  By using a Regge-pole model for vector meson production (VMP), that
successfully describes the HERA data, we analyze the connection of VMP cross
sections in photon-induced reactions at HERA with those in ultra-peripheral
collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The role of the low-energy
behaviour of VMP cross sections in {\gamma}p collisions is scrutinized.
