NewsUC&C21 Sept 2023 · 3 min read

Crestron Launches Desk Scheduling Solutions for Return to Office

Crestron Desk Q and Desk Touch add hot desking for hybrid work, helping office buyers manage desk booking, LEDs and QR access.

Kieran Devlin

Crestron desk scheduling for return to office

Crestron has launched several new desk scheduling products to address the need for flexible hot desking solutions as companies continue the gradual return to office.

The new Crestron Desk Q and Desk Touch maintain Crestron's expansion into the corporate hot desking market, complementing its portfolio of hybrid workplace solutions. Crestron Desk Scheduling provides a convenient and flexible solution for visitors and employees to reserve and use desks at any time throughout the workday.

Brad Hintze, EVP of Global Marketing at Crestron, said:

Scheduling is a part of our daily lives. As organizations look to create a better hybrid work environment for their employees and an improved understanding of how and where people are working in the office, we must look outside just the meeting space. Hot desking has quickly become the crucial technology in workplace design."

While scheduling meeting rooms has been commonplace in businesses for years, the rapid growth of hybrid working as the standard model of working has seen a need for more modernised solutions blossom. The rise of spaces such as phone booths, digital hives, jump seats, meeting pods, and unassigned desks has cultivated a demand for reserving and managing short-term and on-demand areas more dynamically.

Crestron Desk Scheduling system creates a streamlined transition to floating hot desk spaces by empowering hybrid employees to schedule a location and time on-premises before leaving home via the booking software on their laptops. For on-premises workers, visible LED status indicators illustrate which desks are available. They can then reserve a space on the touch screen or through a QR code scan.

"Businesses are prioritising their space management strategies to create a welcoming and productive office environment that maximises office real estate investment," Hintze added.

Crestron's straightforward and seamless desk booking experience encourages higher adoption and usage for regularly scheduled hybrid employees and visiting remote workers.

Crestron Continuing to Innovate in the Collaboration Space

Crestron has launched several compelling collaboration products this year beyond its Desk Scheduler and the Desk Q and Desk Touch.

In May, Crestron released two other exciting hybrid collaboration solutions — Crestron Flex Pods, a scalable tabletop wireless microphone and speaker platform, and the Crestron Videobar 70, an all-in-one collaboration bar for Teams Rooms, Zoom Rooms, and BYOD meeting spaces.

Crestron Flex Pods tabletop wireless audio solutions provide businesses with a better choice of microphone and speaker solutions. Flex Pods produce streamlined, high-quality tabletop audio for meeting spaces to address the demand for hybrid meetings requiring scalable and flexible audio. This enables a room to be adapted for each meeting without requiring fixed in-ceiling microphones or speakers.

The Crestron Videobar 70 is an all-in-one collaboration bar that intends to offer a complete meeting experience for Teams, Zoom Rooms, and any BYOD service. It is designed to create a premium audiovisual experience for medium to large meeting rooms.

Crestron also released the TST-1080 Wireless Touch Screen earlier this year, offering customisable video conferencing and presentation controls.

As well as conferencing and presentation systems, the Crestron TST-1080 is compatible with various devices and systems, including lighting and shades and HVAC and home theatre.