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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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Across the globe, Pride Month is celebrated in June—Kelowna Pride Week also takes place at the beginning of the month—making now the perfect time to consider your business practices and assess if you’re ready to welcome 2SLGBTQIA+ travellers…
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As Kelowna continues its trend of rapid growth, our tourism industry grows with it, meaning more new and innovative businesses are popping up, and more job opportunities are opening year after year. Starting a new job in the tourism and hospitality sector is an exciting endeavour but can require…
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As we approach the busiest time of the year for tourism in Kelowna, now is the perfect time to update your Tourism Kelowna website listing…
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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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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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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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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…
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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