High Definition Video Tours Becoming Popular in Hospitality Industry Video Tours Ease Selection of Accommodations Worldwide R



The hotel and travel industry experts agree that online video just "works" because they compliment each other.

Although user generated online video is the hottest thing on the web, using professional video tours to highlight hotels, inns and B & B's is still relatively new.

Video provides an emotional connection that still photographs or 360 degree "spin around" tours cannot. And most importantly, for the travel industry, video feels real, not staged as professional photography tends to be.

"When travelers come from other parts of the country or around the world to our inn, they want to be as sure as they can as to what the rooms and accommodations actually look like", says Louise Vendon, an innkeeper at The Charles Street Inn (http://www.CharlesStreetInn.com), a bed & breakfast located in historic Beacon Hill, Boston.

Offering one of the first full video tours in the Boston area, The Charles Street Inn sees huge benefits, especially from their high tech overseas clientele, who frequently stay at the Inn.

"Not only do they see each room and bathroom via a high definition walk through video tour, they also get a brief tour of Beacon Hill, the neighborhood, the surroundings, the streetscape, the shops. There are no surprises when they arrive, as they feel as if they've already been here", says Vendon.

"We can really deliver the full impact of our luxury Victorian Inn, along with the sights and sounds of one of America's most unique and picturesque neighborhoods - Beacon Hill", Vendon states.

"Video is the hottest trend online", says Fred Light of Nashua Video Tours (http://www.NashuaVideoTours.com), the producer of the Charles Street Inn's video tour.

"The fact that YouTube.com was purchased by Google for $1.5B says it all. For small businesses, it's the most effective and cost effective type of advertisement available today", says Light, who was one of the first in the nation to do high definition video tours for the real estate industry.

Although currently only a handful of inns, bed and breakfasts and hotels worldwide have video tours available, Light sees it as a coming trend.

"There's no doubt in my mind that this just makes so much sense, from the travelers perspective as well as the inn or B&B", says Light. "I would much rather get a feel for a place I might be considering with a narrated video tour of the rooms, grounds and neighborhood, then by a single photograph of a bed - which is all you see in many instances. This way you can see exactly what it is you are buying for your $300 a night."

A video tour is the most powerful tool that the hospitality industry can offer.





High Definition Video Tours Becoming Popular in Hospitality Industry Video Tours Ease Selection of Accommodations Worldwide R