ICE Distribution Benefits
Increase Look-To-Book Conversions up to 8% and boost your website visitors as high as 13%
Increase Qualified Visitors to your site by
6-15% when ICE distributes your Rich Media.
Double Your Chances that website visitors will book your property as a result of Rich Media.
I am blown away with the quality of ICE
Portal's HD360s. We had ICE film all our
hotels, and their photographers were very
professional and courteous. I'd
recommend ICE Portal to everyone"
Loren Gray, e-Commerce Director OPL
BENEFITS
81% of internet users that visit travel sites consulted videos or pictures of the property or destination. Great visuals sell your property - period.
BENEFITS
The ability to maintain all your content in one place, control who has access, what they can see, and view reports that analyze the data. Save time, money, and eliminate frustration.
BENEFITS
Hoteliers who distribute rich content to 3rd party travel sites see traffic increased to their site by 6.5-13%. On their own site look to book conversions increased up to 8%!
- Production
- Management
- Distribution
Award Winning Virtual Tours & Streaming Videos
ICE produces stunning visuals for the travel industry's leading suppliers - hotels, destinations,
cruise lines, vacation rentals, attractions, etc.
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Professional photographers’ film on location to provide clients with hi-resolution digital images for web and print usage. Rights to images are owned by the client in perpetuity.
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ICE Portal's photography staff works with Clients to create spectacular visuals. ICE uses the latest Nikon High Definition (HD) digital cameras and lens to deliver optimum results. All rights to photos created by ICE Portal belong to the Client in perpetuity.
Photos are digitally processed in the corporate offices and optimized in Photoshop for print & internet use. Images can be provided in multiple formats (TIFF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, PSD, etc.).
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Standard package per image (minimum 10 images) |
$295* |
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Look all around with amazing clarity. ICE's HD360 full screen virtual tours include features like interactive maps, embedded photo gallery, weather and booking widgets.
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ICE Portal's staff of professional photography staff has years of experience in creating spectacular 360s panoramic virtual tours. Photographers work with High Definition (HD) digital cameras equipped with a special wide angle lens and 360-degree tripod mount. All rights to any images created by ICE Portal belong to the Client in perpetuity.
360° Tour presentations may include:
Day / night transitions
Weather widget
Google map widget
Detailed Information Section for each HD360 Tour
Direct link to client’s booking engine
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Standard package per image (minimum 10 images) |
$295* |
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Video-like photo montages that create a stunning videos with music, voice over and graphics distributed to your site, 1000s of travel sites and social networks worldwide.
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ICE Portal's WebShows are a very cost effective, efficient way to create a rich media presentation with traditional photos provided by the Client or created by ICE's professional photographers.
ICE's WebShows consist of 8-10 photos (per video minute) that showcase the property, ship or destination by using video effects (zoom in/out, pan left/right, tilt up/down) to achieve an attractive marketing tool.
The WebShows include music, sound effects, voice over (male or female) and graphic text effects. WebShows are created as a Flash Video File (flv).
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Basic & Deluxe packages include our crew on location to produce and edit hi-resolution digital videos that can include music, sound effects, scripting, voice over and graphics.
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ICE Portal's in network of professional videographers allows us to offer Clients HD video productions at affordable rates. We are experts in the production and editing of travel videos.
Professional video production crews spend 1-2 days filming a property from sunrise to sunset. Videos can be create with custom scripting, male or female voice talent, music, sound effects and super imposed graphics to enhance the viewer experience. Videos can be used for trade shows, the Client Website, Social Networks and ICE Portal's 3rd party distribution. All rights to the video are owned by the Client in perpetuity.
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Save on printing and distribution costs with hi-resolution eBooks that load quickly to allow users to easily navigate and read pages that come to life.
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An eBook is an electronic version of a book or brochure that contains hi-resolution images. An eBook saves significant money on printing and distribution costs and may be updated periodically. ICE Portal's eBooks are designed to allow any user to easily navigate and view hi-resolution brochures on the Internet.
ICE Portal's eBooks are created with proprietary Touch N' Turn Technology that:
Displays with hi-resolution on computer screens and/or monitors.
Has standard book functionality page turn, table of contents, etc.
