Traditional distribution sends your release to journalists and database sites, where it is read by your competitors and almost no one else. We rewrite your announcement as a travel story and publish it permanently on 5 Reasons to Visit® — read by travelers, anywhere in the world, at the moment they are deciding where to go, stay and eat.
Live in 3–5 business days · Permanent URL · Written by our editors · Properties worldwide
A press release is written to inform the media. A travel story is written to make someone want to go. Same facts, same property — but only one of them ever reaches a future guest.
“[Hotel Group] Announces Completion of Multi-Million Dollar Property-Wide Renovation”
“[Hotel Group] today announced the completion of a multi-million dollar renovation of its 180-room property, featuring redesigned guest rooms, an expanded fitness centre and a new signature restaurant concept…”
“The Island Hotel That Just Got Its Light Back”
“The rooms have been stripped back to the light — pale oak, deep soaking tubs, and balconies angled at the water. But the reason to book is the restaurant downstairs, where the new chef is quietly doing the best thing on the island…”
“[Restaurant Group] Appoints [Chef Name] as Executive Chef of Its Flagship Location”
“[Restaurant Group] today announced the appointment of [Chef Name] as Executive Chef, effective immediately. [Chef Name] brings more than fifteen years of experience and will oversee menu development across all outlets…”
“The Chef Who Left a Two-Star Kitchen to Cook His Grandmother's Food”
“He could have stayed. Instead he took the room above the market, put twenty covers in it, and started cooking the food he grew up eating — and the reservation book has not had a gap since…”
It gets announced, indexed by the trade, and forgotten. These are the announcements that work hardest when they are written as travel stories instead — for properties in any country.
No account, no dashboard, no contract. Send your announcement, pay securely, and the next thing you receive is a published link.
One story, or a bundle if you have a calendar of news coming. Unused stories never expire.
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Our editors rewrite the announcement in the 5 Reasons to Visit® voice — as editorial, not as a release.
Published at a permanent URL within 3–5 business days, indexed by Google and eligible to surface in AI answers. We send you the link.
Every story is written by our editors and published permanently. No renewals, no monthly fees, no expiry.
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Yes — we publish stories about hotels, resorts and restaurants anywhere in the world. Our readership is primarily American with strong international reach, which is exactly what you want if the goal is attracting American travelers to a property abroad. See our hotel and resort coverage for recent international features.
Traditional press release distribution is designed to circulate an announcement through news and media distribution channels. A 5 Reasons to Visit Travel Story is a separate consumer-facing publishing service: the supplied hotel or restaurant announcement is used as source material for an original travel story, which is then published on 5ReasonsToVisit.com. Businesses and PR agencies can use the two approaches together — traditional PR distribution for the announcement, and 5 Reasons to Visit for a dedicated story aimed at travelers.
A hotel opening can be promoted through a combination of traditional public relations, travel media coverage, search-friendly content and consumer travel publications. 5 Reasons to Visit Travel Stories gives a new hotel opening a dedicated, original story on a consumer travel publication, presenting the property as a discovery for travelers rather than simply reproducing a press release. See our hotel and resort coverage for recent examples.
Restaurants can extend the reach of an opening announcement by turning the news into a consumer-facing travel story. 5 Reasons to Visit can transform a restaurant opening, new chef announcement, culinary concept, major renovation or other significant restaurant news into an original story that explains what is new and why travelers and diners may want to visit. See our chef-driven restaurant coverage for recent examples.
A single story is $299. Three stories are $799, which works out to $266 each. Five stories are $1,199, or $240 each. There are no renewal fees — every story is published permanently.
Our editors — the same team behind our chef-driven restaurant coverage and hotel first looks. You send the announcement, images and any details you want included, and we write the story in the 5 Reasons to Visit® voice so it reads as editorial rather than as a release. You are welcome to review it for factual accuracy before it publishes.
Most stories publish within three to five business days of receiving your materials. If you have a hard embargo or opening date, tell us in your submission and we will work to it.
Permanently. Each story lives at a fixed URL with no end date, continues to be indexed by Google, and can surface in AI answers long after publication. That is the core of the value — a press release has a news cycle, a story has a shelf life.
Yes. Paid placements are clearly disclosed in line with our advertiser disclosure, and links to your website are tagged as sponsored. That is both an FTC requirement and Google's guideline for paid placements — and it is what keeps the publication trustworthy for the readers you want reaching.
Your press release or announcement as a document, high-resolution images you own or have rights to publish, and a link to your website or reservations page. That is usually everything. If something is missing we will ask. Haven't written the announcement yet? Use our free press release templates, or grade the release you have.
We write the story from what you send, and we will ask if something needs clarifying. We do not publish claims we cannot support, and superlatives that cannot be substantiated may be reframed.
Openings and reopenings, renovations and new suites, a new executive chef or menu, awards and recognitions, spa and wellness programmes, bar and beverage launches, seasonal packages and events, and sustainability initiatives.
Yes — this page covers hotels, resorts and restaurants, but we publish across the whole travel industry. See travel press release distribution for airlines, cruise lines, tourism boards, attractions, tour operators, wineries, spas and travel technology.
Yes, and many do. The three and five story packages are built for agencies and hotel groups managing several properties. Stories can be used across different clients or properties within the same account.
5 Reasons to Visit® is an independent travel publication covering the world's best hotels, chef-driven restaurants and destinations — read by millions of travelers a year. Your story will sit alongside our editorial, not in a press release archive.
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Browse our hotel & resort coverage and chef-driven restaurant coverage to see the company your story will keep.
