Seattle-based .advancedMethod recently announced a new partnership with the Commercial Sales Group of Best Buy Canada Ltd., headquartered in Burnaby, B.C., through which .advancedMethod’s express digital signage systems will be offered to Best Buy customers.

The express digital signage system will now be available directly through Best Buy Canada’s digital signage group, making professional looking digital signage more accessible to the public than ever.

Tony White, sales manager of the Commercial Sales Group, says, “We feel express is well suited for our small- to medium-sized business customer base due to its ease of use and professional content.”

To kick off the joint venture, .advancedMethod, Best Buy Canada and LG recently joined forces at the Alberta Hotel and Lodging Association Convention and Trade Show in Lake Louise, Alberta, to display what they say is the most cutting edge technology available to the hospitality industry, including the express digital signage system.

Robert Grawet, general manager of .advancedMethod, says, “We worked hand-in-hand with our partners: Best Buy and LG, to show real world examples of how hotels can utilize digital signage to enhance their guest’s comfort while increasing the hotel’s sales. .advancedMethod also demonstrated our eHotel Tours (custom interactive video hotel tours).”

The partners received acclaim, winning the 'Best Booth' award at the convention for their Virtual Hotel Room.

The easy-to-use, easy-to-update and easy-to-buy express includes the basic player and software necessary to create your own content right out of the box, plus industry-related templates, including ‘live’ news feeds. express is designed to simplify the deployment of digital signage, whether that means to a single sign or a gigantic network.

express will sell for US$1495. The soon-to-be-launched express LITE will sell at about US$1,000. It is similar to express but does not include Flash or video. It is expected to also be available at Best Buy Canada.