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Articles tagged “videos”

Cruises

Royal Princess may be the most videoed ship even before it sails

The suspense is almost too much to bear (not really). The Royal Princess won't take its maiden voyage for another five months, but Princess Cruises' YouTube channel already boasts 15 videos about the ship. Is the line going a little overboard?

Royal Princess may be the most videoed ship even before it sails

Skift Originals

The best tourism marketing videos of 2013

Our favorite, the first one, from Visit Finland.

The best tourism marketing videos of 2013

Media and PR

The 37-year old who’s changed adventure travel forever

Amazing story, this. And it has changed how the generation growing up now sees adventure activities and travel, literally.

The 37-year old who’s changed adventure travel forever

Hotels

Travel ads of the week: Beaches, wine country, and business meetings

Travel ads targeting business travelers want to appear as leisure-friendly as possible since it’s tough to inspire excitement with clips of board meetings and boxed lunches.

Travel ads of the week: Beaches, wine country, and business meetings

Media and PR

SkiftAds of the Week: Scotland, Gecko Tours, Carnival Cruises, and Newfoundland

This week’s roundup really showcases how every element of a video from the music and transition speeds to choosing between visuals of people or landscapes sets the tone for a destination or activity.

SkiftAds of the Week: Scotland, Gecko Tours, Carnival Cruises, and Newfoundland

Airlines

SkiftAds of the Week: Momondo, VivaAerobus, American Airlines, and SAS Airlines

The majority of ads today are in English targeting the widest audience possible and giving it the opportunity to go viral, but native-language ads give us a closer look at advertising inside other countries.

SkiftAds of the Week: Momondo, VivaAerobus, American Airlines, and SAS Airlines

Skift Originals

The American West, interpreted through Instagram

Whatever your views about "iPhonenography" or Instagram as as a creative expression -- I've always called Instagram "Instacrap" -- the value of these tools will never match the judgement of the eye behind them, and you have to appreciate the purity of that purpose.

The American West, interpreted through Instagram

Online Travel

Language learning startup Verbling adds classes via Google Hangouts and 9 new languages

Several startups are leveraging tech to connect strangers with a common goal in another case in which technology (like Google Street View) is replacing the need to actually board a plane.

SkiftX

Terrible tourism videos from the past that miss the mark by miles

Drooling aliens don’t have anything to do with New Mexico and its sexist to show female soldiers in bikinis to promote all of Israel. It’s better to intrigue a tourist than make them laugh with a short video.

Hotels

Video: Ritz-Carlton brings viewers behind the scenes of a luxury hotel business

The videos would be more interesting if they looked a little more like reality TV and and a little less like a campaign ad disguising itself as an "insider's sneak peak."