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HipMaps Custom Maps for Winery | Yamhill Carlton AVA with app

Creating Community: How Wineries Use HipMaps to Build Each Other Up

A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats! The wine industry is made stronger with collaboration, and we love seeing how winery associations – both formal and informal – support each other to create wins for everyone. From Oregon’s Yamhill-Carlton AVA members to Sonoma Valley’s family-owned Little Vineyards sending tasters deeper into

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CruiseTech IQ and HipMaps Announce Strategic Partnership

CruiseTech IQ and HipMaps Announce Strategic Partnership

CruiseTech IQ and HipMaps Announce Strategic Partnership to Transform Corporate Meetings with Seamless Attendee Engagement and Navigation CruiseTech IQ, a leader in cruise conference management solutions, and HipMaps, the innovative provider of personalized digital and printable maps for meetings and events, are thrilled to announce a groundbreaking strategic partnership. This

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Rachel of HipMaps at Connect Conference Trade Show Booth

Top Ten Tips For Staying Healthy At Conferences

I no longer get sick after exhibiting at or attending conferences and trade shows! What the what?!? Yup, it’s true. Here are my top ten tips for staying healthy at multi-day huge gatherings where you are ON all day and into the night, sleep deprived, and stressing out your body

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The Park Fire as if it were burning in Chicago.

Maps Use Perspective To Increase Empathy

One of our core passions is to use maps to increase empathy via their ability to provide perspective. Maps are powerful tools that provide a visual understanding of different environments, adding a deeper understanding to the impersonal data – which leads to a deeper connection to an otherwise unfamiliar place.

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HipMaps Named Finalist For 2024 Skift IDEA Award

HipMaps Named Finalist For 2024 Skift IDEA Award

Selected from more than 350 submissions across five criteria groups, HipMaps has been named a 2024 Skift IDEA Award Finalist in the Creative Design category. As the smallest organization among the six finalists, HipMaps joins the ranks of prestigious names such as New York City Tourism + Conventions, Las Vegas

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Who's Chilling on the same Latitude | 0 degrees | HipMaps

Who’s Chillin’ on the Same Latitude?

Just because the latitude is the same sure doesn’t mean the climate is the same – and we’re guessing you are going to be really surprised by this map series! Think most of Europe is at the same latitude as most of the USA? Think again my friends…welcome to our

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HipMaps Announces New App Feature

HipMaps Announces New App Feature

You shared your feedback — and HipMaps has listened! “I’ve gotten a variety of suggestions on how we could improve our app since we launched back in June 2021,” said Rachel LeRoy, founder and CEO of HipMaps. “Consistently we got requests to add a way to access more information about the businesses

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Biz Bash Award Winner HipMaps - White Background

HipMaps Receives BizBash Event Experience Award

Out of 500 submissions across more than 70 categories, HipMaps has been named a 2023 BizBash Event Experience Award (EEA) winner in the Best New Event Product/Service category. “Growing up, I always loved maps — and eventually found myself wanting to take the leap and create a business around them,” said Rachel LeRoy,

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HipMaps Custom Maps for Wineries - Wedding

10 Things To Include On Your Wedding Map

Top 10 Things To Put On Your Wedding Map Would you like to provide your guests with a stellar experience at your wedding? Giving them a personalized wedding map will make you their hero! A custom wedding map will save your guests time, eliminate the overwhelming nature of too many

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Using maps to increase empathy | HipMaps

Using Maps To Increase Connection And Empathy

Can something static like a map help increase our empathetic connection with people we do not know and places we have never been? Allow me to jump directly to the answer: heck yes it can! Perspective: Maps Increase Empathy In this age of digital maps, where we can virtually travel

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