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Visuals and Virtual Tours for Hotels and Resorts
360 Space provides hospitality visualization and hotel marketing visuals for owners, operators and brands: pre-opening hotel visuals before the doors open, immersive hotel virtual tours after.
- pre-opening sales
- direct bookings
- events
In short
Hotels sell rooms, events and memberships to very different buyers. Hotel renders and virtual tour content from us are planned around each: guests want rooms, planners want halls and lawns, investors want the whole property.
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Chapter 01 of 033 topics
Your situation
The job to be done and why it works best from one team
01Your jobsResort marketing content that drives bookings and events
Hotels sell rooms, events and memberships to very different buyers.
Hotels sell rooms, events and memberships to very different buyers. Hotel renders and virtual tour content from us are planned around each: guests want rooms, planners want halls and lawns, investors want the whole property.
The timing problem is that a hotel has to start selling long before it opens, and has to keep its imagery current after it does. Rendered visuals cover the first, photographed 360° tours cover the second, and both can sit side by side on the same website.
Spaces we cover
- 01Rooms and suites
- 02Restaurants, bars and F&B
- 03Banquets, lawns and events spaces
- 04Spa, pool and wellness
- 05Lobbies, arrival and facade
02Before openingPre-opening hotel visuals that sell before the doors open
A new hotel or resort starts taking enquiries during construction: wedding planners asking about the lawn, corporates asking about the ballroom, investors and franchis...
A new hotel or resort starts taking enquiries during construction: wedding planners asking about the lawn, corporates asking about the ballroom, investors and franchise partners asking what the property will feel like. Without photography, these conversations rely on drawings.
We render the property from your architect’s and interior designer’s drawings. A hero exterior and arrival, a sample room in each category, the lobby, the restaurant and the banquet hall give your sales team a complete set. A walkthrough film pulls them into one story for investors, and a rendered 360° tour lets a planner stand in the hall and judge capacity.
These pre-opening hotel visuals are also what your booking site, your OTA listings and your launch campaign use until photography is possible.
03After openingImmersive hotel virtual tours once the property is live
Once the hotel is open, guests want proof.
Once the hotel is open, guests want proof. An interactive 360° tour of each room category, the pool, the restaurant and the banquet hall lets a guest or event planner look around before booking, which shortens the distance between a website visit and an enquiry.
We photograph the property on site across India and deliver tours with hotspots for room details, amenities and booking links. Drone aerials show the property’s setting, the beach, hills or city edge, and its scale. Tours can be embedded on your website, linked from booking pages and shared in sales proposals.
Chapter 02 of 038 topics
Plan and use
What to commission, at which stage, and where it earns its keep
01Asset planPre-opening vs post-opening asset plan
Before opening or After opening
Rendered
- Hotel renders for owners and operators
- Banquet and wedding pre-sales views
- Booking site imagery before photography
- Walkthrough film for investors
- Brand and membership launch material
02By buyerThe asset each hotel buyer needs
6 rows: Leisure guest, Wedding and event planner, Corporate booker and more
- What they want to see
- The room, the view, the pool
- Asset
- Room 360° tours, pool and spa views
- What they want to see
- Hall size, lawn layout, stage position
- Asset
- Banquet and lawn tours, pre-opening event renders
- What they want to see
- Meeting rooms, business facilities
- Asset
- Meeting room 360° tours and rendered layouts
- What they want to see
- The whole property in context
- What they want to see
- Clubhouse, amenities, community
- Asset
- Amenity renders and tours
- What they want to see
- Fast proof before booking
- Asset
- Room tours embedded on the booking page
03IdeasIdeas hotels and resorts use with these services
A good asset plan treats each space as something a specific buyer needs to see.
A good asset plan treats each space as something a specific buyer needs to see.
Ways to use hotel renders and tours
- 01A banquet hall tour with set-ups for dinner, theatre and cocktail layouts, so planners compare capacity without a site visit
- 02A room-category tour embedded on the booking page next to the rate plan
- 03A pre-opening render set for wedding enquiries, shown to planners while the hall is still being fitted out
- 04A walkthrough film for franchise and investor presentations
- 05A seasonal refresh of lawn and pool tours as the property changes through the year
- 06A drone film of the property for the homepage, with CGI added to show an upcoming wing
- 07An immersive experience in the lobby or at a travel fair, where visitors explore the property on a screen
04ServicesServices hotels and resorts use most
5 options
- 01Hotel and resort renderingExterior, room, lobby, F&B and banquet renders for owners, operators and sales teams.
- 02Hotel and resort 360° toursPhotographed tours of the open property, with hotspots for rooms, halls and amenities.
- 03Walkthrough animationA film through the property for investors, brand partners and launch campaigns.
- 04Drone photography and videoAerials that show the setting and scale of a resort.
- 05Immersive experiencesInteractive property viewers for lobbies, travel fairs and sales rooms.
05PlanningHow to plan hotel and resort marketing content in phases
Hotel content works best when it is planned in the order the property is sold.
