Success with Genesys Event Center

Investor Relations Magazine

Financial/Investor Relations

Company profile

Investor Relations magazine is a monthly international publication that targets professionals in the Investor Relations community worldwide. IR magazine covers industry critical issues providing a concise overview of current best practices. The magazine reaches a readership of 27, 600.

Challenge

IR magazine hosts annual awards ceremonies honoring the best IR programs and the best IR officers across the globe. The high profile galas are attended by up to 1000 members of the IR community, including numerous well known personalities.

In an effort to increase the profile of the events, the magazine was challenged to open participation to remote members of the IR community through virtual communication. The high profile nature of the events demands a virtual communication service that can deliver the same level of flawless professionalism as presented at the live ceremony.

Genesys Solution

IR magazine depends on Genesys Conferencing to extend the reach of the their prestigious awards to a worldwide audience. Genesys Events & Managed Services focuses uniquely on communication for high profile events. Genesys Conferencing delivers a live web stream of the event to participants across the globe. Participants follow the event, enjoying video and audio coverage, through a high quality web stream.

Andrew Thomas, Associate Publisher of IR magazine says, “The Investor Relations magazine awards are a great event for the IR industry and a web cast allows many of our award recipients to click on the replay and relive the highlights. We didn't hesitate in choosing Genesys Conferencing, a known and trusted name in the IR community. And we've always been satisfied with their thorough and professional approach. As a result of our successful working relationship in Europe, we have extended that relationship to include our other events around the world, such as Australia and South Africa”.

A recording of the event can be easily accessed from the IR magazine website www.ironthenet.com.

Benefits

Using Genesys Events & Managed Services, Investor Relations magazine reaches an international audience. The high impact web stream allows remote participants to take part in the high profile galas, from the convenience of their desktop. The professionalism and cutting edge technology delivered, using Genesys Conferencing services, contributes to the high profile of IR magazine.

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Marriott International, Inc

Hotel/Hospitality

Company profile

Marriott International, Inc. launched a new communications services division called EventCom Technologies. The division specializes in the design and execution of corporate events that require complex technical solutions to support multi-site remote meetings and broadcasts. Marriott International carefully selected only seven vendors that passed its rigorous selection process and met high standards of service excellence.

Challenge

To offer Marriott corporate guests the possibility of conducting company-wide meetings, training sessions, and other corporate communication with their clients, partners and employees over expansive geographic areas-from the convenience of their hotel facilities.

Genesys Solution

Marriott selected Genesys as its audio and videoconferencing provider. Marriott needed a vendor that had the flexibility and expertise to seamlessly interface with other vendors, particularly its Internet-streaming solutions provider and satellite transmissions carrier.

By joining various types of transmission feeds from all over the world into Genesys' Denver call center, Marriott is able to fluidly conduct large corporate events that utilize the latest video and audio conferencing techniques.

Benefits

Using Genesys, Marriott is able to offer its customers multiple technology options in terms of how their event is broadcast and distributed to remote audiences.