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Quantum invests in Robe Esprites for Moon Palace

The Moon Palace is the biggest hotel and conference centre complex on Mexico’s eastern coast Riviera Maya region, just south of Cancun. Owned by Palace Resorts, the property offers three large indoor conference and event centres plus three substantial outdoor terraces and a beach venue, the latter of which can accommodate up to 10,000 people for concerts.

All these spaces are operated via umbrella company Palace Productions which is also responsible for production and delivery of the constant and diverse stream of business and private events. Armando Manjarrez (pictured) is the technical director of Quantum, Palace Productions’ technical services enterprise that supplies and co-ordinates all technical requirements - lighting, audio, and video - across the Moon Palace complex.

Quantum owns substantial amounts of lighting, audio and video kit, and has several types of Robe moving lights in the inventory, the most recent purchase being 24 Esprites, with two RoboSpot systems and Forte Follow Spots on their way. The Esprites were delivered by Robe’s Mexican distributor Showco and are now in use across all the Moon Palace’s different venues. For larger shows, the lighting designs will often be created and delivered in house as well as the kit.

Manuel Bautista heads the lighting department and will typically light eighty percent of them with Manjarrez imagineering the other twenty percent. Bautista and his colleague Salvador Cutiz work alongside twelve dedicated technicians who also program and run lights. Primarily they utilise MA consoles for site wide lighting control together with MA visualisation, however there is also a Road Hog Full Boar in residence for those preferring an alternative.

Manjarrez and Quantum are in frequent contact with an array of international lighting designers due to the calibre of artists often appearing at the different venues and resorts. “We are constantly talking to lighting, audio and video professionals about their production requirements, and our goal is to deliver to the highest standards of excellence”, says Manjarrez.

(Photos: Louise Stickland)

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