Knowledge Base: 6 Steps to Creating Winning Proposals
As we all know, it can be very hard work, and often years in the making, to be given an opportunity to bid on an event, conference, meeting, retreat or incentive program.…
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Category: Meetings & Conferences
Tourism Kelowna Quarterly Update: Wrapping Up the First Half of 2023
We are pleased to provide you with updates from our team, including an overview of some key initiatives, that took place during the second quarter of 2023…
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Tourism Kelowna Quarterly Update: Kicking off 2023
We are pleased to provide you with updates from our team, including an overview of some key initiatives, as they align with our organization's strategic priorities, that took place during the first quarter of 2023…
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Showcasing Kelowna as a Business Events Destination of Choice for Vancouver Clients and Planners
This week, as a tie-in with the award-winning OKGo campaign, our team hosted a client event at Vancouver's VanDusen Botanical Gardens…
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Tourism Kelowna Attends HelmsBriscoe's Annual Business Conference for the First Time
For the first time, Tourism Kelowna attended HelmsBriscoe's Annual Business Conference (ABC), held this year from May 3 to 5 in Denver, Colorado. …
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Tourism Kelowna Attends ConferenceDirect's Annual Partner Meeting for the First Time
For the first time, Tourism Kelowna attended ConferenceDirect's Annual Partner Meeting (APM), held this year in late March at Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. …
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Business Events Take Centre Stage on Global Meetings Industry Day
On Thursday, March 30, the business events sector took centre stage as we celebrated Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) 2023…
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Leveraging Kelowna's Agriculture Expertise to Attract Business Events and Investment
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. …
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Kelowna Welcomes Trade and Investment Representatives from Around the Globe
In a unique collaboration, the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission and Tourism Kelowna recently welcomed 11 trade and investment representatives from countries worldwide, including Singapore, China, Japan, Korea, India, Germany and the United States, to Kelowna…
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Knowledge Base: Attracting Business Events by Promoting Industry Success Stories
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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