give travellers a reason to go beyond the familiar

Creative platforms, campaigns, film and AI search for tourism boards, destinations and DMCs. Made by people with decades inside travel.

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Free, no obligation. One place, season or experience, seen the way a traveller sees it.

The road into El Chaltén, with Mount Fitz Roy ahead

Trusted by leading agencies

  • Omnicom
  • Publicis Groupe
  • UM
  • Initiative
  • Digitas
  • Influential

a remote creative team that never clocks out, with decades inside the travel industry. we build big creative platforms that tourism boards, partners and DMCs can build on for years.

  • 4

    time zones

    New York, Buenos Aires, London and Sydney.

  • 24/7

    creativity

    Someone on the team is always working on your brief.

  • 40+

    years in travel

    We’ve given our working lives to travel, and we know the people who make it happen.

  • 15+

    countries on the ground

    Crews and local partners where your travellers are going.

every destination promises the same thing.

Hidden gems, authentic experiences, something for everyone. Travellers have heard it, creators and AI repeat it, and every campaign has to prove what it brought in.

  • proving the return

    Funders want visitor spend and bed nights, not reach. Every campaign has to show what it brought in.

  • many partners, one message

    Regions, airlines, hotels and the ministry all need to sign off, and each one wants to be in the picture.

  • the wrong places, the wrong months

    The same few places overflow in August while whole regions sit quiet for the rest of the year.

  • a market that keeps moving

    Travellers take their ideas from creators and AI answers now, and both keep sending people to the places they already know.

Platforms · film · campaigns · AI search

from the first search to the booked trip.

For tourism boards, destinations and DMCs. Everything we make works in one of three places: where travellers find you, what makes them want to go, and the moment they choose.

  1. A traveller photographing a mountain lake on their phone, the place on screen and in front of them

    (01)found

    Help travellers discover more of what you offer.

    We look at the questions your visitors ask and how search and AI describe your destination, in the languages of your priority markets.

    • AI search
    • Discovery review
    • Website design
    • Planning pages
    • Copywriting
    • Language versions
  2. An elder Maasai woman in a red shúkà and beaded earrings

    (02)felt

    Give people a reason to want to be there.

    We find the people and moments that make your destination worth the trip, and film them properly. Fewer, better stories, not another highlight reel.

    • Creative platforms
    • Brand films
    • Photography
    • Long-form stories
    • Social cuts
    • Story capture for partners
  3. A swimmer reaching out beside a whale shark

    (03)chosen

    Make the unfamiliar easier to explore.

    When should someone go? How do they get there? We connect the story to the practical detail that helps them plan, on your site and through the partners who sell you.

    • Itineraries
    • Campaign pages
    • Partner toolkits
    • Trade and operator decks
    • Seasonal campaigns
    • Event and festival kits

campaigns end. big ideas don’t.

A campaign lasts a season. A platform gives every market, partner and operator the same story to tell for years, and every new piece adds to it.

  • We know what a big idea looks like.

    Global agencies bring us in to make the films that win their pitches and awards, including Cannes Lions winners.

  • We know how travel is sold.

    Decades inside the industry, from operators to destinations, so the idea works for the people who sell it.

What you get

A campaign gives you a launch. A platform gives you all of this.

  1. Before launch

    the idea

    • The big idea and the line
    • The story, told by the people who live it
    • The look, the tone and the photography
    • Guidelines your partners can pick up and use
  2. Launch

    the campaign

    • A hero film and the launch campaign
    • Pages on your site that answer what travellers ask
    • Social cuts and creator content
  3. Year one

    the roll-out

    • Versions for each priority market, in their language
    • Partner and operator toolkits
    • Trade decks and itineraries built on the idea
  4. Every year after

    the years after

    • Seasonal campaigns on the same idea
    • New stories for new markets and events
    • A film and photo library that keeps growing

AI is the new travel agent.
is it recommending you?

Travellers now ask AI where to go. It answers with whatever is written about you online: your site, your partners’ listings, reviews and the press.

AI search alerts

  1. Skift

    Tourism Ireland says its own content now shapes about a fifth of AI answers about Ireland as a destination. Read ↗

  2. Tourism AI Network

    ChatGPT made nearly two million requests to tourism board websites in eight days to answer travellers. Read ↗

  3. Phocuswright

    56% of travellers used AI for at least one trip in the past year, up from 43% in late 2025. Read ↗

  4. The New Daily

    An AI-written travel blog invented hot springs in Tasmania. Tourists turned up looking for them. Read ↗

  5. Sojern

    51% of tourism boards say they are worried about, or already preparing for, AI changing how people search. Read ↗

We find out what AI tells your travellers.

We ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Google what travellers in each of your source markets ask, in their own languages. Then we fix what’s missing on your site and your partners’ pages, and check again.

  • Questions from each of your source markets, in their language
  • Every answer saved with its date and source
  • Whether AI names you, and the local operators who sell you

Our AI and search partners include former Google engineers.

No one can buy a place in an AI answer. We make the truth about your destination easy to find.

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work we’re proud of.

Travel first: a destination platform for Venezuela, and films made for the love of travel. Then the pitch films and brands we make for the agencies behind the world’s biggest names.

The VENEZUELA logomark over Mount Roraima: Ven. It’s in our name.

A Lento concept · Venezuela

Ven. It’s in our name.

Ven means “come”. It’s how Venezuelans invite you home, and it’s already in the country’s name. We built a destination platform on that one word, for travellers, tour operators and every market, told by real Venezuelans. The case study walks through the identity, the campaign in four cities, voice notes from home and the trip itself.

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Private page: type the password in when it asks.

