Bubbles Don?t CountTM celebrates the joy of sparkling wine through unique experiences, storytelling, and education. Our Bubbles Bus offers boutique sparkling wine tours throughout the Okanagan, connecting guests with local wineries and their signature bubbles. Through our engaging blog, we share the stories, traditions, and fun behind every glass of fizz. Coming soon ? the Okanagan Sparkling Wine Selector, an online tool designed to help you discover your perfect local sparkling wine match.
Every great town has a story to tell, and local businesses are the heartbeat of that story. But for decades, the way we share those stories with visitors has been stuck in the past.
We built Smart Rack Cards? to change that. We provide a modern, digital platform designed explicitly for Community Builders?Chambers of Commerce, visitor centers, local media, and municipal leaders who are dedicated to driving local economic growth.
The Problem We Are Solving
For years, local discovery has relied on the wooden brochure rack. These paper racks are expensive to print, wasteful, impossible to update in real-time, and worst of all, they lock up at 6:00 PM when the visitor center closes.
When a family pulls into town late in the evening looking for a farm-to-table restaurant, a dog-friendly patio, or a local motel, an outdated piece of paper behind a locked glass door doesn't help them?and it doesn't help the local businesses that rely on their foot traffic.
The Platform for Community Builders
Smart Rack Cards? replaces the outdated paper brochure with the Digital Tourist Kiosk?.
Through a simple, co-branded QR window decal placed on visitor centers, hotel front desks, and local storefronts, we turn a community's entire business directory into a 24/7, smartphone-accessible digital hub.
We built this platform to give Community Builders a powerful new utility:
24/7 Visitor Servicing: Your town is always open for discovery, even after hours.
Eco-Friendly Innovation: Eliminate hundreds of pounds of wasted paper brochures every season.
Real-Time Economic Support: Local businesses can update their "Destination Deals" and hours instantly, driving immediate foot traffic to where it is needed most.
Data-Driven Impact: For the first time, community leaders can track exact scan analytics to prove the ROI of their tourism initiatives.
The Team Behind the Tech
Our foundation is built on a unique blend of deep corporate technology experience and a lifetime of real-world highway miles.
The concept was born out of the Destination Discovery Tour, a mission to map the heartbeat of local towns across North America. Our leadership brings decades of enterprise technology experience from the halls of NCR, combined with the practical knowledge gained from logging visits to over 1,600 towns and cities. We know what it takes to scale digital infrastructure, and we know exactly what it feels like to navigate a new town looking for a welcoming spot.
Of course, no road trip is complete without the right co-pilot. Our Chief Discovery Officer, Bugsy?a smooth-haired brindle dachshund with an exceptional talent for sniffing out the best local patios and travel spots?ensures that our platform never loses sight of the ground-level traveler experience.
Let's Build Together
Whether you are a Chamber of Commerce looking to digitize your visitor center, or a local news publisher wanting to bundle a modern digital directory for your advertisers, the Smart Rack Cards platform is built for you.
Tourism has gone digital. Discovery belongs in the visitor's pocket. Let's modernize your community together.
Penticton Visitor Centre is here to help you make the most of your stay. Call, e-mail or visit us in person. Whatever your preferred method of communication, if there is anything you need to know about Penticton & Wine Country, reach out to us! Who better than a local to provide travel tips, help book accommodations, give recommendations on places to eat or drink, or tell you about all the festivals and events taking place while you?re here.