Brechenmacher & Baumann : luxury holidays for BARCELO HOTELS & RESORTS, awards for the KUONI TRAVEL AG annual report

Claus Brechenmacher and Reiner Baumann realised two new productions for their long term client BARCELO HOTELS & RESORTS.

The first series promotes the new Family Deluxe Junior Suites on Bávaro Beach, in the Dominican Republic. The second features the new Lifestyle Hotel in Los Cabos, Mexico. Christine Bierhals styled both shoots. Hair and make-up artist Maria Mutz worked her talents on the Dom Rep shoot and Lisi Lechner provided the skills for the Mexican shoot.

They also realised photographs for the KUONI TRAVEL AG, Zurich business report, including corporate portraits.

Work by both photographers that accompanies the new brand report includes a series on a KUONI sponsored expedition from the source of the Ganges in the Himalayas to its mouth at the Bay of Bengal.

They also present an editorial on the colour philosophy of the new Kuoni brand, based on the latest campaign motifs.

Last year’s KUONI annual report was already an all-round success. The Büroecco-agency-designed report won the BCP-Award, the iF-Award for Communications Design and the Red Dot Award. It also secured first place in the overall rating of Switzerland’s leading finance magazine, BILANZ.

An extract from the laudation: ‘…The reader sees aesthetic photos of faraway landscapes, bold colours, foreign cultures. They are overwhelmed by a sense of wanderlust and dreams. When viewing the photos, they can almost feel the wind softly move the rolls of material; they can smell the exotic fragrance of Asia; hear the unmistakable sounds of the African wilderness – in short: they are transported to another world and can feel the overpowering desire for a perfect moment. Here and now…’