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Over the summer, three The Kit editors shared their dream summer destinations. Leading the charge was "A Glam Okanagan Getaway" , which was Managing Editor Eden Boileau's pick!
Boileau zoned in on Vernon and Sparkling Hill Resort specifically in her dream destination pick, reporting that she'd "love to return to B.C. and hit Vernon’s multi-award-winning Sparkling Hill Resort perched atop a granite hill that overlooks Okanagan Lake. Sparkling Hill gets its name from...
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Pet travel is a hot topic these days as, for most pet-owners, our furry friends are considered to be part of the family. If Fido can't tag along, then we'll choose somewhere else! Fortunately, in Vernon, there are plenty of pet friendly options, including 'Golf with your dog' at Predator Ridge , as Lisa Monforton reports for the Calgary Herald.
Reporting on her travel notes for September 2017, entitled 'Pooch-friendly holidays in B.C.' , Monforton discovers pet friendly...
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Fodor's Travel has always been one of the most trusted sources when it comes to finding your way around the world in style and luxury. Which is why it's particularly exciting that Sparkling Hill Resort was recently listed in their article entitled 'World's 15 Most Stunning Mountaintop Hotels' .
Written by Emily Wasserman and published on October 5, 2017, on fodors.com , Sparkling Hill joins exotic resorts like Wildflower Hall in the Himalayas, India, St. Regis Lhasa Resort...
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Tourism Vernon’s media program consists of hosting media in-destination or through our top market outreach events, like dinners and media trade shows. Another part of the program is keeping media and journalists we have connected with up to date on what is happening in Vernon.
Here’s where our semi-annual, soon to be quarterly in 2018, media newsletter, Activate Your Story , comes into play. Our most recent issue gave media "10+ Reasons to Write About Vernon",...
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Jody Robbins - a freelance travel writer from Calgary - loves to travel. She also loves her dog, Buddy. Travelling with her dog? Well, that has its challenges, as Jody shared with the Global News Morning Calgary show recently in an interview entitled 'Hitting the road with your pets, some simple travel tips' , as well as in her blog post 'Would You Travel With Your Pet?' What she did find, however, was that travelling with your pet in the Okanagan is less challenging, thanks...
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