Although face-to-face meetings and non-essential travel are not occurring at the moment, our Business Development team continues to connect with planners to generate interest in our destination for meetings, conferences, and events; we are also engaging with our stakeholder partners to support them during this time…
In line with requests from provincial and federal public health officials, we will be postponing our Global Meetings Industry Day luncheon that was scheduled for April 14 at Eldorado Resort - Manteo Hotel. …
During these last few days, it's been easy to get caught up in the media stories coming fast and furious about COVID-19. For those of us who rely on the meetings industry to bring visitors and much-needed revenue to our destination, we have watched in apprehension to determine just what effect this will have on the year ahead. It doesn't seem like that long ago that we had to rise up and rally to remind government and corporations the value of face-to-face meetings, which was the birth of Global Meetings Industry Day. …
On Tuesday, March 3, Tourism Kelowna hosted a Stakeholder Plug-In Session to provide information and updates on the Biosphere Commitment Program. …
Okanagan meetings executives will once again come together to learn, network, and celebrate our industry on Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), which takes place on Tuesday, April 14, 2020…
Recent surveys conducted by Tourism Kelowna found that sustainable, responsible tourism is a high priority for 96% of Tourism Kelowna stakeholders and 86% of local Kelowna residents. Our team actively works to adopt, support, and promote sustainable tourism practices. To further this work and to gain knowledge about sustainability in the tourism industry, members of our team attended the third annual IMPACT Sustainability Travel & Tourism Conference in Victoria…
There are some exciting additions to the tourism landscape taking place in Kelowna this year. Here is a quick look at some of the new product offerings visitors will be able to enjoy when they travel our city…
The past year we saw a strong interest in Kelowna and area from the travel trade market, with a 63% increase year over year of familiarization tours (FAMs) coming into our region…
As 2019 comes to a close, this is a great opportunity to reflect on our team’s business development activities over the past year and to look forward to opportunities in 2020.…
Over the past three months, Tourism Kelowna has had the privilege of working with four bright students from UBC Okanagan's Faculty of Management…
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