Easy navigation and user interface with four standard functions
Easy to see text with no need to zoom in to read copy
Very short loading time (regardless of total number of pages)
Can be view with a simple link (url) anywhere on the Internet. Can be stored on local hard drive, DVD or CD-ROM for display on computer without internet access.
Investment varies depending on materials provided, creativity needed and length of brochure/book. Please inquire about costs for your custom needs.
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ICE Mobile Brochures allow your hotel's rich visuals to be viewed from smartphone and tablet devices anytime, from anywhere your customers are.
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Mobile360s allow your customers to begin planning their vacation from anywhere!
INCLUDED in Distribution Service
360 virtual tour navigation with dropdown & maps
Lighting fast load time with familiar 'touch and swipe' functionality
Optimized for mobile devices (iOS & Android support)
Access 360 panoramic images on the go
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Does your company have a Facebook Business Page? If not, you should! Social Networks are quickly becoming the most trusted resource your customers use to gain information and gauge their level of trust for your brand.
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Upon request the ICE social media team creates our Visual Tour App that seamlessly integrates with Facebook to extend the value of your ICE Digital Brochure into an online customer relations tool.
INCLUDED in Distribution Service
Feature your brochure on your Facebook Business Page
Extend your ability to directly engage with customer feedback
Visual Tour App matches the look & feel of Facebook's color scheme
Display Photos, Videos, and 360 Virtual Tours right within Facebook
Include a ‘Book’ button linked to your reservation system
No stress or hassle! Adding the App takes less than 5 minutes
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Have a need to feature all your hotels in a region, or even globally? The Atlas offers familiar point & click navigation to easily search and view your visuals stored on ICE.
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Upon request the ICE social media team creates an Atlas specific to your account, integrating your Live hotel visuals with an interactive map - a great tool for management groups or distribution channels looking to showcase multiple hotels.
INCLUDED in Distribution Service.
Familiar Google Maps API avoids user learning curve.
Quickly display your hotel's visuals just a click away.
Personalized CSS branding seamlessly integrates Atlas with your company website.
Category filters allow you to quickly choose Hotels, Destinations, Ships,
Golf Courses, and local Attractions.
Showcase Photos, Videos, and 360 Virtual Tours right within your personalized map.
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24/7/365 Content Management and Analysis
ICE manages your content with state of the art software. Track, analyze, and decide on destination ROI.
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Management of Your Visual Content
ICE's multi-lingual CMS (Content Management System) helps users store, easily manage and distribute a wide variety of visual and associated textual content for the travel industry!
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ICE Portal allows Clients (travel suppliers including hotels, vacation rentals, destinations, cruise ships, golf courses, etc.), to easily manage all their sales and marketing content (photos, virtual tours, videos, text, graphics, etc.) in ICE's multi-lingual CMS (Content Management System).
Content can be displayed in a custom branded interactive digital brochure & distributed to 1,000s of leading travel websites worldwide. For more detail, or a personal tour, please contact us.
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Take Control
Content can be displayed in a custom branded interactive digital brochure & distributed to 1,000s of leading travel websites worldwide. For more detail, or a personal tour, please contact us.
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ICE gives clients total control to update their content in real time. ICE's simple user interface makes it easy to add, change or delete content in nine different languages. Clients may enable or disable images. Clients can view the status of their digital brochure (enabled/disabled, published, live and edited).
Editing content in ICE is quick & easy. ICE technology makes it effortless to manage and control what content is published in real time. Clients can edit all their content quickly and easily. For more detail, or a personal tour, please contact us. Fees for the management are included with distribution.
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Reports and Analysis
ICE provides 11 different performance reports to help clients track every unique visitor to know what they are clicking, how often they click, and from where they are clicking.
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ICE Portal's Content Management System was developed from the ground up, and every effort was made to help clients understand the value of our distribution services. Clients can access 11 different performance reports anytime or have the system e-mail specified report(s) every week, month or year (your choice). The reports track every click on every distribution partner site, including:
Total Unique Visitors
Top 10 Brochures by Unique Visitors
Specific Brochure
Top 10 Brochures by Total Views
Total Brochure Views
Top 10 Most Active Distributors
View from a Specified Distributor
Total Brochure Views by Language
For more detail, or a personal tour, please contact us. Fees for management are included with distribution.
