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While living in West Kelowna about 12 years ago, Lauren Lander started working with Tourism Kelowna as a temporary employee. She loved the organization and the work so much that even when she moved to Armstrong 10 years ago, she remained a member of the team—she is now among those with the longest tenure. …
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Tourism Kelowna's Community Specialists are the face of our organization at the Kelowna Visitor Centre and at our various satellite and mobile locations, welcoming visitors to our city and ensuring that both travellers and locals experience the best of Kelowna's four-season playground. Throughout the summer and fall, we'll introduce you to our exceptional Community Specialists—next up are Hannah Day and Ava Ready…
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Although she's never lived full-time in Kelowna, Nicolle Gomez de Sousa considers the city her home away from home, visiting as much as possible for work and for holidays with her family, which includes her husband and two children…
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Tourism Kelowna's Community Specialists are the face of our organization at the Kelowna Visitor Centre and at our various satellite and mobile locations, welcoming visitors to our city and ensuring that both travellers and locals experience the best of Kelowna's four-season playground. Throughout the summer, we'll introduce you to our exceptional Community Specialists—next up are Jaclyn Stuart and Siara Less…
6 min read
Tourism Kelowna's Community Specialists are the face of our organization at the Kelowna Visitor Centre and at our various satellite and mobile locations, welcoming visitors to our city and ensuring that both travellers and locals experience the best of Kelowna's four-season playground. Throughout the summer, we'll be introducing you to our exceptional Community Specialists—first up are Ainsley Wood and Denae Weighill…
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After travelling Europe and living in England after high school, Cheryl van den Bold settled in Vancouver. Once she started a family, her hometown of Kelowna, where she was born and raised, called her back and she's been enjoying the best of the Okanagan since returning to the region in 2005…
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While visiting family in Oliver during spring 9 years ago, Steve Small stayed in Kelowna for one night during the trip and from there, decided it was the place to call home.…
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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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Born and raised in Kelowna, Sydney Solland knows a thing or two about the region. This intimate knowledge of the Central Okanagan has served Sydney well in her four years working as part of Tourism Kelowna's team, where she has transitioned through several roles, building on her education, skills, and experience in each new position…
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Four years ago—on April 1, 2018, to be exact—Carla Bechard arrived in Kelowna after packing up and making the move from her home province of Saskatchewan…
Kelowna is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ (land) of the syilx/Okanagan people who have resided here since time immemorial
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238 Queensway
Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 6S4 Canada
1-800-663-4345
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