Business Events Take Centre Stage on Global Meetings Industry Day 2024
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On Thursday, April 11, the business events sector took centre stage as we celebrated Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) 2024…
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Tourism Kelowna Connects with US Market at ConferenceDirect's Annual Partner Meeting
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Tourism Kelowna was proud to attend ConferenceDirect's Annual Partner Meeting (APM), held from April 6 to 10, 2024, at the brand-new Loews Arlington Hotel & Convention Center…
Elevating Business Events in Kelowna through Agriculture
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Brought together by a desire to learn, network, and empower female voices, 350 women from across the agriculture landscape—producers, government, students, and agribusiness members—came together in Calgary, Alberta, for the Advancing Women in Agriculture Conference (AWC) WEST 2024.…
Tourism Kelowna Welcomes Vanessa Osborne to the Team
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We are excited to welcome and introduce Vanessa Osborne, who joins Tourism Kelowna's team as a Business Development Sales Manager…
PCMA Convening Leaders Provides New Business Event Opportunities for Kelowna
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In an exciting kick-off to 2024, I headed off to sunny San Diego alongside Delta Hotels by Marriott Grand Okanagan Resort's Senior Sales Executive, Kirsten Harrison, to represent Tourism Kelowna at PCMA’s annual Convening Leaders Conference as part of Destination Canada’s Team Canada…
Fall 2023 in Kelowna Highlighted by Major Events
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Fall 2023 was busy in Kelowna, with the city hosting two major events: BreakOut West 2023 and the Pan Continental Curling Championships 2023. To make things even more exciting, shortly before the Pan Continental Curling Championships kicked off, Curling Canada announced that Kelowna would be the host city for the 2025 Montana’s Brier…
Kelowna International Airport Celebrates the Return and Launch of Flights
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On December 14, Kelowna International Airport (YLW) announced that it was welcoming back Alaska Airlines' flight to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, offering non-stop flights between Kelowna and Seattle…
Tourism Kelowna Participates in Travel Trade Training Event
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Towards the end of November, Tourism Kelowna participated in a virtual training session for Jonview Canada, one of the country's largest business-to-business receptive tour operators.…
Tourism Kelowna Quarterly Update: Working Together in Unpredictable Times
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We are pleased to provide you with updates from our team, including an overview of some key initiatives, that took place during the third quarter of 2023…
Tourism Kelowna Hosts Educational Session to Strengthen Business Event Sales
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As an added value to our Meetings & Conferences Sales Program partners, our Business Development team hosted a complimentary plug-in session about optimizing their presence on the Cvent platform and gaining insight into trends in the business event market…
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