Tourism Kelowna Names Nicolle Gomez de Sousa to Director of Business Development
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We are proud to announce that Nicolle Gomez de Sousa has recently been promoted to Director of Business Development at Tourism Kelowna…
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Tourism Kelowna’s Exciting Debut at IMEX America in Las Vegas
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For the first time, Tourism Kelowna proudly participated in IMEX America, one of the world's largest and most prestigious gatherings of event professionals, held in the vibrant city of Las Vegas…
Kelowna Featured in Destination Canada's Sustainability Storybook
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Destination Canada recently released its Sustainability Storybook, which shares the many sustainability initiatives available for business events across Canada, including one from right here in Kelowna…
Showcasing Kelowna as a Destination of Choice for Meetings, Conferences, and Events
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While summer is not traditionally a busy time for familiarization tours and site requests, this year has been the exception to the rule. Meeting and event planners from across Canada have been travelling to our region to get a firsthand look at what they can expect when they meet in Kelowna. …
Showcasing Kelowna: A Business Events Destination of Choice for Canadian Meeting Planners
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Client events are a cornerstone of our Business Development team's work in the Eastern and Western Canadian markets and beyond. We recently hosted two events—one in Toronto and one in Vancouver—to showcase Kelowna's offerings to business event professionals in each market. …
Destination Canada Launches Fund to Attract International Business Events to Canada
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Earlier this spring, Destination Canada announced the launch of a new, three-year International Convention Attraction Fund (ICAF) in a strategic move to bolster Canada’s global competitiveness in attracting major international conventions, conferences, and events to Canada. …
Discovering Opportunities at INNOVATEWest: Tourism Kelowna’s Strategic Presence
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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…
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…
2022 Business Events Update and Forecast
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This year has brought the return of meetings, conferences, and events as pandemic-related health and travel restrictions eased and vaccination rates (and comfort levels) increased.…
Connecting with Kelowna's Key Economic Sectors to Generate Business Events
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Through the OKGo campaign, our Business Development team has highlighted Kelowna's success stories in key economic sectors to differentiate our community by providing extra value to meeting planners and delegates. These local success stories include agriculture and manufacturing companies from the…
Tourism Kelowna would like to thank Westbank First Nation and Okanagan Indian Band for the privilege to live, work, and play on the tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ (land), that is the unceded and traditional territory of syilx Okanagan peoples, the original stewards of these lands and to whom we give thanks to as our hosts
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