First agency certified by Google for Business View

Google Maps Business View is a logical extension of Google Street View - a service that most of us are familiar with through images of building facades and camera vehicles. Business View goes one step further and looks behind the façade. Retailers, freelancers, restaurateurs and hoteliers can use Google-trained photographers to take a look behind the scenes. Google.cityguide.com to make their interiors virtually accessible and record them with special 360-degree camera technology. These panoramic tours then appear in the business entry in Google Maps, in Google+ and, if linked accordingly, often also as a search result in Google. The image material is also included in the Cityguide apps.

"I was delighted when we received our certificate from Google," said Matthias Kant, CEO of Cityguide, in a statement. The agency is best known for its regional city guide apps in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. "We create professional panoramic tours that are designed to whet customers' appetite for a visit online - and which can also be used to provide information about seasonal news," explains Kant. "Only experts specially trained by Google are qualified to do this." Thanks to its dense network of employees throughout Switzerland, Cityguide is able to serve customers quickly, reliably and with consistent quality. This means that many business locations, entire towns and regions can be photographed from the inside within a short space of time. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words.