Press Releases

OCALA, FLA—Marion County, Florida, long known for its outdoors recreation opportunities as well as for being a global center for thoroughbred breeding and racing, has seen its proactive efforts to increase tourism pay off, bringing in a record $5.3 million in tourism tax revenue in the 2022-2023 fiscal year.  The Ocala/Marion County Visitors and Convention Bureau credits this growth to its recent initiatives, including the launch of the free OcalaMarion Travel Guide App, built [...]

Daruma Tech’s exceptional track record as a developer of high-impact, highly customized mobile loyalty apps stood out to Marion County decisionmakers. “The opportunity to create something genuine and authentic for the county has been important, and the process has been going great,” said Loretta Shaffer, director of tourism development for Marion County. BOCA RATON, FLORIDA—Software developer Daruma Tech, creator of award-winning mobile loyalty apps for the hospitality and tourism industries, is creating its most ambitious [...]

Following a string of new contracts for mobile loyalty apps for the craft beverage industry, Boca Raton, Florida-based software designer Daruma Tech has signed on to build an app for the Brewers Guild of Alaska. With the app, Alaska’s craft beer aficionados will be able to find breweries near them, see what’s on tap, and even plan and map their own personalized tours of selected breweries. In addition, they will be able to earn points towards [...]

Rhode Island Craft Beer Week, a festive statewide celebration of local breweries and beer organized by the Rhode Island Brewers Guild, proved to be a smashing success, drawing thousands of curious craft beer lovers to special promotions, tastings, contests, concerts, and more at the guild’s 36 member breweries as well as at participating restaurants, bars, and liquor stores. Contributing to the high levels of excitement and public engagement in Craft Beer Week—and enabling the [...]

HARTFORD, CONN.—Connecticut’s popular passport program for the state’s farm wineries has gotten a digital upgrade with the May launch of the Connecticut Farm Wineries Passport app. The mobile app, built by Boca Raton, Florida-based software developer Daruma Tech and sponsored by Connecticut Farm Wineries and the Connecticut Department of Agriculture, allows users to see the current offerings at the 35 participating wineries, map out trips to the wineries of their choice, and earn points [...]

BOCA RATON, FLORIDA—When the COVID pandemic forced craft wineries, distilleries, and breweries to close their tasting rooms, craft beverage guilds and associations across the country turned to Daruma Tech’s award-winning mobile passport apps as a creative way to promote takeout sales and keep member businesses afloat. And thanks to the apps’ ability to keep local craft beverage makers and their customers connected, organizations using the apps have not only survived, but are thriving. The [...]

BOCA RATON, FLORIDA—Software developer Daruma Tech, creator of award-winning mobile passport apps for artisanal food and beverage lovers, is moving into the distilled spirit space with a new app commissioned by the Colorado Distillers Guild.  With the app, a digitized upgrade of the guild’s paper Colorado Spirits Trail map, craft spirit aficionados will be able to find the distillery and tasting room closest to them; learn about the state’s distilleries, their offerings, and hours [...]

BOCA RATON, FL, UNITED STATES, April 6, 2022-- Diners, shoppers, and tourists across North America will soon have even more options for engaging with their favorite places and locally made specialty products while discovering new ones, thanks to the new suite of upgrades to the pioneering mobile loyalty apps for the tourism, hospitality, and specialty products market developed by Boca Raton, Florida-based software developers Daruma Tech. With the enhancements to the apps, guilds and other [...]

As shoppers and tourists hit the road again, visitors’ bureaus, artisanal guilds, and chambers of commerce are looking for high-impact, cost-effective ways to attract visitors and their support of local businesses. They don’t want to just tell visitors what they’ve got to offer—they want visitors to have an amazing experience they can’t wait to share with their friends. And they don’t want visitors to just have a great time—they want to incentivize them to [...]

HALIFAX, NS—Nova Scotia’s residents and visitors now have a powerful way to discover and experience the province’s famed seafood chowder, lobster, restaurants, and varied craft products and beverages, including coffee, wine, beer, spirits, and cider, thanks to a mobile passport app built by award-winning software developers Daruma Tech for Taste of Nova Scotia (TONS), a not-for-profit, membership based marketing association representing over 200 restaurant, producer/processor and industry members. The app, built on Daruma Tech’s [...]