News Items tag as: BC Hotel Association

Kamloops, Kelowna focus of pilot program for wildfire, flooding evacuees
May 03, 2024 - 6:00 PM

A new program to help wildfire evacuees find hotel rooms in B.C. is starting out in Kamloops and Kelowna this summer.
LABOUR CRUNCH: B.C. hotel industry works to make hospitality jobs fun again in time for busy summer season
February 28, 2022 - 6:02 AM

With most COVID travel restrictions gone, or less onerous, it’s shaping up to be a great time for the accommodation industry to rebound with vigour in the Okanagan and Kamloops.
COVID impact on hotels in Kamloops, Okanagan far worse this year than 2020
September 26, 2021 - 11:30 AM

Even though B.C. and the world were locked down during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the hotel industry suffered more in 2021, especially in the Thompson-Okanagan-Kootenay tourism region.
Heat wave is boosting business at Kamloops and Okanagan hotels
June 30, 2021 - 7:30 AM

With so many people now working from home they’re discovering it's not really feasible when the temperatures soar to record levels in homes where there’s no air conditioning.
New B.C. travel restrictions likely to hit Okanagan harder than Kamloops
April 24, 2021 - 7:30 AM

New B.C. travel restrictions aimed at preventing Lower Mainland tourists from visiting the Interior over the next five weeks could make hotels in the Okanagan suffer more than they have so far during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Central, South Okanagan are leading the recovery of B.C.'s hospitality industry
September 04, 2020 - 7:30 AM

Grim numbers depicting the state of the tourism and accommodation sectors of the B.C. economy are less depressing in the Okanagan than in other parts of B.C.
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JONESIE: Kamloops mayor could learn from Kelowna's mayor about wielding power
OPINION Kamloops City Councillors should consider themselves lucky. They have a bit of a bully for a mayor, but one who doesn’t know how to use his power properly. Reid Hamer-Jackson should have found time at the Southern In

From frost to drought: Strong start to Okanagan asparagus season despite challenges
It’s finally asparagus season at a North Okanagan farm after cooler spring weather pushed back the predicted start date, and all hands are on deck picking the crunchy green spears. For the past few weeks, overnight sub-zero temperatur

What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis, but wouldn't legalize it for rec

More real estate listings and lower prices in Kamloops, Okanagan
A recent real estate report has good news for home buyers in the southern Interior. There are more houses on the market and lower prices around Kamloops and the Okanagan. The Association of Interior Realtors released its report for April to

News Items tag as: BC Hotel Association

Kamloops, Kelowna focus of pilot program for wildfire, flooding evacuees

LABOUR CRUNCH: B.C. hotel industry works to make hospitality jobs fun again in time for busy summer season

COVID impact on hotels in Kamloops, Okanagan far worse this year than 2020

Heat wave is boosting business at Kamloops and Okanagan hotels

New B.C. travel restrictions likely to hit Okanagan harder than Kamloops

Central, South Okanagan are leading the recovery of B.C.'s hospitality industry

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