Hospitality and Tourism
Hotels, resorts, golf courses, restaurants, campgrounds, and event venues all compete for the same thing — a visitor's attention before they ever arrive. The property that shows best wins the booking. Aerial photography and video give hospitality and tourism businesses the one perspective that no ground-level camera can match: a view of the full experience, the surroundings, the setting, and the sense of place that makes someone choose your property over the one down the road.
NE Ohio Drone brings FAA Part 107 licensing, professional equipment, and a genuine understanding of marketing and visual storytelling to every hospitality shoot. Ed Rich has over 45 years of business and marketing experience — he understands what a potential guest needs to see to make a decision, and he shoots with that goal in mind from the moment he's in the air.
Case Study: Building a Regional Tourism Platform
NEOhioGolf.com — Northeast Ohio's Golf Destination Guide
NE Ohio Drone didn't just fly golf courses — Ed Rich built an entire regional visitor information platform to showcase them. NEOhioGolf.com is a curated directory of Northeast Ohio golf courses and related facilities, each featured with professional aerial video produced by NE Ohio Drone. Public courses, private country clubs, practice facilities, and area accommodations are all represented.
This is what sets NE Ohio Drone apart in the hospitality space: the aerial work doesn't just produce footage — it becomes part of a marketing ecosystem that drives actual visitors to the properties featured. Golf courses, lodging facilities, and venues that work with Ed Rich get exposure through the NEOhioGolf.com platform in addition to their own marketing channels.
Clearview Golf Club, East Canton, Ohio
Clearview Golf Club holds a singular place in American history. Founded in 1946 by William Powell — a World War II veteran who was denied access to white-only golf courses when he returned home — Clearview became the first golf course in the United States to be designed, built, and owned by an African American. It remains in the Powell family to this day and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
NE Ohio Drone was commissioned to produce a full aerial showcase of Clearview — capturing the layout, beauty, and historic character of the course from above in a way that honors its significance and tells its story to the world.
For a property like Clearview, aerial photography is not just a marketing tool — it's documentation of a place that matters. The finished video stands as both a promotional piece for the club and a permanent visual record of a landmark that belongs to American history.
Clearview Golf Club, East Canton, Ohio — aerial showcase produced by NE Ohio Drone. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Cutty's Sunset, Louisville, Ohio
Cutty's Sunset is a golf-adjacent lodging and hospitality property in Louisville, Ohio — exactly the kind of destination that benefits from aerial photography that shows the setting, the grounds, and the full experience before a guest ever arrives. NE Ohio Drone produced aerial work for Cutty's Sunset and built out their presence on the NEOhioGolf.com platform, connecting the property directly to the regional golf audience already using the site to plan their visits.
Who This Service Is For
Aerial photography shows the full layout, the conditioning of the course, and the surrounding landscape in a way that drives tee time bookings and membership inquiries. Featured courses also gain exposure through NEOhioGolf.com — a regional platform built specifically to connect golfers with Northeast Ohio courses.
Aerial photography of a lodging property communicates location, setting, amenities, and scale in a single frame. For properties near Lake Erie, state parks, or regional attractions, showing the surroundings is often as important as showing the rooms. Drone video gives potential guests the orientation they need to book with confidence.
Outdoor dining areas, patios, waterfront settings, and event spaces all benefit from aerial photography that shows the atmosphere and the experience — not just the menu. An aerial reveal of a venue with a great outdoor setting is the kind of content that stops a scroll and drives a reservation.
Campgrounds, marinas, and outdoor recreation facilities need aerial photography to show the full scope of their property — the sites, the water access, the trails, the amenities — in a way that communicates the experience of being there. Northeast Ohio's parks and natural areas are world-class subjects from the air.
Aerial photography of an event venue shows the grounds, the approach, the capacity, and the setting in a single compelling shot. For corporate event facilities, outdoor wedding venues, and banquet operations, professional aerial imagery is increasingly the standard that prospective clients expect before making a site visit.
Convention and visitors bureaus need compelling aerial imagery that makes Northeast Ohio's attractions look as good as they are. Professional aerial video and photography for destination marketing campaigns, regional websites, and social media give potential visitors a concrete reason to choose this region over anywhere else.
Ed Rich works directly with hospitality and tourism properties across Northeast Ohio and beyond — no middleman, no handoff to a junior pilot. If you manage a hotel, resort, golf course, venue, or attraction and want to see what professional aerial photography could do for your marketing, the conversation starts with a quick call or email.
Hotels, golf courses, restaurants, venues, and attractions across Northeast Ohio — Ed Rich would love to show you what's possible from above.