Ven conmigo.Ven a pescar.Ven a comer.Ven a casa.
One word, a line for every experience.A speculative concept by Lento, not commissioned by any Venezuelan authority.

made for the love of travel.

The cliffs of Mount Roraima, Venezuela, rising out of the cloudsIn production

Brand film · in production

Discover South America

“Travel far. Live closer.”

A two-minute film about the people who make a trip, from an asado in Mendoza to a street party in Brazil.

The cliffs of Mount Roraima, Venezuela, rising out of the cloudsIn production

Brand film · in production

Discover South America

“Travel far. Live closer.”

A two-minute film about the people who make a trip, from an asado in Mendoza to a street party in Brazil.

Directed by Andrés Anaya

Isla Margarita, Venezuela

“Yo amo esta isla”

Isla Margarita, told through the people who live there.

Campaign · spec work

Airbnb Connections

“Belonging starts with hello.”

A campaign for Airbnb’s feature that keeps solo travellers in touch with the people they meet, cut entirely from footage shot by strangers. Spec work.

  • Isla Margarita, Venezuela

    “Yo amo esta isla”Directed by Andrés Anaya

  • Airbnb Connections

    “Belonging starts with hello.”Campaign · spec work

beyond travel.

Pitch films for the agencies behind the world’s biggest brands, and brands we built from scratch for founders.

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Fishermen hauling the catch together on Isla Margarita

Lento studio

how would you shoot my destination?

Video is everything in travel, so it’s always the first question. One director shapes the idea, runs the shoot and finishes the cut.

AI speeds up our research and early concepts. The rest stays human, because travel is about people and feeling, and every frame of your destination is real.

  • Crews where you are

    We have crews we trust in most of the places our clients are. If someone needs to fly in, we’ll tell you why and what it costs first.

  • Sketched by hand

    We storyboard by hand before we pick up a camera, and can show a trail or visitor centre that isn’t built yet in 3D.

  • Real places, real people

    We plan around markets, festivals and the working day. Anyone on camera signs a release on the day.

  • One person, start to finish

    The same person on the first call, the shoot and the final edit.

one shoot. months of content.

Every scene is planned to build a library your team and partners can use long after launch: campaigns, social, your site and the trade.

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  1. 1Discover

    The place, the people and the story worth telling.

    • Calls with your team and partners
    • Market research
    • Story angles

    You get: A clear brief, and the story we’re going to tell.

  2. 2Plan

    A shot list built backwards from every channel and market.

    • Shot list by channel and market
    • Local guides and hosts
    • Access and permits

    You get: A shot list, schedule and crew plan, agreed before anyone travels.

  3. 3Capture

    A small crew with local guides and hosts. Places as they are, never staged.

    • Film and stills
    • Real people, never staged
    • Places as they are

    You get: Film and stills of the people and places travellers remember.

  4. 4Edit

    Films, reels and stills cut for each channel and language.

    • Hero film
    • Reels by market
    • Subtitles and languages

    You get: Ready-to-use edits for your site, social, campaigns and partners.

  5. 5Deliver

    An organised library, plus a partner pack for operators.

    • Organised library
    • Partner pack for operators
    • Handover call

    You get: A content library and partner pack to use all year.

What one shoot can give youFrames from Yo amo esta isla

  • 16:9 and 9:16

    Hero film

  • 9:16

    Evergreen reels

  • Stills library

    Campaign photography

  • 9:16

    Vertical shorts

  • Caption-safe

    Ad-ready frames

trusted when the work has to win.

“When the stakes are at their highest and there is zero margin for error, Lento is the only partner I trust. A secret weapon, which I selfishly hope stays a secret.”
Rob HerseyGlobal Chief Creative Officer, UM
“When I’m staring down a pitch deadline and need to turn strategy into creative visuals, they get it fast. They push back, suggest better angles, and make the work stronger.”
Rachel CoffeyChief Strategy Officer, Initiative UK
“They transcend the role of a production crew. They are invaluable problem-solving partners who consistently elevate our ideas for pitches and campaigns.”
Daisy GunnHead of Strategy, Digitas
01 / 03
  • Omnicom & Publicis

    The world’s two biggest advertising groups trust us with their biggest clients and pitches.

  • 2 × Cannes Lions

    Silver for Bupa Health with Initiative UK, and Bronze for NatWest.

  • 40+ years

    Inside the travel industry, from GM of Adventure World to MD of Venture Holidays.

senior people on every brief.

  • Tom Mackay

    Tom Mackay

    Founder & brand strategist

    Leads every client relationship. Has spent over a decade travelling and working with creatives worldwide.

  • Robert Mackay

    Robert Mackay

    Travel industry adviser

    40+ years in travel, incl. GM of Adventure World and MD of Venture Holidays.

  • Andrés Anaya

    Andrés Anaya

    Head of video

    Commercials, documentaries and award-winning case study films, including Cannes Lions entries.

  • Emilia Cerutti

    Emilia Cerutti

    Creative director

    Branding, web and digital, making sure the design works for the business.

  • Plus specialists for each brief:

    Local guides, producers and crews, and AI and search partners including former Google engineers.

your free destination opportunity review.

Bring us a place, experience or season you want more travellers to discover. We look at it the way a traveller would, and send you a short, shareable review with where we’d start.

  1. 01

    How travellers find you

    Your website, search results and a sample of real AI answers, saved with dates.

  2. 02

    Why they’d go

    What makes the place distinctive, who it suits, and which stories are missing.

  3. 03

    What helps them plan

    When to go, how to get there, and who sells it: the practical detail that turns interest into a trip.

  4. 04

    Where we’d start

    One clear recommendation, with the evidence behind it.

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  • Room for someone from marketing or partnerships
  • A written review on a date you pick
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