We photographed this luxury resort home, located in the Hualalai Resort on the North Kona Coast of the Island of Hawaii.
Photographing the sumptuous bathroom of this home was challenging. It has must see elements, from the outdoor plunge pool and lounging area, to the deep, deep indoor tub, in all quadrants of the space.
The only way to capture it all was to create a 360 degree virtual tour of the area. This lets you see how the space is laid out, how the different elements complement each other, and gives you a sense of the true scale of the bathroom.
Click on scene 4 of the virtual tour on the right to see the bathroom in its entirety.
Introducing our latest rich media viewer to showcase hotels fabulously.
PanaViz has always believed in marrying great photography with the very best internet display of rich media content for Hotels and Resorts. Starting from 2003, we have been displaying virtual tours in high definition and full screen on the web.
Our new viewer at a glance.
Displays rich media content in full screen with just 1 click.
Displays 360 panoramas, still images and videos from one viewer and in high definition.
Works on desktops, laptops and mobile devices.
Mobile device versions have pitch/yaw detection. It means you can look within a 360 panorama by moving your device around if you so choose.
For hotel marketing departments, getting good visuals of their property can be the easy part.
Hired a great hotel photographer = check.
Blocked rooms, staged areas, worked with various staff to ensure a successful shoot = check.
Received photos and other media from photographer = check.
Implementing your hotel rich media into your property site can be challenging. You need to work with your web development team to ensure that your new hotel photographs are displayed most effectively.
By all means have your distribution partner deliver the content to the online travel agencies in their prescribed formats and sizes. You don’t have a choice in how they showcase your property, and they are not necessarily trying to have YOUR property stand out.
But it is worth a few huddles with your team to get it right on your own site.
Hotel Photo, Virtual Tour and Video in One Viewer
Display the images in as large a size as your website will allow. Full screen is best, larger monitors abound and bandwidth is cheap. Small images look like thumbnails on these behemoths.
If different types of media are produced, have them bundled so that they launch from one place with one mouse click.
Have team members view the images on various displays to test the color temperature. This is easily fixed, but do not rely on just your machine. Monitors have different color profiles, and a professional photographer is most likely using a color calibration software.
Make your media work on mobile devices, keeping in mind that Apple devices do not like flash content. Do this even if your site is not geared for mobile devices yet.
Have a book now button directly on your media. Helpful if full screen display is chosen.
Ensure that visitors do not leave your website in the process of looking at your visuals. Often a mistake made by smaller properties.
One Click Implementation
Visitors should not have to dig too deep to get to your photos and rich media. Click below to see simple one-click implementation.
Challenges
Smaller properties may use templates that do not let them make customizations easily. Conversely, large chains tend to shoe horn all their properties into a generic corporate template.
PanaViz is a full service architectural photography provider specializing in hotels and resorts. We see poor implementation of our photographs in clients large and small. Sometimes it takes a couple of years for a client to get it right! Where possible, we come up with solutions and tips for our clients on best practices for visual content implementation.
