Celebrating Global Meetings Industry Day
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Each year, the business events industry across Canada joins in the Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) celebrations to recognize the sector's positive social and economic benefits…
Author
Melissa McCluskey
Kelowna International Airport (YLW): Winter 2022/23 Update
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On the heels of its 75th anniversary year, the Kelowna International Airport (YLW) continues to celebrate exciting milestones and developments, several of which occurred through winter. …
Leveraging Kelowna's Agriculture Expertise to Attract Business Events and Investment
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This past week, Tourism Kelowna attended the Advancing Women in Agriculture Conference West (AWC West) in Calgary alongside our OKGo program partner, Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission (COEDC). Together, we showcased our region's strengths and success in agriculture, aiming to attract meetings and conferences, new talent, and business investment to Kelowna. …
Meet the Tourism Kelowna Team: Nikki Robinson
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After spending more than 20 years in the hospitality and tourism industry, including 15 years in hotel sales for the Vancouver market, Nikki Robinson relocated to Kelowna in October 2022 after joining the Tourism Kelowna team in August 2022.…
Award Wins and Notable News: Winter 2022/23
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We want to recognize and celebrate some of the award wins and highlight notable news from our local tourism industry that occurred over the past few months…
Meet the Tourism Kelowna Team: Chris Lewis
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After living in more than 25 communities in BC and Alberta since childhood, including Penticton where he was born, Chris Lewis has called the Central Okanagan home for the past 14 years…
Meet the Tourism Kelowna Team: Lisanne Ballantyne
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After growing up in her hometown of Montreal, Lisanne Ballantyne set off for Winnipeg, where she graduated from the University of Manitoba before beginning her career in the marketing, communications, and public relations sector…
Award Wins and Notable News: Fall/Winter 2022
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We want to recognize and celebrate some of the award wins and highlight notable news from our local tourism industry that occurred over the past few months…
Meet the Tourism Kelowna Team: Chris Shauf
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After an exciting two years working as Manager of Communications, Media & Public Relations for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games Torch Relays and travelling across the country, Chris Shauf returned from Vancouver to his home province of Saskatchewan—he was born in Estavan and grew up in the southeastern part of the province—where he settled in Saskatoon to further his leadership experience in the marketing and communications sector. However, it wasn't long before BC beckoned him back. …
Meet the Tourism Kelowna Team: Sara Correa
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Sara Correa made her way to Kelowna close to 10 years ago, moving from her hometown of Tenerife (The Canary Islands), Spain. Sara's experience working in the tourism industry and her love of the Okanagan made her a perfect fit for the Tourism Kelowna team, which she joined in March 2018…
Kelowna is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ (land) of the syilx/Okanagan people who have resided here since time immemorial
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Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 6S4 Canada
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