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Born and raised in Kelowna, Sydney Solland knows a thing or two about the region. This intimate knowledge of the Central Okanagan has served Sydney well in her four years working as part of Tourism Kelowna's team, where she has transitioned through several roles, building on her education, skills, and experience in each new position…
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A short trip across Okanagan Lake on the William R. Bennett bridge will have you in the growing city of West Kelowna, which was incorporated as a municipality in 2007. …
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Four years ago—on April 1, 2018, to be exact—Carla Bechard arrived in Kelowna after packing up and making the move from her home province of Saskatchewan…
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Although Calgary is her hometown, you'd be hard-pressed to find someone as passionate about Kelowna as Michelle Dupuis, who joined Tourism Kelowna's Visitor & Community Engagement team five months ago.…
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Tourism Kelowna recently kicked off its 2022 destination marketing activities, inviting visitors to come back safely, regain perspective, and get centred while reconnecting with our beautiful destination…
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We are excited to announce a new advertising opportunity for Tourism Kelowna stakeholders—sponsored ad space in our #exploreKelowna Monthly newsletter…
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Whether or not you've explored it yet, if you've ever driven to Kelowna from the east, you've passed through the District of Lake Country, one of the six communities that make up the Central Okanagan. …
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Though Tourism Kelowna's Travel Media program was on hold throughout 2021, we were able to support a handful of visits in collaboration with our partners at Destination BC, Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association, Serena PR, and Wine Growers of BC…
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To further showcase the importance of our local tourism industry, we are connecting with our stakeholders, industry partners, and other local businesses and organizations to find out more about what tourism means to them. In celebration of Kelowna Pride Week 2021, which runs from October 23 – 31, we connected with the Kelowna Pride Society and DunnEnzies Pizza Co., an LGBT2Q+ owned and operated local business that offers "a safe, inclusive and diverse space" for the community at all three of their Kelowna locations. …
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To further showcase the importance of our local tourism industry, we are connecting with our stakeholders, industry partners, and other local businesses and organizations to find out more about what tourism means to them. For this edition, we connected with a few of the organizations involved in Kelowna Culture Days, a month-long arts and culture celebration that kicked off last week and runs until October 24. …
Kelowna is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the syilx/Okanagan people
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Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 6S4 Canada
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