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As we look back on an invigorating week spent at Ottawa Meet Week 2024, the sense of community, connection, and opportunity that pervaded every interaction remains palpable…
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BreakOut West has officially wrapped up its 21st year, celebrating more than two decades of immersive music industry and artist career development, plus highlighting performances by some of the best acts coming out of western Canada and beyond. …
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Tourism and hospitality took centre stage in Kelowna last week as we welcomed the BC Hotel Association for its 2023 Summit, which took place at the Delta Hotels by Marriott Grand Okanagan Resort on May 1 and 2. In conjunction with the Summit, BC Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport, Lana Popham, was also in Kelowna. …
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Tourism Kelowna had a successful week of promoting our destination at Ottawa Meet Week, a four-day amalgamation of several key events for the Canadian business events sector. …
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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 of the upcoming events you can attend in the weeks ahead…
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While the return of the Canadian Meetings + Events Expo (CMEExpo) this year brought excitement from meeting and event professionals, 2022 was especially noteworthy for Tourism Kelowna—for the first time, we joined forces with six other destinations (Burnaby, Kamloops, Richmond, Vancouver, Victoria, and Whistler) to create an Experience BC area, showcasing the best of BC to planners…
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Every month, tourism-related businesses and organizations in Kelowna and the Central Okanagan become members of Tourism Kelowna by purchasing a Base or Enhanced Advertising Package. We want to take this opportunity to welcome the newest members to our organization and introduce them to the rest of our network and industry…
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In conjunction with the OKGo campaign—a collaborative project created through a partnership between the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission (COEDC), Accelerate Okanagan, and Tourism Kelowna—our organization provided support to the Western Engineering Competition, which was hosted by the University of British Columbia's (UBC) Okanagan campus from January 20 - 22, 2022…
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Live events are making a comeback and Tourism Kelowna was thrilled to host an intimate culinary showcase for meeting and event planners in Vancouver on October 26.…
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On Wednesday, June 23, our team, along with six Meetings & Conferences Sales Program partners—50 th Parallel Estate Winery, Cove Lakeside Resort, Delta Hotels by Marriott Grand Okanagan Resort, Eldorado Resort, Mission Hill Family Estate,and Ramada by Wyndham Kelowna Hotel and Conference Centre—hosted a wine- and wellness-themed virtual event for 16 BC-based meeting planners. …
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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Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 6S4 Canada
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