Hotels and Restaurants Curb Photoshoots as 5.4 Billion Social Media Users Fuel Influencer Crowds
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Updated · The Guardian · Oct 19
Hotels and Restaurants Curb Photoshoots as 5.4 Billion Social Media Users Fuel Influencer Crowds
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Oct 19
Summary
Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc now requires prior permission for photoshoots after visitors reportedly booked lunch, brought multiple outfits and used the property as a backdrop rather than dining.
10am-to-4pm photo bans at Cheshire farm shop The Hollies and similar curbs from Nantucket to Vermont and Japan show venues widening restrictions over crowding, disruption and guest privacy.
Luxury operators say the issue is not social media itself but protecting hospitality spaces; Beaumier still works with influencers at times, while insisting hotels are not photo studios.
5.4 billion daily social media users have turned more public and private spaces into content sets, pushing venues to draw clearer limits on what should remain an in-person experience.