Articles tagged “photography”

Media and PR

Marketing Pics Don’t Sync With Travelers’ Tastes, Says Getty Images

Travel brands need to make sure the visuals in their marketing are aligned with what travelers — many on Instagram — want today. Sometimes there's a disconnect, according to new data from photo agency Getty Images.

Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago

Marketing Pics Don’t Sync With Travelers’ Tastes, Says Getty Images
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Tourism

How Photos Impact Conversion: It’s Time to Go Deeper

Compelling photos are a proven way to convert consumers, but data shows it goes way beyond a pretty photo.

500px + Skift | 7 years ago

How Photos Impact Conversion: It’s Time to Go Deeper

Business Travel

Beyond the Selfie Stick: A New Angle on Travel Photography

Are selfies to online travel agencies as pro photographers are to travel agents? The gap between DIY and special occasion creates business opportunities of all kinds.

Alexandra E. Petri, Skift | 8 years ago

Beyond the Selfie Stick: A New Angle on Travel Photography

Tourism

New York City Museums Say No to Selfie Stick Shooters

Even without the stick, tourists will continue to take selfies at museums around the world.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago

New York City Museums Say No to Selfie Stick Shooters

Hotels

InterContinental Hotels Use Photography to Build Local Experiences

InterContinental's master classes in photography are part of a trend by hotels to create unique experiences for guests at the property level. Photographer Craig Easton believes "I was there" photography misses the point, and that photographers need to learn how to see. Sounds like a travel mantra to live by.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

InterContinental Hotels Use Photography to Build Local Experiences

Tourism

The 22 Most Cliched Tourist Photos Ever

Don't pooh pooh them off, whole economies have been built on them; cliches drive the travel economy ever since we started making travel brochures. They are what drive people to book these trips, and do what everyone else has done before them.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

The 22 Most Cliched Tourist Photos Ever

Media and PR

Skift Asks: What’s the Most Popular Way to Share Travel Photos?

While Facebook continues to be the "Facebook of Travel," people still love something more permanent for their travel photos.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

Skift Asks: What’s the Most Popular Way to Share Travel Photos?

Online Travel

Travel Photography App Trover Secures $2.5 Million in Funding from Concur

Trover is a beautiful and fun photo-sharing app, but the company faces some of the same challenges that most startups confront: How do you scale the business so users know you exist? With an additional $2.5 million in funding from Concur, and with other well-connected backers involved, little Trover can hang around for awhile.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Travel Photography App Trover Secures $2.5 Million in Funding from Concur

Hotels

Google tests hotel search campaign with lots of photos

This is a new, photo-led way for Google to push its own hotel business as a first option for Google users, ahead of competitors. These collections of hotel images are geared toward capturing the interest of users who are at the earliest stages of searching for a hotel.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Google tests hotel search campaign with lots of photos

Hotels

The 360-degree high-resolution photo shot from the top of the world’s tallest building

Before almost going bust in 2007, Dubai knew what it took to drive visits and interest, and bold displays like this demonstrate it hasn't lost its taste for unlimited ambition and soaring heights.

AllArabianBusinessStaff.com, HotelierMiddleEast.com | 11 years ago

The 360-degree high-resolution photo shot from the top of the world’s tallest building