More visitors for your destination, more spending at your local businesses.
Trusted by destinations and cities
Why a destination gift card
A destination gift card turns every gift, promotion and stay into guaranteed spending at your partner businesses. Unlike an open-loop prepaid card that works anywhere, it lets visitors choose where to spend it (a restaurant, a hotel, a shop, an activity), always within your network.
With Hello
The challenge: It's hard to know where your tourists and visitors really come from.
Every card sold or distributed tells you where it came from and where it's spent. You see which markets bring you the most and target your next campaigns accordingly.
The challenge: Spending stays at a few big attractions.
Guide visitors beyond the top attractions and give every participating business its share of the spotlight.
The challenge: No way to prove the economic impact.
Real-time reports show spending by business, period and campaign. Share clear results with funders, partners and elected officials, and sharpen your marketing.
The challenge: Too much to manage for a small team.
Businesses accept the card on their existing terminals, and Hello’s Canadian team handles the rest.
One turnkey platform
Hello brings every part of your destination card program together, from distribution to visitors to spending at local businesses and real-time reporting.
Venue or merchant network
Every dollar is spent at the merchants you choose. Add new ones anytime, without touching their terminals.
Merchant network
Online & in-person sales
Open a branded online store in your colours, and sell at kiosks and service counters from the same platform. Every sale lands in one place, whatever the channel.
Gift Cards
Customized to match your look and feel, with a seamless user experience
Corporate purchases
Companies order cards in volume for employees and clients. Invoicing, production and delivery are built in and handled for you.
Corporate order
Invoice sent
Cardholder experience
Contactless, reloadable cards with an app to check balances, review transactions, view the PIN, lock the card and find participating merchants nearby.
Cardholder app
Available balance
$0.00
Management & reporting
Get real-time insights into the impact of your program. Track sales, redemption and merchant activity, and measure ROI with detailed dashboards and downloadable reports.
Program reporting
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Sold
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Redeemed
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Merchants
Promotions module
Reward a specific action with funds to spend at participating businesses, or invest a promotional budget that gives visitors extra value, with rules per channel: period, budget and limits.
Promotions module
From kickoff to launch in about six weeks.
We shape the card experience, rules and distribution model around your objectives.
We prepare your cards, onboard merchants, and configure portals for a seamless go-live.
Offer physical or digital cards through the channels that fit your audience.
See sales, distribution and usage data in one place to support better decisions.
Your reputation and ours depend on every customer interaction. We’re committed to getting it right.
A dedicated team answers your questions from design through growth.
One in-house team answers balance, transaction and replacement requests.
We onboard participating merchants and answer their questions, so acceptance stays high.
Testimonials
Aiming to create “a local currency” to support our homegrown businesses and encourage investment in our territory, our team partnered with Hello to create a campaign in the image of our tight-knit community. One year later, more than $95,000 has been injected into our local economy, thanks to a prepaid card bonus campaign and a serious mobilization of consumers! Hello's flexible platform, its proactive support team and an agile collaboration allowed us to create a financial solidarity movement that makes all the difference for our entrepreneurial community!
Ysabelle Duchesne
Commercial and Tourism Business Development Advisor, Commerce Tourisme Granby région
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FAQ
Tourism associations, destination marketing organizations, municipalities and business coalitions that want to attract visitors and keep their spending with local businesses.
Your gift card can be sold at tourism offices or partner locations, as well as through your own branded online store, included in the program.
No. The card is only accepted at businesses registered in your program (hotels, restaurants, attractions and shops), so visitor spending stays in your destination.
They sign up once with a simple online form. The card works on the payment terminals they already have, so there's no equipment to buy and no training needed.
Yes, bonus campaigns can be funded and tracked separately.
Yes. Access transaction data and buyer information to track your program's performance. You can also collect email addresses from buyers and cardholders who opt in to receive marketing communications from your organization when purchasing or activating a card.