Hotel content works best when it is planned in the order the property is sold. In the first phase, before the hotel exists, the buyers are owners, operators, brands and investors, and the content is architectural: exteriors, arrival, a sample room and the main public spaces. In the second phase, as opening approaches, the buyers are wedding planners, corporate bookers and early guests, and the content turns to rooms, F&B and event spaces. After opening, guests and OTAs matter, and the content becomes photographed tours and seasonal updates.
Planning in phases avoids paying for the same work twice. The renders used to pre-sell banquets also brief the photographer later, and the camera positions used for the opening tours can be matched to the original renders so the website shows a consistent property.
06By spaceWhat to show for each space in a hotel or resort
7 rows: Rooms and suites, Lobby and arrival, Restaurants and bars and more
- What buyers look for
- Size, bed position, view, bathroom
- Format that fits
- Room 360° tours, render sets per room category
- What buyers look for
- First impression and brand tone
- Format that fits
- Hero render, drone aerial
- What buyers look for
- Atmosphere, seating, live counters
- Format that fits
- Interior renders, 360° tours
- What buyers look for
- Capacity, stage, entry, pillars
- Format that fits
- Layout renders, hall tours
- What buyers look for
- Space, backdrop, evening lighting
- Format that fits
- Day and dusk renders, aerials
- What buyers look for
- Calm, privacy, equipment
- Format that fits
- 360° tours, interior renders
- What buyers look for
- Scale and setting
- Format that fits
- Drone film, aerial 360° panorama
07EventsSelling events and weddings with renders and tours
Events are often the highest-value booking at a hotel or resort, and the hardest to sell remotely.
Events are often the highest-value booking at a hotel or resort, and the hardest to sell remotely. A planner needs to know how many guests the hall seats, where the stage goes, how guests enter and where the lawn sits against the sunset. Without a site visit, those questions become a series of phone calls.
A rendered or photographed tour of the hall and lawn answers most of them before the first call. Layout renders show the same hall set for different formats, and an aerial shows how the venue relates to parking, rooms and the pool. Planners who have already seen the venue arrive for the site visit with shorter, more specific questions.
08Brand and groupsVisuals for hotel groups, brands and multi-property portfolios
A group with several properties needs consistency more than anything.
A group with several properties needs consistency more than anything. Camera height, lighting mood and the order of spaces should be the same across properties, so guests and corporates can compare them. We build a shot list once for the group and apply it to each property, whether the property is a render, a photographed tour or both.
For new brands entering India, a pre-opening render set and a walkthrough film are often the first assets a franchise partner or investor sees, and they set the tone for everything that follows.
Chapter 03 of 032 topics
Brief and run
What to send, what to settle, how delivery runs
01InputsWhat we need from a hotel or resort team
8 items to tick off
0 of 8 ready
For pre-opening renders
- Architectural and interior drawings or models
- Finish schedules and furniture lists
- Brand standards and key reference images
- A list of spaces by priority: rooms, F&B, banquet, spa, arrival
For post-opening tours
- Access to the property on shoot days
- A shot list by space and room category
- Staff coordination for rooms, restaurants and halls
- Where the tours will live: website, booking pages, sales decks
02AvoidCommon gaps in hotel visual content, and how to close them
Hotels commonly have two gaps.
Hotels commonly have two gaps. Before opening, there are drawings and no images the sales team can send. After opening, there are photographs of rooms and nothing for banquets, lawns and the property as a whole. Both gaps cost enquiries, since planners and corporates decide on the venue first and the rooms second.
Closing them is a matter of ordering. Make the banquet and lawn render the first priority before opening, then the rooms, then the lobby. After opening, shoot the banquet and lawn first as 360° tours, add rooms by category, and finish with the drone aerial. Keep the camera positions of the render set so the website reads as one property rather than a collage.
03FAQ
Questions from hotels and resorts
What should a hotel produce before opening?
360 Space recommends exterior and arrival renders for investors, room and F&B renders for the booking site, and banquet views for event pre-sales before a hotel opens.
Do 360 tours help direct bookings?
360 tours let guests and planners see rooms and halls before booking, which answers the questions that otherwise go to an OTA or a phone call. 360 Space embeds tours on your own booking pages so the decision stays on your site.
Can you film F&B and events spaces?
Yes. We capture restaurants, bars, banquet halls and lawns as 360° tours and render them before opening.
What is the difference between pre-opening renders and post-opening tours?
Pre-opening renders are made from drawings, so a hotel can sell before it is built. Post-opening tours are photographed at the finished property. 360 Space does both, and the two sets can sit together on the same website.
Can you show different banquet layouts in a tour?
Yes. We can render the same hall in several set-ups, such as dinner, theatre and cocktail, so planners judge capacity and flow from the images.
Do you shoot hotels and resorts across India?
Yes. We shoot 360° tours and drone footage on site across India, and deliver renders and rendered tours remotely for projects anywhere in India and abroad.
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