Hospitality

Hospitality, Photography

Are you leveraging your social media platforms to the level that they need to be? Do you engage with your guests at regular intervals? What about attracting new guests? No doubt you all know about SOCIAL MEDIA! We have all heard about Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube and Instagram. The question is, are you using these platforms to their fullest potential? Are you harnessing their power to attract more "bums-in-beds"? There are a number of tactics on Social Media platforms that will drastically increase awareness of your Hotel or Lodge, and get potential guests excited about their next vacation to your area. It's

Continue reading
Hospitality, lifestyle, Photography, Travel

Anthony Grote Photography, specialist Lodge Photographer, has been covering Lodge and Hotel Photography for many years, photographing in many countries in and around the African continent. From South Africa, Seychelles, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Namibia to Zambia.  In 2014 saw me heading to Zambia for the first time. Part of that trip was to photograph several Lodges in the Kafue National Park. I was blown away by this area as I had never been here and thus did not know what to expect. i was extremely pleased when the same clients asked me to return, in 2015, to photograph other aspects of

Continue reading
Hospitality, Photography

I was very excited for this project! Many of my vacations as a child were spent in Scottburgh, and in particular, staying at the Blue Marlin Hotel. I have many a good memory here and was even more excited when I heard that Dream Hotels had acquired the Icon and had done some major refurbishments. So, to say I was looking forward to this assignment, to showcase my old favourite, is an understatement. Dream Hotels has done an awesome job in refurbishing the new wing of the Hotel. The rooms are back to their former glory, in fact, better. The central

Continue reading
Hospitality, Photography, Travel, Underwater

Machangulo Beach Lodge is located in southern Mozambique, just opposite the well known island of Inhaca. The Lodge is just over an hours boat ride from Maputo, offering a scenic ride in good weather, from being able to take in the sweeping views of Maputo to the tranquil island settings of Inhaca as you approach your island destination. Although the Lodge is actually situated on the main land, one always feels as though you are on an isolated island as there are few people in the area, other than the local fishermen from the nearby village of Santa Maria. The

Continue reading