Visitor Information
Aug 6, 2026·HootBoard
Do Not Replace the Screens: Modernizing the Kiosks, Signage, and Video Walls You Already Own
Your screens are probably fine. What ages is the software behind the glass. How destinations modernize existing kiosks, signage, and video walls with a software-only upgrade: what qualifies, what migration involves, and when hardware truly is the problem.
Aug 6, 2026·HootBoard
7 Signs Your Visitor Kiosk Needs Replacing (and One Reason It Might Not)
Stale content, climbing renewals, visitors who touch once and walk away: the seven signs your visitor information technology is due for a change, and the one expensive part of your setup that probably is not the problem.
Jul 30, 2026·HootBoard
Kiosk Funding Ideas for 2026: 12 Ways Organizations Pay for Interactive Kiosks
Twelve real ways destinations, municipalities, main streets, and museums fund interactive kiosks in 2026: grants, advertising revenue, sponsorships, lodging taxes, crowdfunding matches, and the budget move that skips funding entirely.
Jul 27, 2026·HootBoard
Tourism Grant Deadlines DMOs Should Watch in August and September 2026
The late-summer grant cluster is here. Federal, state, and corporate tourism funding windows closing in August and September 2026, verified dates, award ranges, and what qualifies.
Jul 27, 2026·HootBoard
How to Fund a Visitor Information Kiosk: A 2026 Guide for DMOs
Real grant money exists for visitor kiosks and destination technology. A practical guide to the five funding sources, with named programs, award ranges, and application tips for DMOs.
Jun 24, 2026·HootBoard
HootBoard Wayfinding: get anyone to any door — building or campus
Campus wayfinding turns any HootBoard kiosk into a guide that gets visitors to the right door — in a hospital, courthouse, corporate campus, hotel or university. Visitors follow step-by-step directions to any room, indoors and across the grounds, while your team maps it once and keeps it current.
Jun 4, 2026·HootBoard
HootBoard CityGuide: visitor wayfinding & local guide that visitors love, that's just as easy to run
HootBoard CityGuide turns any kiosk into a local guide visitors actually use — and it's as easy to run as it is to browse. Build and curate from one dashboard, organize places into neighborhoods, craft curated itineraries, and let visitors build a trip to take on their phone.
Feb 26, 2026·Satya Shahade
How DMOs Can Capitalize on America's 250th Anniversary with Interactive Kiosks and Smart Visitor Engagement
America's 250th birthday is arriving in 2026, and destination marketing organizations have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to capture unprecedented visitor interest, drive tourism revenue, and establish their cities as essential stops on the Semiquincentennial celebration trail. With projections estimating over 200 million domestic travelers engaging with America 250 programming across all 50 states, DMOs that deploy […]
Feb 25, 2026·Satya Shahade
How DMOs Can Capitalize on FIFA World Cup 2026: Interactive Kiosks, Multilingual Visitor Engagement, and Sports Tourism Infrastructure Strategy
The FIFA World Cup is returning to North America for the first time since 1994, and the 2026 tournament—hosted across 16 cities in the United States, Mexico, and Canada—represents the single largest sports tourism opportunity in a generation. With an estimated 5 million international visitors and tens of millions of domestic travelers expected between June […]
Dec 5, 2025·Satya Shahade
How AI-Driven Kiosks Will Redefine Hyper-Personalized Travel in the Next Decade
For more than a decade, the travel and hospitality sectors have invested heavily in personalization. Yet despite sophisticated CRM systems, loyalty programs, and predictive analytics, the on-ground travel experience remains strikingly generic. Industry reports repeatedly highlight the same themes: Travelers feel overwhelmed during planning. Destination apps suffer from low adoption. Hotels lack real-time guest intelligence. […]