Growing demand from the indoor-venue and hospitality markets has emerged as some of the biggest opportunity for revenue growth for manufacturers of digital-signage and professional displays, according to iSuppli Corp.

The indoor-venue segment accounts for 26 percent of the total digital signage and professional market revenue. iSuppli forecasts revenue for the indoor venue-segment will achieve a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 8 percent to reach $3.8 billion by 2010, up from $2.8 billion in 2006. The unit growth rate for the indoor-venue market looks even more positive, rising to 1.7 million units in 2010, up from 683,000 units in 2006, representing a CAGR of 26 percent.

In the hospitality segment, hoteliers are transitioning to using Flat Panel Displays (FPDs) in guest rooms and are providing targeted information and entertainment content for guests.

“How guests perceive their rooms can be more powerful than any other factors in terms of the way they view a hotel’s overall value,” said Sanju Khatri, principal analyst for projection and large-screen displays at iSuppli Corp. “Delivering a variety of in-room entertainment options may promote greater guest satisfaction, leading to repeat business.”

The lodging/restaurant segment of the hospitality market is expected to reach $1.1 billion in revenue by 2010, up from $1 billion in 2006. While revenue will remain relatively flat, unit shipments will more than double during this period due to a decline in prices and the perceived need by hoteliers to differentiate their brands.

About FID 2006

For more information about the digital signage and professional display market, register for iSuppli’s Corp.’s Flat Information Displays North America 2006 (FID 2006) conference today.

FID 2006 North America will be held in San Jose, Calif. at the San Jose Marriott hotel, from Nov. 8 through 10.

As in previous years, daily proceedings at FID 2006 North America will be divided into two concurrent tracks. Each track will deliver comprehensive coverage of a hot product or application market area, including televisions, mobile phones and small- , medium- and large-screen displays.

Tracks at FID 2006 will include:

  • Television: Will Flat, Digital Sets Become Commodities?
  • Small and Medium Displays: Are 1 Billion Mobile Phones Enough?
  • Large TFT-LCDs: Is there Growth After Generation Eight?
  • New Markets for Large Panels: Digital Signage and Professional Displays

FID 2006 also will include the first-ever New Technology Showcase, which will serve as a platform for start-ups, enterprise companies and university researchers to reveal new inventions, to detail their latest R&D projects and to introduce novel new ideas that could reshape the display business or solve challenges facing the industry. The event will provide companies and researchers with the opportunity to meet with the financial community to potentially spark new investment–or to find new partners to help develop their ideas and technologies.

iSuppli at FID 2006 also will host an evening event at San Jose’s world-famous Tech Museum of Innovation.

Registration to FID 2006 is free for journalists.

For more information on FID 2006, please visit: http://www.isuppli.com/fid2006/

For more information, please contact:

Jonathan Cassell

Editorial Director and Manager, Public Relations

iSuppli Corporation

Office: 408.654.1714

Mobile: 408.921.3754

www.isuppli.com