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The festive season is here, and holiday shopping has begun; however, inflation and uncertainty about a possible recession are expected to have an impact on the market, with many shoppers planning to shop earlier and reduce their overall holiday spending…
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Tourism Kelowna is always on the lookout for new, professional photo assets to add to our library, with the goal of promoting our destination and our stakeholders. If you are a participating stakeholder of Tourism Kelowna, we would welcome your stand-out photos to use in our marketing of Kelowna and the Central Okanagan…
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If your business or organization hosts events that welcome visitors and locals, like festivals, live performances, or workshops, we encourage you to submit all the details to our online events calendar so we can assist in promoting them…
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Tourism Kelowna's Partner Portal (formerly known as the Extranet) is a handy tool that gives you the ability to update your account information, make changes to your listing, and see how many visitors have viewed your listing. This blog post will review how to update each element of your web listing so you can ensure visitors are accessing the most current information available about your business. …
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Across the globe, Pride Month is celebrated in June making now the perfect time to consider your business practices and assess if you’re ready to welcome 2SLGBTQIA+ travellers…
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There are numerous ways you can spread the word about your business and its offerings, including working with travel media, influencers, and content creators…
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While at first glance, the OKGo campaign might not look like a tool for meeting and event attraction, it is one of the most important tools in our toolbox. …
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Discount pricing strategies are a tried and true way of enticing consumers to purchase different products and services. Shopify's Future of Commerce report found that 52% of consumers are influenced to purchase when they’re offered personalized discounts. …
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As gathering and travel restrictions began to ease with BC's move to Step 3 of its Restart Plan, our team started seeing an uptick in requests from meeting planners across Canada. As expected, there has been tremendous interest in the fall of 2021, the entirety of 2022, and beyond. While the majority of inquiries are for smaller-scale meetings and events, typically under 80 people, we have had some larger conference requests as well…
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In a typical year, about 80% of visitors to Kelowna are domestic travellers, with more than half of visitors driving to our region. Last year, with international travel on hold and the US border closed, the percentage of domestic visitors jumped to more than 90%, which is likely going to be similar this year as Canadian travellers look to explore our four-season playground when travel restrictions begin to ease. As BC's Restart Plan moves forward and we prepare to welcome travellers back in the months to come, here are five things to keep in mind…
Kelowna is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ (land) of the syilx/Okanagan people who have resided here since time immemorial
Kelowna Visitor Centre:
238 Queensway
Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 6S4 Canada
1-800-663-4345
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