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TORONTO· TAMPA· MIAMI

We design
visual strategy
for luxury hotels

Owais Rafique Agency (ORA) is a luxury hospitality content and marketing agency producing hotel photography, cinematic brand films, and food and beverage storytelling for properties that aim to lead their market.

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OUR PHILOSOPHY

"We do not create content for volume. We create brand defining hospitality films and visuals for properties that aim to lead their market."

Owais Rafique

bespoke creative agency

TRUSTED BY

Ritz-Carlton Naples

Park Hyatt

St. Regis Toronto

Canopy by Hilton

W Toronto

Delta Toronto

Ritz-Carlton Tiburón

The Hazelton Hotel

WHO WE ARE

A bespoke agency built
for luxury hospitality

We are a luxury hospitality content and marketing agency specialising in hotel photography, cinematic videography, food and beverage storytelling, and brand films. We partner with high-end hospitality brands to create strategic visual ecosystems that elevate positioning, increase guest engagement, and support booking conversion.

Owais Rafique brings a Hotel Management credential from George Brown College alongside 15 years of experience working with luxury hotel brands across Canada and the United States. That background shapes everything and how we approach a brief, how we work on property, and what we deliver.

We do not simply capture visuals. We design visual strategy for luxury hospitality brands.

YEARS IN HOSPITALITY

Top 10

15+

TORONTO FOOD PHOTOGRAPHER

3

ACTIVE MARKETS

WHAT WE PRODUCE

Photography, film
and strategic content

Each production is aligned with brand pillars, guest personas, ADR positioning, and long term marketing objectives. Luxury hospitality requires both powerful photography and immersive video storytelling. We deliver both.

Luxury Hotel Photography

Photography

Architectural, room, lifestyle and experiential hotel photography produced to brand standard level. From OTA listing to campaign hero imagery. Every frame is intentional.

Cinematic Brand Films

FILM

Full-production hotel brand films for websites, opening campaigns, and long form storytelling. Shot to a cinematic standard that communicates the experience of your property before a guest arrives.

F&B Storytelling

Food and beverage

Food photography, cocktail photography, and F&B videography created for luxury hotel and restaurants, rooftop bars, fine dining programs, and curated culinary experiences.

Social and Short-Form Content

Social

Social-first short form video content and photography built for Instagram and digital platforms. Formatted and delivered as complete visual libraries for immediate use across all channels.

Hotel Launch Content

openings

Pre-opening photography libraries, brand-defining hotel launch films, executive and culinary storytelling, and social media rollout campaigns. We serve as a strategic content partner, not a one-day production vendor.

Monthly Content Partnerships

retainer

Long-term retainers with priority scheduling, monthly strategy sessions, and consistent visual output across every platform. Most of our hotel clients work with us on an ongoing basis.

SPECIALITY

Hotel and resort
opening content

A hotel opening is one of the highest-stakes content moments a property will ever have. The photography and films produced before and during an opening set the visual standard for everything that follows. ORA serves as a long-term content and production partner for new hotel developments and rebranding initiatives.

I         FOUNDATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY LIBRARIES

II        BRAND-DEFINING HOTEL LAUNCH FILMS

III       EXECUTIVE AND CULINARY STORYTELLING

IV      F&B INTRODUCTION CONTENT

V       SOCIAL MEDIA ROLLOUT CAMPAIGNS

Ritz-Carlton 
Naples & Tiburón

FEATURED FLORIDA CLIENT

CLIENT

Ritz-Carlton Naples

LOCATION

SCOPE

PROPERTIES

Naples, Florida

Photography

Cinematography

Social content

Beach

Tiburon

We produced brand content for the restaurants across both Naples properties, capturing the culinary identity of three distinct dining venues for social media, OTA channels, and brand marketing. The work has since been published in Naples Daily News and the restaurants were named in USA Today's 10Best hotel restaurants list.

TORONTO PORTFOLIO

Proven at the
brand-standard level

Before establishing in Tampa Bay, Owais spent over a decade producing content for luxury hotel brands in Toronto. That experience is the foundation every new Florida client inherits.

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TORONTO CANADA

W Toronto

PHOTOGRAPHY

CONTENT CREATION

Louix Louix restaurant

TORONTO CANADA

St. Regis Toronto

PHOTOGRAPHY

VIDEOGRAPHY

CONTENT CREATION

WHO WE WORK WITH

We work directly with
the decision-maker

ORA works exclusively with luxury and upper-upscale hotels and restaurants where brand standards are not optional. We work directly with the person who owns the brief. No account managers, no layers of approval. That means faster turnarounds, fewer revisions, and content that reflects what the property actually stands for.

  • Director of Sales & Marketing

  • General Manager

  • Marketing Manager

  • Food and Beverage Director

  • Brand and Communications Manager

  • Task Force

  • Pre-Opening and Development Teams
     

MARKETS SERVED

Tampa Bay

Naples

Miami

Sarasota

Toronto

 

ACTIVE
ACTIVE
ACCEPTING CLIENTS
ACCEPTING CLIENTS
ACCEPTING CLIENTS

PUBLISHED IN

Coverage that speaks
for the work

Media assets for the opening of Akira Beck's new restaurant

Bocuse d'Or

Official media agency for Team Canada 2023 - 2025

Peerspace

Top 10 Food Photographers in Toronto

National broadcast food and lifestyle blog

CBC LIFE

BOOK A DISCOVERY CALL

Let's look at your
visual presence together

Before we talk about working together, we want to understand where you are right now. In a 30-minute discovery call, we review your current content, talk through what your property needs for the next quarter, and give you an honest assessment of whether ORA is the right fit. No pitch deck. No obligation.

Confirmed within 24 hours · Monday through Friday

Available to Directors of Marketing, General Managers, and Food and Beverage Directors
at luxury hotels and resorts in Tampa Bay, Miami, and Toronto

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