Tourism & Hospitality
BBN Labs helps tourism businesses get found, booked and reviewed. That means direct online booking, websites built around seasons and itineraries, and photography that does your location justice. Review systems keep working while you host. Projects are checked for tourism and digital adoption programs across Canada, from federal streams to regional initiatives. Program rules and intake timing always apply.
Pain points
What tourism business owners tell us
The season is short and unforgiving
A few peak months carry the whole year. Every empty room, tour spot or tasting slot in season is revenue that cannot be made up later.
Platform commissions on every booking
Booking platforms bring discovery but take a cut of each reservation. Without a direct booking path, there is no way to grow the share you keep.
The decision is made before arrival
Visitors compare options online long before they travel. Dated photos or a clunky website lose them to the next listing.
Reviews pile up exactly when you are busiest
Peak season generates the most reviews and questions across Google and travel platforms. That is precisely when nobody has a spare minute to respond.
Upgrade paths
Where to start, in order
- 01
Win the booking before they arrive
Photography that does the place justice, a website built around seasons and itineraries, and visibility where trip planning actually happens.
- 02
Grow the share you keep
Direct booking on your own site, supported by tourism-specific digital tools, shifts reservations away from commission-heavy platforms over time.
- 03
Keep reputation working in peak season
Review systems that run themselves during your busiest weeks, plus repeat-visitor follow-up that helps fill the shoulder season.
Funding categories
Programs that may relate
Tourism and regional development programs tend to run in defined intakes. They may support digital or experience projects, subject to program rules and available funding. We track status and link each potential match to its official source.
117 verified programs across Canada may apply to a tourism business right now. Here are examples from different provinces — check your funding fit to see the ones your province offers.
Starter Company Plus
Up to $5,000
Starter Company Plus pairs a grant of up to $5,000 with hands-on training and one-on-one guidance from your local Small Business Enterprise Centre.
Checked 4 days ago
Support for Entrepreneurs and Economic Development (SEED) — Entrepreneur Support
Up to $25,000
This territorial program helps NWT entrepreneurs fund start-ups, expansion, and market development.
Checked 4 days ago
Support for Entrepreneurs and Economic Development (SEED) — Strategic Investments
Up to $75,000
This program helps Northwest Territories businesses make large strategic investments that boost local employment and economic activity.
Checked 4 days ago
Economic Development Fund — Tier 1
Up to $30,000
This territorial program helps Yukon businesses and communities build long-term economic strength.
Checked 4 days ago
Small Business Assistance
Up to $2,500
Boost your productivity and competitiveness by accessing expert strategic planning or launching your first-year marketing campaign.
Checked 4 days ago
Strategic Investments Program — Nunavut Business Investment Fund
Up to $250,000
The Nunavut Business Investment Fund helps local owners grow through the Strategic Investments Program.
Checked last week
New tourism business funding, straight to your inbox
Programs for businesses like yours open and close all year. One short email when something worth your time changes, and nothing else.
Solutions
Built for tourism businesses
Tourism & Hospitality Digitization
Booking-ready websites, multilingual visitor info, itineraries, kiosks and media for operators and attractions.
Online Ordering, Booking & Reservations
Ordering links that skip the big delivery-app fees, plus table reservations and appointment booking wired into your site and Google.
Business Websites
Fast, search-ready websites your customers can actually use. Built, hosted and maintained by one accountable team.
Photography, Video & Drone Media
Food, product, storefront and aerial media that makes everything else work harder: site, menus, ads, signage.
Reviews, QR & NFC Tools
Review cards, NFC stands and QR systems that make happy customers act. Private feedback routes to you first.
Packages
Bundles that fit
Website & E-commerce Growth Package
A website that earns its keep: found locally and easy to buy from.
Details →Reputation & Loyalty Package
More and better reviews, and customers who come back on purpose.
Details →Staff Training & Adoption Package
Technology your team actually uses, with hands-on training and follow-up support.
Details →Where you are
Funding and upgrades in your province
Free tool · 1 minute
Is Your Website Making You Money?
Five quick questions about your website, online ordering, Google presence and mobile experience. See where you're quietly losing customers, and the funding that may help fix it. About 1 minute.
Frequently asked questions
Can we cut our dependence on booking platforms and their commissions?
You can usually shift a meaningful share of bookings to your own site over time, though platforms remain useful for discovery. The pattern that works: a fast booking engine on your own website, better photography than your platform listing, review follow-up that links to direct booking, and repeat-guest email. We will be honest about how quickly that shift tends to happen for an operation your size.
What tourism funding exists in Canada right now?
Tourism programs tend to run in defined intakes through provincial bodies, regional tourism organizations and federal agencies, and they open and close frequently. Some support digital projects, others experience development or capital work. Rather than quoting a list that may be stale next month, we check your project for what is currently open and link every match to its official source so you can verify status yourself.
Our season is short. When is the right time to do this work?
The off-season, almost always. Websites, booking systems, photography planning and review systems should be live and tested before your first peak weekend. Launching during it is too late. A typical pattern is scoping in the late fall, building through winter, and going into the season with everything running. Photography of peak-season experiences gets scheduled during the season itself for use the following year.
Upgrade your tourism business
Tell us about your business and project. You get a practical plan, a clear quote, and an honest read on which programs may help pay. It's all free, with nothing to lose.
Free No obligation About 2 minutes
Subject to program rules, available funding, and approval. Final decisions are made solely by each program administrator.