Content Partnership
Ongoing content, on retainer — a steady editorial voice for your property.
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Hospitality Content Partner · South Tyrol
Content that
Good hospitality doesn't announce itself. It's in the light in a room, the pace of a morning, the feeling that a place has a point of view. I help hotels and hosts make that visible — with content that comes from real hospitality, not a formula.
Markus Erschbamer
Hotelier · Host · Content Creator
Founder of THE HOLIDAZED
Hotelier · Host · Content Creator
Founder of THE HOLIDAZED
books,
not advertises.
Photography·Short-form video·Editorial storytelling·Guest communication·Websites & digital presence·Printed material·AI-supported production·Brand & atmosphere direction·
Photography·Short-form video·Editorial storytelling·Guest communication·Websites & digital presence·Printed material·AI-supported production·Brand & atmosphere direction·
Content, der bucht — nicht wirbt.
The experience of a hotelier, with the eye of a content creator.
Images alone fill a feed. Content that understands the place, the guest and the moment is what turns attention into arrivals.
What I do
More than attractive images.
I work with hotels, hosts, restaurants and lifestyle brands that need more than attractive images. I understand the operational reality behind the content — that a campaign has to fit the property, the guest journey and what a team can actually deliver.
I can identify the moments that matter because I've spent years creating and managing them myself, across my own house and hotels, resorts, restaurants and private clubs abroad.
PhotographyShort-form videoEditorial storytellingGuest communicationWebsites & digital presencePrinted materialAI-supported productionBrand & atmosphere direction
Explore work
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A beautifully written promise means little when the arrival is confusing.
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Brand and operation cannot be separated.
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The final decision should still come from someone who understands the place.
Why it works
I understand what happens behind the content.
A beautifully written promise means little when the arrival is confusing. Good design loses value when basic information is hard to find. A personal welcome shouldn't depend on the host being available every minute of the day. Brand and operation cannot be separated — the strongest concepts are the ones where visual identity, communication and daily reality support one another.
Technology has a role, but it isn't the central story. I use AI to develop ideas, sharpen workflows and produce more, faster — not to remove the human perspective, but to give it more time and range.
The final decision should still come from someone who understands the place.
South Tyrol, with a wider view.↗Open to the world, grounded above Merano.↗South Tyrol, with a wider view.↗Open to the world, grounded above Merano.↗
South Tyrol, with a wider view.↗Open to the world, grounded above Merano.↗South Tyrol, with a wider view.↗Open to the world, grounded above Merano.↗
A working idea, above Merano.
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Michael am Waal · Above Merano
Proof that the thinking holds up in practice.
Michael am Waal — the apartment house I run above Merano — is where all of this is tested first. Not a traditional full-service hotel, nor simply holiday apartments, but a space in between: private and independent, yet personally hosted. It's an ongoing creative project, from interiors and guest communication to photography, print and the operational details that decide how a stay actually feels.
It's the reference behind the work — proof that the thinking holds up in practice, not only in a moodboard.
Explore the house- Reference
- Michael am Waal — 14 apartments, garden, pool, sauna, above Merano
- Roots
- A family that has welcomed guests above Merano
- Owned reach
- 11,000 newsletter subscribers · ~40% open rate
- International
- South Tyrol · Sardinia · Florida · Australia · Zürich
- Training
- Kaiserhof hospitality school, Merano
Travel isn't an escape from hospitality. It's a way of studying it.
Across roughly forty countries, I've watched how different cultures interpret generosity, privacy, service and comfort — how hotels frame their surroundings, how restaurants create a sense of occasion, how brands translate a local identity without turning it into decoration.
That's the wider view: open to the world, grounded in South Tyrol. Not spectacle — atmosphere, clarity and the right amount of freedom.
Ways to work together
01 · Content Partnership
02 · Project & Campaign
03 · UGC & Editorial
04 · Consulting
View services
From a single shoot to an ongoing content partnership.
Project & Campaign
A defined shoot or launch: photography, short-form video, story.
↗UGC & Editorial
Authentic, host-led content for feeds, sites and newsletters.
↗Consulting
Positioning, guest communication and content systems that hold.
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