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Benefits
The ability to maintain all your content in one place, control who gets access, what they can see, and view reports that analyze the data saves you time, money, and frustration.
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Testimonial
"We selected ICE Portal because they are one of the leaders in production, management and distribution of rich content to thousands of travel websites. ICE Portal's commitment to excellence and their great customer service have reinforced our decision and we would highly recommend them to any interested hotelier."
Audrey J. Cornu, V.P. Internet Development, Tishman Hotel Corporation
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1,000s+ Travel Websites. Instantly. That's ICE.
ICE distributes our stunning visuals for the travel industry's leading suppliers - hotels, destinations,
cruise lines, vacation rentals and attractions reaching clients looking to book
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Go Global
Client content is customized, categorized, formatted, branded, and delivered to 1,000s of 3rd party distribution wholesalers, OTAs, search engines, and social networks.
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Suppliers and distributors alike can customize how content is delivered to their website. Options include creation of custom branded digital brochures, populating pre-designed web pages and placing content a la carte within the website. Supplier content is custom branded and delivered to thousands of 3rd party travel distribution channels and social networks. (click to see list of ICE Portal’s notable distribution partners).
Distribution of rich visual content includes the following benefits:
Increased Bookings
Research confirms Rich Internet Content increases bookings five to one.
Travelers researching intermediary sites (i.e. Google, Orbitz, Expedia) on the web
are motivated to seek additional information on the supplier site when rich content
is displayed almost 50% find the supplier site & book there!
Improved Customer Satisfaction
Research confirms rich internet content increases bookings 8 - 13%.
Cost Saving and Time Saving
The cost to produce, host & distribute a digital brochure to 1,000s of interested
prospects is a small fraction of traditional print collateral.
ICE Portal saves time by organizing, categorizing, formatting, sizing and branding your content for each distribution partner.
One Stop Shop with 11 performance reports
Rich content is hosted and linked from ICE servers keeping it updated 24/7.
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One time setup & content integration |
$450 |
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Monthly Investment |
$150 |
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Direct Live Feed
Your visuals reside on edge servers delivered in direct feed to ICE's distribution partners. Content is updated everywhere to maintain your content's continuity and accuracy.
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To maximize the speed content is delivered to 3rd party websites. ICE Portal maintains a server farm of front end boxes (servers) that only distribute content. Content management is done on separate SQL database servers and when edits are approved content is updated on the front end boxes.
In addition to the front end servers ICE maintains rich content files on edge servers that are strategically placed around the globe to maximize delivery speed for videos and virtual tours. We are all about speed!
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Reports and Analysis
ICE provides 11 different performance reports to help clients track every unique visitor to know what they are clicking, how often they are clicking, and from where they are clicking.
Learn More...
ICE Portal's Content Management System was developed from the ground up, and every effort was made to help clients understand the value of our distribution services. Clients can access 11 different performance reports anytime, or add have the system e-mail specified report(s) every week, month or year (your choice). The reports track every click on every distribution partner site, including:
Total Unique Visitors
Top 10 Brochures by Unique Visitors
Specific Brochure
Top 10 Brochures by Total Views
Total Brochure Views
Top 10 Most Active Distributors
View from a Specified Distributor
Total Brochure Views by Language
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Benefits
Hoteliers who distribute rich content to 3rd party travel sites see increased traffic to their site by 6.5-13%, and on their own site increased look to book conversions up to 8%!
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ICE Portal has compiled research on the benefits of using rich media with best practices of what to look for and what to expect from vendors. To get your copy of the White Paper CLICK HERE.
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Testimonial
ICE makes this obstacle easy for us by sending our multi-media to everyone in the format that each requires. We could never manage this task on our own."
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"Since partnering with ICE Portal, Fiesta Americana has had tremendous year-over-year growth through online bookings. The No. 1 e-commerce challenge we face is keeping our visual content current across all distribution channels. ICE makes this obstacle easy for us by sending our multi-media to everyone in the format that each requires. We could never manage this task on our own."
George Hunter, Dir. of Leisure Sales & E-Commerce, Fiesta American.
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