Location of Mountain Lake on WN Web site
Sep 3, 2017, 11:26 pm
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Location of Mountain Lake on WN Web site
Title says the question. Does anyone know the location of this WN website shot.
Thanks - Jimmy
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/attac...1&d=1504502684
Thanks - Jimmy
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/attac...1&d=1504502684
Sep 4, 2017, 8:03 am
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Emerald Lake at Yoho National Park in British Columbia Canada
Taken by Glowing Earth Photography via Getty Images.
Found this info by using Google's reverse image search, which led me to an article on Huffington Post that had a photo credit. From there I went to Getty's site to find the source. Nifty tool, that is.
Taken by Glowing Earth Photography via Getty Images.
Found this info by using Google's reverse image search, which led me to an article on Huffington Post that had a photo credit. From there I went to Getty's site to find the source. Nifty tool, that is.
Sep 4, 2017, 11:02 am
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Emerald Lake at Yoho National Park in British Columbia Canada
Taken by Glowing Earth Photography via Getty Images.
Found this info by using Google's reverse image search, which led me to an article on Huffington Post that had a photo credit. From there I went to Getty's site to find the source. Nifty tool, that is.
Taken by Glowing Earth Photography via Getty Images.
Found this info by using Google's reverse image search, which led me to an article on Huffington Post that had a photo credit. From there I went to Getty's site to find the source. Nifty tool, that is.
Sep 4, 2017, 11:07 am
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Sep 4, 2017, 4:31 pm
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Emerald Lake at Yoho National Park in British Columbia Canada
Taken by Glowing Earth Photography via Getty Images.
Found this info by using Google's reverse image search, which led me to an article on Huffington Post that had a photo credit. From there I went to Getty's site to find the source. Nifty tool, that is.
Taken by Glowing Earth Photography via Getty Images.
Found this info by using Google's reverse image search, which led me to an article on Huffington Post that had a photo credit. From there I went to Getty's site to find the source. Nifty tool, that is.
It's a beautiful pic, but very misleading advertising.
Sep 4, 2017, 6:20 pm
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Did the google image search myself and found at least one other company using the same image on their website: American First Credit Union, all three branches in Southern California!
It's a beautiful pic, but very misleading advertising.
It's a beautiful pic, but very misleading advertising.
Sep 4, 2017, 6:31 pm
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Using a picture from a place that Southwest doesn't fly to at all (and nowhere near)! It implies that people can fly there using Southwest, but oh no, they can't, they have to use a different airline.
In case you're not familiar with it, Yoho National Park in BC is actually much more accessible from Calgary, as it adjacn to Alberta's Banff National Park, than it is from Vancouver or anywhere Southwest flies in Washington state. The closest US airport might be Billing MT, but oh no, Southwest doesn't fly there either!
Since they're an airline, shouldn't Southwest use pictures from places you can get to flying Southwest???
What are they going to do next, randomly put up pictures of the Taj Mahal or the Great Wall???
In case you're not familiar with it, Yoho National Park in BC is actually much more accessible from Calgary, as it adjacn to Alberta's Banff National Park, than it is from Vancouver or anywhere Southwest flies in Washington state. The closest US airport might be Billing MT, but oh no, Southwest doesn't fly there either!
Since they're an airline, shouldn't Southwest use pictures from places you can get to flying Southwest???
What are they going to do next, randomly put up pictures of the Taj Mahal or the Great Wall???
Last edited by sdsearch; Sep 4, 2017 at 6:36 pm
Sep 4, 2017, 7:09 pm
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Using a picture from a place that Southwest doesn't fly to at all (and nowhere near)! It implies that people can fly there using Southwest, but oh no, they can't, they have to use a different airline.
In case you're not familiar with it, Yoho National Park in BC is actually much more accessible from Calgary, as it adjacn to Alberta's Banff National Park, than it is from Vancouver or anywhere Southwest flies in Washington state. The closest US airport might be Billing MT, but oh no, Southwest doesn't fly there either!
Since they're an airline, shouldn't Southwest use pictures from places you can get to flying Southwest???
What are they going to do next, randomly put up pictures of the Taj Mahal or the Great Wall???
In case you're not familiar with it, Yoho National Park in BC is actually much more accessible from Calgary, as it adjacn to Alberta's Banff National Park, than it is from Vancouver or anywhere Southwest flies in Washington state. The closest US airport might be Billing MT, but oh no, Southwest doesn't fly there either!
Since they're an airline, shouldn't Southwest use pictures from places you can get to flying Southwest???
What are they going to do next, randomly put up pictures of the Taj Mahal or the Great Wall???
I guess when you see a car commercial with someone driving on a closed road you assume you can drive the same way? Maybe they should add a "We Don't Fly Here" disclaimer. Let's hope Southwest never uses an image of the ☀️.
Sep 4, 2017, 8:57 pm
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Regardless, your analogy doesn't apply here.
A travel company -- say, an airline -- is selling travel. Travel implies a destination. It's odd (and misleading) to show photos of destinations if those locations aren't actually served by that travel company.
This is pretty obvious, really. I'm surprised anyone wouldn't get this.
Sep 4, 2017, 11:24 pm
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You do realize there are disclaimers at the bottom, that tell you it's a closed road and a professional driver, for this specific reason, right?
Regardless, your analogy doesn't apply here.
A travel company -- say, an airline -- is selling travel. Travel implies a destination. It's odd (and misleading) to show photos of destinations if those locations aren't actually served by that travel company.
This is pretty obvious, really. I'm surprised anyone wouldn't get this.
Regardless, your analogy doesn't apply here.
A travel company -- say, an airline -- is selling travel. Travel implies a destination. It's odd (and misleading) to show photos of destinations if those locations aren't actually served by that travel company.
This is pretty obvious, really. I'm surprised anyone wouldn't get this.
Last edited by NextTrip; Sep 5, 2017 at 12:02 am
Sep 5, 2017, 6:25 am
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You do realize there are disclaimers at the bottom, that tell you it's a closed road and a professional driver, for this specific reason, right?
Regardless, your analogy doesn't apply here.
A travel company -- say, an airline -- is selling travel. Travel implies a destination. It's odd (and misleading) to show photos of destinations if those locations aren't actually served by that travel company.
This is pretty obvious, really. I'm surprised anyone wouldn't get this.
Regardless, your analogy doesn't apply here.
A travel company -- say, an airline -- is selling travel. Travel implies a destination. It's odd (and misleading) to show photos of destinations if those locations aren't actually served by that travel company.
This is pretty obvious, really. I'm surprised anyone wouldn't get this.
But you are right, they are a travel company, and they are willing to book a room for you at the lodge in the picture. Feel free to move about the country, even Canada.
https://www.southwesthotels.com/hote...dge.en-us.html
I took a trip about ten years ago flying into Jackson Hole and drove up through Yellowstone, Glacier National Park and even crossed over into Canada to visit this lodge after I saw a picture of it.
http://www.glacierparkinc.com/lodgin...f-wales-hotel/