Howdy djd!
The best examples of hotel tours appear to be at the
web sites of producers of such tours. Here are three
tour production companies.
There is the international Photo Web USA:
http://www.photowebusa.com/
"PhotoWeb, the virtual tour experts, has been providing
digital imaging solutions for the web since 1994. Based
in Winter Park, Florida, Colorado Springs, Colorado and
London, England, PhotoWeb provides services worldwide."
They have over 100 hotel tours from all over the world,
including 7 Australian hotels:
Radisson Resort Gold Coast
http://www.photowebusa.com/goldcoast/
Radisson Plaza Hotel at the Pier-Cairns
http://www.photowebusa.com/pier-cairns/
Radisson on Flagstaff Gardens Melbourne
http://www.photowebusa.com/flagstaff-melbourne/
Radisson Playford Hotel and Suites Adelaide
http://www.photowebusa.com/adelaide/
Radisson Treetops Resort Port Douglas
http://www.photowebusa.com/treetops/
Radisson Hotel & Suites Sydney
http://www.photowebusa.com/sydney/
Radisson Plaza Hotel Sydney
http://www.photowebusa.com/plazasydney/
You will need the free Internet Pictures Corporation's
iPIX "plug-in" to view some of the Photo Web images:
http://www.ipix.com/download.html
Show Hotel has examples of panorama, streaming video as
well as slideshow tours, that they have produced of hotels
throughout the US:
http://www.showhotel.com/
Show Hotel has two (Standard and Custom) tour packages:
http://www.showhotel.com/tour.htm
"The standard virtual tour package offers an economical
solution to incorporate all of the virtual tour features
in a property's website."
"The custom virtual tour package utilizes all of the
latest Internet multimedia components into one complete
presentation."
Another producer of interactive tours is Lush VR:
http://www.lushvr.com/
"Lush VR are leading producers of high quality 360°
Interactive Panoramas for the online Travel, Tourism,
Retail, Music, Art and Leisure industry."
Their client showcase page highlights some of their
tours in QuickTime and Java formats:
http://www.lushvr.com/clientshowcase/index.html
As an example, they have a tour of the Bergerac Hotel:
http://www.lushvr.com/southernhotels/bergerac/index.html
Most browsers will support the Java format, but you will
have to download the free QuickTime player to see the
one in the QuickTime format:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
The Übergossene Alm in Austria provides an extensive
online tour, also utilizing iPIX:
http://www.alm.co.at/en/virtuelle_alm.shtml
"The best thing to do is to take a walk through the
welcoming atmosphere and unique well-being facilities
of the Übergossene Alm right now. Our virtual tour of
the Übergossene Alm takes you through the rooms,
restaurant, surroundings, Hochkönig World of Vitality
and also through our Children's World."
Their tour includes:
Hotel, Tennis, Petra Building, Lake, Video, Reception,
Restaurant, Wine Cellar, Kitchen, Children's World,
Pool, Gym, Rest Area, Whirlpool, Alpine Sauna, Hay Bath,
Reception, Rest Room, Sauna, Sonnenalm Rest Area,
Mountain Crystal Bath, Salt Water Grotto, Herbal Sauna,
Laconium, Beauty Area as well as tours of several of
their rooms.
Some other Australian hotels that feature tours:
Hyatt Regency Coolum in Queensland
http://coolum.regency.hyatt.com/coolu/virtual_tour.html
Park Hyatt Melbourne
http://melbourne.park.hyatt.com/melph/virtual_tour.html
Crowne Plaza in Terrigal
http://terrigal.crowneplaza.com/teras/virtual_tour.html
There are more tours that can be found using the search
terms listed below.
Search strategy:
hotel "virtual tour"
://www.google.com/search?q=hotel+%22virtual+tour%22
hotel "virtual tour" australia
://www.google.com/search?q=hotel+%22virtual+tour%22+australia
If you need any clarification of the answer given, do
not hesitate to ask!
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