attendance. Attendees are very interested and excited at the opportunity to attend your event. You’ve convinced them, but there may be an unaccounted party in this scenario that can determine if that attendee registers or not, that person is their boss. Costs …

Employee Spotlight: Andrew Sykes

Apr 9 2018
What is the secret behind FMAV’s success throughout the years? Our people! They make us who we are today and who we will be in the future.  As Canada’s largest independently owned audiovisual company, FMAV has more than 250 staff across seven offices from coast to coast, and it’s our people who make us a ...

Jean-Francois Paquette joins FMAV as Account Manager

Mar 28 2018
FMAV is pleased to welcome Jean-Francois Paquette into the role of Account Manager in our Montreal branch. Recently, FMAV Montreal had the pleasure of adding Jean-Francois in its sales team. With more than 15 years of experience in the audiovisual industry, first as audio lead Technician, then as Project Manager and Operations Director. Jean-Francois has ...

Webinar Recap: Key Trends Driving Venue Selection

Mar 24 2018
In this month’s FMAV webinar, Ryan Young, Associate Director of Sales at Brookstreet Hotel, spoke with  FMAV’s Alissa Hurley, VP of Marketing about the demand for technology in events and venues. The needs of today’s planners and groups are much more complex than they were 10 years ago. Planners are looking for spaces that can support their ...

Simon Prelle, Promoted to Project Manager

Mar 23 2018
(Montreal, QC) – March 21st. 2018 FMAV Montreal has had the pleasure of working with Simon Prelle for several years. Simon started with us as a Technician, then moved on to Operations Coordinator, Equipment and has now recently been promoted to Project Manager. We are very happy to welcome him to his new position! Simon ...

FMAV Partners to Offer New Audience Engagement Platform

Mar 12 2018
FMAV NAMED REGIONAL PARTNER FOR GLISSER IN CANADA (TORONTO, ON) – March 12, 2018 FMAV, today announced a partnership with Glisser to be a Canadian regional partner for their audience engagement and analytics platform under their FMAV [engage] suite of technology solutions. “Glisser has developed an award-winning audience engagement solution that integrates a robust set ...

Demistifying Laser projection

Mar 8 2018
In today’s world of live events, the dash to showcase the newest technology has paved way for laser projection to gain popularity. But what exactly is laser projection and is it worth the investment for your event? What is laser projection? Laser projectors are mainly used as optical guidance systems. This projection method uses laser ...

FMAV Names New VP, Business Development in Quebec

Mar 8 2018
INDUSTRY VETERAN THIERRY MARLIER PROMOTED TO LEAD QUEBEC TEAM (MONTREAL, QC) – March 8th, 2018 Thierry Marlier was recently promoted to the role of VP, Business Development and Director of Sales, Quebec at FMAV. “For over 15 years, Thierry has been instrumental in the success of FMAV in Montreal,” comments Peter Cornforth, Vice President, Sales, ...