Showcasing Kelowna as a Business Events Destination of Choice for Vancouver Clients and Planners
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This week, as a tie-in with the award-winning OKGo campaign, our team hosted a client event at Vancouver's VanDusen Botanical Gardens…
Tag: Economic Sector Strategy
Leveraging Kelowna's Agriculture Expertise to Attract Business Events and Investment
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This past week, Tourism Kelowna attended the Advancing Women in Agriculture Conference West (AWC West) in Calgary alongside our OKGo program partner, Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission (COEDC). Together, we showcased our region's strengths and success in agriculture, aiming to attract meetings and conferences, new talent, and business investment to Kelowna. …
Knowledge Base: Attracting Business Events by Promoting Industry Success Stories
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While at first glance, the OKGo campaign might not look like a tool for meeting and event attraction, it is one of the most important tools in our toolbox. …
OKGo Campaign: Phase Three Further Showcases Local Entrepreneurs and Innovators
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Phase Three of the award-winning OKGo campaign, which tells the stories of innovators and entrepreneurs in key business sectors to raise awareness of the Central Okanagan’s economic and tourism opportunities, is officially underway, building on the success of the first two years of the campaign…
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…
OKGO Marketing Campaign Wins Big at 2022 Marketing Canada Awards
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The innovative OKGo multimedia marketing campaign—a collaborative project launched in 2021 by Tourism Kelowna, Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission (COEDC), and Accelerate Okanagan—recently won four 2022 Marketing Canada Awards…
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.…
OKGo Campaign: Phase Two Launch Bolsters Strategic Targeting of Business Events
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In partnership with the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission and Accelerate Okanagan, our team is excited to announce the launch of Phase Two of the OKGo campaign, which tells the stories of innovators and entrepreneurs in key business sectors to raise awareness of the Central Okanagan’s economic and tourism opportunities and to position the region for future growth…
Tourism Kelowna Launches Economic Sector Strategy Familiarization Tours
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In mid-March, Tourism Kelowna's business development team, including its two remote team members, Pat Gappmayr from Toronto and Nicolle Gomez de Sousa from Calgary, hosted the first in a series of economic sector strategy familiarization (FAM) tours for Meetings & Conferences (M&C) program partners…
Looking Ahead to Build Back Meetings & Events in our Region
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While 2021 was not quite the year we'd hoped for, our Business Development team is heading into 2022 with renewed optimism, ready to execute our plans and build back group business in Kelowna and its surrounding communities. …
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