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With the return date for international travel still uncertain, Destination Canada's Business Events team has updated their website to provide meeting planners with more information on how they can plan and meet in Canada, safely. …
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Last week, our business development team hosted a virtual meeting for stakeholders participating in Tourism Kelowna's Meeting & Conference Cooperative Marketing Program.…
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After working to gain traction with the local Okanagan Chapter of the Canadian Society of Association Executives (CSAE), Tourism Kelowna’s Director of Business and Destination Development, Jennifer Horsnell, is now a member of the BC Network Council. …
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Last week, the BC Meetings & Events Industry Working Group, which is comprised of industry experts from across the province, released the British Columbia Meetings & Events COVID-19 Safe Restart Guidelines to support the safe return of business meetings and events…
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Strategic Site Selection, an Ontario-based third party meeting planning company that deals with the corporate and association market, recently celebrated their 15 year anniversary with a virtual celebration on August 17…
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In late June, our Business Development team hosted a Zoom meeting for our stakeholders that participate in the Meetings & Conferences Advertising Program. With much uncertainty in the marketplace and so many changes at the business and client level, we felt it was imperative to ensure consistent communication and provide opportunities for our partners to share feedback and updates…
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Although face-to-face meetings and non-essential travel are not occurring at the moment, our Business Development team continues to connect with planners to generate interest in our destination for meetings, conferences, and events; we are also engaging with our stakeholder partners to support them during this time…
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In line with requests from provincial and federal public health officials, we will be postponing our Global Meetings Industry Day luncheon that was scheduled for April 14 at Eldorado Resort - Manteo Hotel. …
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During these last few days, it's been easy to get caught up in the media stories coming fast and furious about COVID-19. For those of us who rely on the meetings industry to bring visitors and much-needed revenue to our destination, we have watched in apprehension to determine just what effect this will have on the year ahead. It doesn't seem like that long ago that we had to rise up and rally to remind government and corporations the value of face-to-face meetings, which was the birth of Global Meetings Industry Day. …
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Next fall, hundreds of delegates from around the world will meet in Kelowna, as another global conference makes its way to our city…
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