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After visiting Kelowna and the Okanagan numerous times as a kid, Julia Garner was determined to become a local and reside in the region one day. Now, she is proud to call West Kelowna, where she has lived for the past 16 years, home. For more than half of this time, she has also been a part of the team at Tourism Kelowna. …
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As gathering and travel restrictions began to ease with BC's move to Step 3 of its Restart Plan, our team started seeing an uptick in requests from meeting planners across Canada. As expected, there has been tremendous interest in the fall of 2021, the entirety of 2022, and beyond. While the majority of inquiries are for smaller-scale meetings and events, typically under 80 people, we have had some larger conference requests as well…
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The start of our 2018-2019 fiscal year has been busy with activity throughout all our business development markets, including Alberta and Seattle, WA. …
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October was a busy month as Kelowna hosted two major events, BreakOut West 2018 and the Winn Rentals World Mixed Curling Championship 2018…
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Last week was an exciting and busy time in the Toronto marketplace. Five partners, representing Cantrav Services, Inc., Delta Hotels by Marriott Grand Okanagan Resort, Four Points by Sheraton Kelowna, Mission Hill Family Estate, and The Coast Capri, flew in from Kelowna to be part of various networking and tradeshow events taking place in the city…
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Tourism Kelowna and Destination BC have partnered to provide support, in the form of digital marketing grants, to musicians showcasing at BreakOut West, being held in Kelowna from October 10 to 14, 2018. …
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On Thursday, June 21, sport and event representatives from the Okanagan met together for the first time at Tourism Kelowna's office…
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Tourism Kelowna's Calgary-based Business Development Consultant, Nicolle Gomez de Sousa, attended a Business Events Canada sales mission in Seattle on June 13 and 14. …
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In April, Tourism Kelowna sent out its first seasonal media newsletter. This newsletter outlined some of the exceptional experiences to be had in Kelowna including craft beer, live music and outdoor concerts, Okanagan Lake musts, and small-batch sweets…
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This past weekend, Kelowna played host to the 2018 Canadian Culinary Championships (CCC), the final competition in the celebrated Gold Medal Plates series, which raises funds for the Canadian Olympic Foundation…
Kelowna is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ (land) of the syilx/Okanagan people who have resided here since time immemorial
Kelowna Visitor Centre:
238 Queensway
Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 6S4 Canada
1-800-663-4345
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