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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…
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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…
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In conjunction with Tourism Kelowna's Economic Sector Strategy and the OKGo campaign, our business development team, along with partners from Accelerate Okanagan and the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission, recently hosted an intimate dinner in Montreal for members of the city's business community, which included company founders, directors, and other senior-level executives. …
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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…
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In conjunction with the OKGo campaign—a collaborative project created through a partnership between the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission (COEDC), Accelerate Okanagan, and Tourism Kelowna—our organization provided support to the Western Engineering Competition, which was hosted by the University of British Columbia's (UBC) Okanagan campus from January 20 - 22, 2022…
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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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As we continue to forge ahead through the ongoing ups and downs of the pandemic, doing all we can as an industry to stay safe and keep others safe, let’s take a moment to reflect back on some of the bright moments for our local tourism industry and community in 2021…
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At the end of November, our Business Development team launched Tourism Kelowna's 2022 Meetings and Conferences (M&C) Co-Op Program during a gathering with current program participants. …
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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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In late October, the Canadian Meetings and Events Expo (CMEE) was held in person at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. As the first tradeshow back at the venue, it was a momentous occasion on the road to recovery and one which I was excited to attend on behalf of Tourism Kelowna…
Tourism Kelowna would like to thank Westbank First Nation and Okanagan Indian Band for the privilege to live, work, and play on the tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ (land), that is the unceded and traditional territory of syilx Okanagan peoples, the original stewards of these lands and to whom we give thanks to as our hosts
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