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Tips, product updates and destination marketing insights for businesses, attractions and destinations.

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Business

Meet Mapzest: Devon Business Show 2026

Find Mapzest on Stand 94 at the Devon Business Show 2026 in Plymouth - see how one listing puts your business in front of visitors across app, web, kiosk and QR, and pick up your free Mapzest Connect QR code.
The Riviera Connect 2026 logo - The EXPO for Business, Hospitality & Tourism
Business

Meet Mapzest: Riviera Connect - The EXPO for Business, Tourism & Hospitality

Mapzest is exhibiting at Riviera Connect 2026 in Torquay. Come and meet the team, see the Mapzest Discovery Platform live, and find out how it helps businesses, attractions and events reach more visitors.
A branded Mapzest Connect QR code printed on merchandise
App

Get a Free QR Code for Your Business or Attraction

Every independent business and community organisation on Mapzest gets a free, branded QR code and Connect page - even before there's a map for your area.
The Mapzest Network across app, web, kiosk and QR touchpoints
Business

Introducing the Mapzest Network: More Ways to Reach Visitors

Mapzest is more than an app - it's a growing network of touchpoints across the visitor journey. Introducing the Mapzest Network, our advertising proposition for brands.
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App

Events are now Free!

Independent businesses and community organisations can now use Mapzest for free — including unlimited event listings!
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App

Need a hand? Chat to us directly in Mapzest

Unsure how to do something? Need a little help getting your listing set up? Or have a question about a Mapzest feature?
the crowd at Brixham Pirate Festival
Festivals

How Brixham Pirate Festival Used Mapzest to Turn a Festival Programme into a Digital Experience

How Brixham Pirate Festival used Mapzest to turn its printed programme into an interactive map, a personal itinerary for every visitor and a new sponsorship channel.
Mapzest App Version 2
App

Mapzest App Version 2 - Now Available

Mapzest v2 is now in your App Store. We’re super excited to launch this new version with it's slick new user interface and enhanced functionality
A plate of charcoal-grilled sardines with salad and bread, held harbour-side at the South West Sardine Festival
Festivals

How the South West Sardine Festival Used Mapzest to Turn One Harbour-Side Saturday Into a Full Digital Experience

How the South West Sardine Festival used Mapzest to guide visitors through nine hours of chefs, bands and sustainability talks at Brixham Harbour - and turned chefs, performers and sponsors into a social media campaign.
Whitewashed seaside cottage with blue doors overlooking a cove
Accommodation

Turning Guest Downtime Into Discovery

How hotels, cottages and holiday parks use Mapzest and simple in-room signage to turn a quiet check-in moment into visitors exploring - and spending - locally.
An elite stand-up paddleboard racer mid-stroke during the ICF SUP World Cup
Festivals

How the ICF SUP World Cup & Paddle UK SUPER Festival Used Mapzest to Guide a Five-Day Festival Across Two Venues

How the ICF SUP World Cup and Paddle UK SUPER Festival used Mapzest to guide elite athletes and the public through five days of racing, a festival village and a world record attempt on the English Riviera.