Kelowna International Airport (YLW) will welcome the Sutton Place Hotel and a new parking structure next to the airport terminal.
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The Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) has been nominated for the World's Responsible Tourism Award in the annual World Travel Awards. The award serves to acknowledge, reward, and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the global travel and tourism industry.
TOTA has received the World Travel Award for Responsible Tourism for four consecutive years and is honoured to be nominated once again in this category.
Travel industry professionals and consumers worldwide are invited to cast their votes for travel brands that they consider to be the very best in the world. The nominee gaining the most votes for an award named as the winner.
Voting is open until November 17, 2023.
We would greatly appreciate it if you could take a few moments to register with World Travel Awards and vote for TOTA in category 277. Responsible Tourism Award.
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Michael J Ballingall, Board Chair of the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association, has formally announced the appointment of Ellen Walker-Matthews as the CEO of the destination management organization.
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Opening on May 21st, the IArt Trailer was created was created as an authentic art experience to bring Indigenous art from artists across Canada to the forefront of the Thompson Okanagan tourism experience..
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Fourteen new destination and tourism infrastructure developments are underway in the Thompson Okanagan tourism region with support from the Province. The Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) in partnership with community destination management organizations, local and regional governments, First Nations, non-profits and other partners have worked together to identify initiatives that will enhance the region’s tourism amenities and experiences.
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To commemorate World Earth Day, The Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) came together with four other regional destination management organization counterparts under the B.C. Regional Tourism Secretariat (BCRTS), including the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast, Kootenay Rockies, Northern B.C. and Tourism Vancouver Island, to support their signing of a letter of commitment to pursue the Responsible Tourism Institute’s Biosphere certification. TOTA successfully received this designation in 2017, and is proud to work with regional partners to help further collective initiatives and make a far-reaching positive impact.
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