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Lauren Lander Meet the Team Post

Meet the Tourism Kelowna Team: Lauren Lander

By Melissa McCluskey, Industry Communications Consultant on Sep. 26, 2022

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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Meet the Tourism Kelowna Team: Nicolle Gomez de Sousa

By Melissa McCluskey, Industry Communications Consultant on Aug. 29, 2022

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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Meet the Tourism Kelowna Team: Cheryl van den Bold

By Melissa McCluskey, Industry Communications Consultant on Jun. 24, 2022

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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Meet the Tourism Kelowna Team: Steve Small

By Melissa McCluskey, Industry Communications Consultant on Jun. 13, 2022

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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Meet the Tourism Kelowna Team: Julia Garner

By Melissa McCluskey, Industry Communications Consultant on May 30, 2022

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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Carla Bechard

Meet the Tourism Kelowna Team: Carla Bechard

By Melissa McCluskey, Industry Communications Consultant on Apr. 06, 2022

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…

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