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Our local tourism industry is facing an extremely challenging summer. As we head into the August long weekend—historically the busiest weekend in our year—we’re dealing with a number of active and quickly evolving issues…
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On Wednesday, July 28, Melanie Mark, Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport, announced that Kelowna had won the right to host the 2026 BC Summer Games. From July 23 - 26, 2026, Kelowna will welcome over 4,000 athletes, coaches, support personnel, and families to our city for the biennual multisport competition…
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As we move forward in BC’s Restart Plan and events start to kick back into high gear, reinvigorating our community, the City of Kelowna is setting out to develop its first-ever Events Strategy for Kelowna…
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Last week, more than 40 attendees participated in our second virtual Stakeholder Plug-In Session, Marketing 2021 and Beyond. The sessions were created to foster connection, encouraging our stakeholders to "plug-in" with our team, with each other, and with relevant information, trends, and issues in our industry…
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May 29, 2021, was a great day in Kelowna, not only was the weather warm and sunny but it was also the second annual Love for Kelowna Day! Throughout National Tourism Week, which ran from May 23 to 30, we posted profiles on the #exploreKelowna blog and videos to social media of several residents…
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From April 7-9, Tourism Kelowna attended the 2021 virtual edition of Sport Events Congress (SEC) hosted by Sport Tourism Canada. SEC is a three-day interactive and educational event and the largest annual gathering of professionals connected to Canada's $6.8 billion sport tourism industry…
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By 2040, it is expected that another 45,000 residents will call Kelowna home. At our first Stakeholder Plug-In Session of 2021, hosted earlier this week, Robert Miles, OCP Project Planner with the City of Kelowna, shared an overview of Kelowna's 2040 Official Community Plan (OCP), which is the document that will guide how the city grows over the next 20 years. …
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Tourism Kelowna is excited to announce that we are resuming our Stakeholder Plug-in Sessions, virtually, after they were paused in 2020 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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With longer days in our sights and spring on the horizon, it's the perfect time to pause and reflect on all the work being done to create a healthier, sustainable future for our community and to get involved in sustainability initiatives taking place in and around Kelowna…
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The City of Kelowna has launched a new grant program to support eligible non-profit organizations that continue to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.…
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