Knowledge Base: 6 Steps to Creating Winning Proposals
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As we all know, it can be very hard work, and often years in the making, to be given an opportunity to bid on an event, conference, meeting, retreat or incentive program.…
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2023 Meetings and Conferences Co-Op Program Launched
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At the end of September, our Business Development team launched Tourism Kelowna's 2023 Meetings and Conferences (M&C) Co-Op Program…
2022 Meetings and Conferences Co-Op Program Launched
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At the end of November, our Business Development team launched Tourism Kelowna's 2022 Meetings and Conferences (M&C) Co-Op Program during a gathering with current program participants. …
Knowledge Base: Top 3 Learnings From Hosting Virtual Events
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Hosting a successful virtual event requires exceptionally detailed planning and lots of practice, more so than an in-person event. Without the ability to “read the room,” it’s hard to know whether the content is landing with the attendees. With the added variable of technology, the risk is always…
Meetings & Conferences: Planners Ready to Meet in Kelowna
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Over the past several months, an important task for our business development team has been to stay in touch with planners, recognizing and fostering these vital relationships, and keeping Kelowna top of mind. Knowing that we would see devastating cancellations for all of 2020 and into 2021, it was, and remains, important for us to stay positive and keep connected. …
Using Creativity and Technology to Host Events Amidst COVID-19
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With capacity restrictions in place due to COVID-19, event planners and those businesses that host events have had to come up with creative ways to stay connected to their attendees virtually. When Impact Events and Brand Management had to announce the cancellation of the 2020 Kelowna Half…
2020 Global Sustainable Tourism Conference to be Hosted in Kelowna
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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…
Tourism Kelowna Brings Wellness to Vancouver
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On Saturday, October 5, Tourism Kelowna, along with 50th Parallel Winery, Argus Properties (Four Points by Sheraton Kelowna Airport; Hotel Eldorado; Manteo Resort), Coast Capri Hotel, Cove Lakeside Resort, and Ramada Hotel & Conference Centre, wrapped up our three-part wellness series at the Westside Grand in Vancouver. …
Building Awareness of Kelowna in the Seattle Market
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Tourism Kelowna was joined by seven partners at a recent business development event in Seattle, Washington. The event was organized by Business Events Canada, our National Destination Marketing Organization, whose role is to generate increased meetings and conferences in Canada. …
Join us to Celebrate Global Meetings Industry Day
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Business events drive economies and innovation. On April 4, 2019 Tourism Kelowna, Tourism Vernon, Predator Ridge Resort, and conference industry leaders from throughout the Okanagan will spotlight the economic impact meetings and conferences have on our local economy during the annual Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID)…
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