Circlescapes 360 Degree Hotel Virtual Web Tours
BOSTON, MA, June 24, 2009 - Hospitality Softnet, Inc. is very pleased to introduce high-resolution, interactive virtual tours from Circlescapes. This high impact, cost effective technology brings a dynamic 360-degree panoramic experience to any current hotel web site in a way that will capture the visitor's interest much better than the standard static web platform. The high resolution can also be used to replace older low resolution formats that are now outdated.
"This innovative approach to web design actually enables the viewer to virtually visit the hotel via a 360 degree virtual environment. The Circlescapes creative design team can develop these virtual platforms as enhancers to an existing web site location, or as a stand alone web site" says Gary Richards, Partner at Hospitality Softnet, Inc. "Although designed to attracted all segments of business, it can give the hotel's Group Sales Team an invaluable virtual selling tool that will be an tremendous advantage when presenting the property to potential meeting planners". A demonstration can be seen at http://www.HospitalitySoftnet.com/virtualtours.html
"Our goal at Circlescapes is to create an interactive and immersive virtual tour experience for the hotel's potential customer - one that will make them say 'Wow!' and drive the sale," says Lisa Franzino, President of Circlescapes, Inc. "We start with high-resolution spherical photography that's crisp and clear at full screen size. Then we add background music, voice-overs, video clips, animation, special effects, and clickable links to the tour to make it a beautiful, informative, fun, and lasting marketing piece."
Hospitality Softnet, Inc. provides a variety of resources and tools to hotels. Services offered include: Mystery Shopping Calls, Sales Training for Sales, Catering, and Reservations, On-site Assessments for service and security, Teleprospecting for new business, and Market Intelligence. They are proud to count amongst their customers organizations such as: Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Hyatt Hotel Corporation, Embassy Suites, Homewood Suites, Inter-Continental Hotels, Choice Hotels International, Omni Hotels, John Q. Hammons Hotels, Davidson Hotels, Pyramid Hotel Group, Peabody Hotel Group, Sonesta Hotels, and many other leading lodging companies.
Contact:
Gary Richards
Hospitality Softnet, Inc.
http://www.HospitalitySoftnet.com
617-854-6554
GRichards@HospitalitySoftnet.com




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