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Price set at $10 million for right to build hotel at Kelowna’s airport
A Kelowna realtor has posted a call for expressions of interest to build and operate…
Got that post-pandemic travel bug? Be prepared to pay more for scarce hotel rooms
As with every other commodity, the price of hotel rooms in B.C. has been hit…
Kamloops hotel industry healthier than Kelowna’s following pandemic
Kamloops hotels were close to full occupancy last summer and more rooms were occupied by…
Why almost every hotel in Okanagan, Kamloops is worth more than Kelowna’s Ramada
Kelowna’s Ramada Hotel and Conference centre is a big, sprawling, prominent, long-standing feature of the…
Hotel Eldorado lakefront boardwalk in Kelowna to remain open to public
After two years of court proceedings complicated by COVID, a B.C. Supreme Court decision will…
$41.5 million deal likely biggest hotel sale in Kelowna’s history
Kamloops-based Mundi Hotel Enterprises has made what is likely the most expensive hotel purchase in…
Airbnb doesn’t compete with Kamloops, Kelowna hotels but still stalling recovery
In the past year, the number of short-term rentals in the Thompson-Okanagan region has grown…
Two new hotels proposed for Kelowna
Earlier this week, the Mark Anthony Group filed an application for a 12-storey hotel in…
Why you’ve been reading so much about Vernon vacations lately
VERNON - Vernon has made headlines in various travel publications of late, but what you might not know is how those stories came to be. Those writers from major publications in Canada didn't just happen upon little old Vernon, they’re part of an aggressive new marketing strategy led by the city. Articles in the Globe...
The unique approach Vernon is taking to selling itself
VERNON - A new City of Vernon tourism initiative is focussing more on recommendations shared by word of mouth than snagging a write up in a guide book. The city understands many people rely on reviews from friends and family when picking a place to visit, and it’s found a way to track how often...