OKGo Campaign Wins EDAC 2024 Community Collaboration Award
The collaborative OKGo marketing campaign has been honoured with an Economic Developers Association of Canada (EDAC) 2024 Marketing Award in the Community Collaboration category. …
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Category: Public Relations
Tourism Kelowna Destination Video Wins Cannes International Media & TV Award
Tourism Kelowna is pleased to announce it has received a Silver Dolphin award at this year’s Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards in the ‘Tourism Films Destinations – Cities’ category…
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2024 Summer / Fall Marketing Update
After a strong and steady spring, we saw an opportunity to increase our marketing efforts over the summer to help increase bookings, especially mid-week. We invested in additional marketing and advertising tactics throughout the summer, as outlined below, to further support local tourism businesses…
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Encouraging Summer Travel Through Targeted 'Explore Now' Campaign
Tourism Kelowna, District of Lake Country, and Visit Westside partnered to launch a campaign in the Lower Mainland to encourage visitation to the Central Okanagan this summer…
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#exploreKelowna Creator Program: Summer 2024 Results
The #exploreKelowna Creators have recently posted their first round of content, resulting in an incredible collection of stories that highlight the magic of summer in Kelowna, making the initial phase of the program a success…
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Tourism Industry Indicators Update: Winter/Spring 2024
Tourism Kelowna collects research data from numerous sources, which helps support and inform our team's work while also allowing us to identify trends and patterns in the local market…
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Tourism in Kelowna and the Central Okanagan: Summer 2024 Update
It’s late July, midway through summer, and several tourism businesses have reached out to ask us how things are faring (and generally feeling) this year so far and into summer. While some of the data and research take time to get to us, and some sectors and industries may have different or unique factors, we can provide overall sentiment and broader themes…
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Tourism Kelowna Delivers Mobile Visitor Services in Lake Country for Third Year in a Row
For the third year, our Community & Visitor Engagement team is once again travelling around Lake Country to provide mobile services to visitors and area residents…
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Introducing the 2024 #exploreKelowna Creators
Kelowna is brimming with creative locals who share their love for the city every single day. This local love inspired the #exploreKelowna Creator Program, which connects talented storytellers through our organization to showcase unique perspectives of our region's hidden gems and iconic experiences to visitors and residents…
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2024 Love for Kelowna Day Recap
The 5th annual Love for Kelowna Day occurred on Saturday, May 25, 2024. It celebrated our community and the tourism industry and connected residents and visitors with more local businesses…
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