May 1, 2018
Attention KR Tourism Businesses - Win a $200 VISA Gift Card We are undertaking steps to better understand the overall economic impacts of the 2017 wildfires to our tourism businesses and our region as a whole. You...
April 3, 2018
Message from the CEO - As we turn the corner from what was an amazing winter with incredible snow that made our winter operators very happy, we look towards the spring / summer months and wonder...
March 16, 2018
Congratulations to Island Lake Lodge winning the coveted 2018 Employees First Award, presented on March 9th at the BC Tourism Industry Conference in Kelowna. The award was sponsored by go2HR, BC's tourism human resource association,...
March 13, 2018
Call for Applications - Deadline March 19, 2018 The Minister's Tourism Engagement Council is being created to connect communities, industry and government on tourism-related policies, issues and actions in a more structured and inclusive way. The Council...
February 22, 2018
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Highway 3 Destination Development planning process. Whether you provided us with background documents, participated in a phone interview or attended one of the in-community sessions, your contributions...
February 15, 2018
Indigenous BC Tourism Engagement 2018 - Aboriginal Tourism BC (AtBC) is launching a series of Indigenous Community Engagement Sessions over the next 6 months throughout BC to stimulate a conversation on how to engage Indigenous Communities...
February 5, 2018
What kind of year will 2018 prove to be for the tourism industry in this province and specifically for businesses in this region? I would guess many of our stakeholders are wondering the very same...
January 5, 2018
Join Kootenay Rockies Tourism and Destination BC in a new, national User-Generated Content Partner Network. On January 9 at 11am MST, Destination BC and Crowdriff will be hosting a webinar to provide more information on...
December 13, 2017
As I write this, it seems to me that 2017 went by faster than most years, or are they all going by quicker these days? We started off the year in great shape and came...
November 28, 2017
On November 24, 2017, at the Canadian Rockies International Airport, WestJet introduced a new regional air service operating under a capacity purchase agreement (CPA) with Pacific Coastal Airlines. Using Pacific Coastal Airlines' aircraft painted in WestJet...
November 14, 2017
Kathy Cooper attended the TIABC (Tourism Industry Association of BC) Summit and AGM in Richmond, October 11&12, 2017. Some of the highlights were the TIAC Town Hall with Destination Canada, Aboriginal Tourism Canada and TIABC...