The OKGo marketing campaign—a collaborative initiative between the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission (COEDC), Tourism Kelowna, and Accelerate Okanagan (AO)—was recently awarded the Marketing Innovation Award (for communities with a population over 25,000) at the 2025 BC Economic…
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Applications are now open for the 7th Okanagan Angel Summit. This annual investment event brings startups and investors together to connect, grow, and shape the future of BC tech…
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Earlier this month, our team hosted a review session with Tourism Kelowna's Meeting & Conference (M&C) Program partners to showcase 2024 activities and discuss the 2025 program…
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Here are some opportunities for eligible businesses to take advantage of for support and expertise and to learn new skills…
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Local, provincial, and national organizations regularly host in-person and virtual events to provide learning and networking opportunities and facilitate discussions on various topics. Here are some upcoming events you can attend in the weeks ahead…
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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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This past week, I had the opportunity to attend the inaugural INNOVATEWest Conference in Vancouver, which brought together tech, enterprise, and corporate leaders for two days of thought leadership, connection and, of course, innovation…
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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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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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Phase Three of the award-winning OKGo campaign, which tells the stories of innovators and entrepreneurs in key business sectors to raise awareness of the Central Okanagan’s economic and tourism opportunities, is officially underway, building on the success of the first two years of the campaign…
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