Tourism Kelowna Attends HelmsBriscoe's Annual Business Conference for the First Time
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For the first time, Tourism Kelowna attended HelmsBriscoe's Annual Business Conference (ABC), held this year from May 3 to 5 in Denver, Colorado. …
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Tourism Kelowna Attends ConferenceDirect's Annual Partner Meeting for the First Time
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For the first time, Tourism Kelowna attended ConferenceDirect's Annual Partner Meeting (APM), held this year in late March at Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. …
Business Events Take Centre Stage on Global Meetings Industry Day
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On Thursday, March 30, the business events sector took centre stage as we celebrated Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) 2023…
Celebrating Global Meetings Industry Day
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Each year, the business events industry across Canada joins in the Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) celebrations to recognize the sector's positive social and economic benefits…
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. …
Tourism Kelowna Joins Forces with Six Destinations to Showcase BC at CMEExpo
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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…
Tourism Kelowna Welcomes Nikki Robinson to the Team
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We are excited to announce that Nikki Robinson joined Tourism Kelowna's team on Monday, August 15, as our new Director of Business Development. …
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.…
Connecting with Kelowna's Key Economic Sectors to Generate Business Events
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Through the OKGo campaign, our Business Development team has highlighted Kelowna's success stories in key economic sectors to differentiate our community by providing extra value to meeting planners and delegates. These local success stories include agriculture and manufacturing companies from the…
Leveraging Kelowna's Agriculture Expertise to Attract Business Events
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This year's Advancing Women in Agriculture Conference (AWC) was held virtually on November 22 and 23. The comprehensive two-day conference offered numerous virtual networking opportunities as well as the chance to learn about important topics affecting the Canadian agriculture industry. With…
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