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Our business development team, along with Mission Hill Family Estate, Cove Lakeside Resort, 50 th Parallel Estate Winery, and Delta Hotels by Marriott Grand Okanagan Resort, hosted our second virtual destination showcase last week. The two-day event was attended by 43 meeting planners from across the country, joining in from four different time zones. …
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From April 7-9, Tourism Kelowna attended the 2021 virtual edition of Sport Events Congress (SEC) hosted by Sport Tourism Canada. SEC is a three-day interactive and educational event and the largest annual gathering of professionals connected to Canada's $6.8 billion sport tourism industry…
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With April upon us, we find ourselves getting ready to celebrate Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), a day normally reserved for celebrating the meetings industry and all those who make it so vibrant. GMID also serves as a reminder of the importance of face-to-face meetings, their ability to…
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On February 10, on behalf of Tourism Kelowna, I attended Tête-à-Tête, in a new virtual format this year. Hosted by the Canadian Society of Association Executives Ottawa-Gatineau Council, the event welcomed association and not-for-profit leaders, meeting and event planners, and government procurers from across the country. …
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On January 21, Tourism Kelowna was proud to be a part of the OKGo campaign launch, a collaborative project between the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission, Accelerate Okanagan, and Tourism Kelowna that focuses on sharing the business success stories of the region to attract meetings and conferences, new talent, and business investment. …
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While we know currently all events and non-essential meetings must be virtual, we are happy to share that the BC Meetings & Events Working Group (BCMEIWG) is continuing to work on our industry's behalf to plan how we can restart this vital economic sector. …
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December in the Toronto marketplace provides numerous opportunities to connect through holiday industry events. Of course this year, things looked different and for the first time, all the events took place virtually through different online platforms. Meetings Planners International (MPI), Canadian Society of Association Executives (CSAE), and Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) pulled out all the stops to make sure industry members could stay connected in a creative and innovative way…
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In collaboration with Mission Hill Family Estate, our Business Development Consultants, Pat Gappmayr and Nicolle Gomez de Sousa, hosted 16 meeting planners from across Canada in a guided virtual wine tasting…
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With the suspension of in-person events, Destination Canada’s GoMedia event scheduled to take place in Victoria earlier this month had to pivot to a new format; and the 2020 GoMedia Roadshow was born…
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Last week, the BC Meetings & Events Industry Working Group, which is comprised of industry experts from across the province, released the British Columbia Meetings & Events COVID-19 Safe Restart Guidelines to support the safe return of business meetings and events…
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