The Origin of Hotels Filmed — and Why We Focus Only on Hotels
When I started filming hotels in 2017, I kept seeing the same issue: beautiful properties, but videos that didn’t show the experience. They showed rooms, not hospitality. That’s why I created Hotels Filmed — a hotel video production studio dedicated to hotels, resorts and hospitality brands.
InterContinental London - the O2, UK, Sergey Shishkin
The gap I saw in hotel videography
Most hotel videos were shot like real estate: wide, empty, static. But hotels don’t just sell space — they sell arrival, welcome, service, food, location, atmosphere. If the video doesn’t show people being looked after, it won’t convert on the website, OTAs or social. Our approach became simple: make hotels look lived-in, not just furnished.
2017 onwards: first shoots, first hotel clients
I began working with independent and boutique hotels and later with bigger brands in the UK, Thailand and Cambodia. Almost every property needed the same set of assets:
1 hero / brand film for the website
Several vertical reels for Instagram / TikTok
B-roll of rooms, F&B, spa and staff in action
That’s still the core package we build today — fast, hotel-ready, social-ready.
Sergey Shishkin during video production for The SPA Koh Chang Resort in Thailand
What makes Hotels Filmed different
We film only hotels, resorts, travel and hospitality
We plan the video around the guest journey (arrival → lobby → room → dining → people → surroundings)
We deliver assets for Instagram, Reels, OTAs and paid ads
We’ve worked with 80+ hotels across Europe and Asia, so we understand how quickly marketing teams need content
Why this matters for your hotel
Hiring a generic video crew often gives you a pretty video — but not a sales asset.
Working with a hotel video production studio gives you content that:
supports direct bookings
refreshes OTA listings with video
gives your sales team something to send to partners
keeps your social media on brand and up to date
Work with us
If you’re opening, rebranding or just need better hotel video content, we can plan, shoot and deliver everything in 1–2 days on property.
