Welcome New Members: January to March 2026
We’re excited to extend a warm welcome to the newest businesses joining Tourism Kelowna as Members during the first few months of 2026.…
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Category: Announcements
Meet Me on Bernard Returns for 2026
Sunny patios will soon begin to extend out into the street as part of the Meet Me on Bernard program. Starting Friday, May 15, in the afternoon, Bernard Avenue between Abbott and Pandosy Street will become an open pedestrian corridor until September 7. …
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Online Information Session: Get Set to Welcome Touchdown Kelowna
Tourism Kelowna, the Downtown Kelowna Association, the Uptown Rutland Business Association, and the City of Kelowna invite tourism operators and local businesses to attend an informative online session designed to prepare the tourism and business community to welcome visitors and activate during Touchdown Kelowna…
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Tourism Kelowna Presents 2025 Report to the Community and Welcomes New Board of Directors
The Tourism Kelowna Society hosted its 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday, May 7, at the Four Points by Sheraton Kelowna Airport, where members and industry partners gathered to review the organization’s 2025 Report to the Community, welcome the newly appointed 2026–27 Board of Directors…
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Cassandra Zerebeski Named Tourism Kelowna President & CEO
Following a comprehensive national search that attracted more than 50 applicants, the Board of Directors of Tourism Kelowna is pleased to announce the appointment of Cassandra Zerebeski as its President & CEO. …
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Kelowna Nominated for Music City of the Year at 2026 Live Music Awards
Kelowna, alongside six other cities across the country, has been nominated for Music City of the Year at the 2026 Live Music Awards, an exciting recognition of the city’s growing reputation on the national stage.…
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Celebrating a Social Media Milestone: 100K Followers on Instagram
Tourism Kelowna launched its Instagram account more than a decade ago, posting its first photo—a reposted shot of skydivers leaping out of a plane over the Okanagan Valley—in early 2013. The strategy for the account began to take shape with that very first post, seeking to showcase the spirit of adventure and outdoor exploration that is foundational to the Okanagan Valley. Today, that spirit remains, and the community that has gathered around the account has now grown to 100,000 followers…
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You're Invited: Tourism Kelowna Annual General Meeting
Tourism Kelowna warmly invites tourism industry professionals and businesses to the Four Points by Sheraton Kelowna Airport on Thursday, May 7, 2026, for an Events Information Session, our Annual General Meeting (AGM), and a lively Industry Social Mixer…
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Kelowna Ranks Second in the 2026 Arts Vibrancy Index
Kelowna ranked second in Canada in the recently released 2026 Arts Vibrancy Index , a first-of-its-kind indicator that can help track which Canadian Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) are driving growth through arts and culture…
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Celebrate National Tourism Week 2026
National Tourism Week (NTW)—led by the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC), in partnership with Destination Canada—encourages industry members and partners to come together to celebrate tourism, which is vital to the national economy and to the social and cultural fabric of communities across the nation. …
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