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With the COVID-19 public health issue evolving rapidly, and with the closure of several civic facilities, Tourism Kelowna will temporarily close the Kelowna Visitor Centre today, March 17, at 5:30 p.m. until further notice. This follows the closure of our Airport Information Kiosk and mobile operations, which occurred yesterday, March 16.…
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The 2020 British Columbia Visitor Centre Network Conference took place March 2 and 3 in Richmond, BC. With more than 110 people in attendance from over 70 communities in BC, the two-day conference provides network updates from Destination British Columbia along with the sharing of best practices of the provinces more than 130 visitor centres…
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Join Destination BC, Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association, and Tourism Kelowna for a two-day workshop to explore how your business can deliver local, authentic experiences that are designed with the BC traveller in mind…
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Kelowna will welcome visitors from around the globe, including some of the world's top figure skaters, for 2019 Skate Canada International, which is taking place at Prospera Place from October 25 to 27, plus a day of official practice on October 24…
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On Thursday, August 8, 2019, the first complimentary sunscreen dispensers in British Columbia were made available to the public in Kelowna…
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June 28, 2019, marks the one-year anniversary of the Kelowna Visitor Centre, located at 238 Queensway Avenue in downtown Kelowna. Since opening last year, almost 240,000 people have come into the building to use one of its many services, which include local insider tips, community information, public restrooms, locally-created and -inspired merchandise, and more…
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In March of this year, Tourism Kelowna and the Downtown Kelowna Association sat down to discuss options for sharing information about public restroom availability in the downtown area, as many businesses have been required to post signs stating "No Public Washrooms Available" or "Washrooms are for Customer Use Only."…
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Sydney Solland, a Business Administration - Tourism Management student at Okanagan College, will be starting a new position in the Kelowna Visitor Centre this week. Sydney has worked as a Visitor Experience Specialist with Tourism Kelowna for the last 13 months and will be moving up to cover the Visitor Experience, Operations role for Morgan Hunter, who will be on maternity leave beginning May 10…
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The Kelowna Visitor Centre now has a fully-branded charging station for visitors and local residents to use while they are exploring downtown Kelowna…
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We are pleased to introduce the newest member of our Visitor Experience Team, Morgan Hunter, who started in the position of Visitor Experience, Operations on October 2, 2018…
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
Kelowna Visitor Centre:
238 Queensway
Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 6S4 Canada
1-800-663-4345
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