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usiness travel at Kelowna International Airport is really becoming BIG business these days.


In a recent survey, over 25 percent of the passengers travelling through YLW stated they did so for business only or for business and pleasure combined. With over 1.38 million people utilizing the airport in 2009 that translates to 350,000 doing so for business related reasons.


It’s also why Kelowna International Airport has gone to great lengths to improve its services to accommodate and satisfy the needs of the travelling business community.


YLW has designated an area of its departure lounge strictly for travellers requiring business related services. There are a trio of cubicles set up for privacy that each feature a desk and chair, phone that accepts credit cards and has plug-ins for computers. As of July1st of 2010, YLW partnered with BOLDstreet Wireless and is providing free WiFi internet access to all passengers, business or otherwise, throughout the entire terminal building, lounges and concession areas.


“Free wireless Internet access was one of the amenities most frequently requested by our passengers,” stated Sam Samaddar, Airport Director. “We’re happy to be able


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to provide this much anticipated service at no extra cost to our passengers”.


By using Virtual Office Service from Insign. it, Inc. You can also access your computer applications and information anytime, anywhere, as long as you have that internet connection. With almost every device (PC, Mac, phone) you can securely access your private environment which is stored in a datacenter.


All the scheduled commercial airlines serving Kelowna have also gone to great lengths to increase the frequency of flights which allows for great connectivity for those getting to business meetings, i.e. 11 to Vancouver, 9 to Calgary, and


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3 to Seattle. More options are provided now than ever before for direct flights to other cities with better connecting times that will allow travel to other business destinations.


The frequent flyer, business or otherwise, has an economical option for parking to take advantage of at YLW. The “Gold Pass” program available in the new and larger short-term parking lot gives the user quicker access to the terminal for $714 for six months. It works out to one-third of the cost of the maximum equivalent for a month in the same lot. In addition to this great savings the owner of a Gold Pass will also receive 50 Air Miles®. Of course for added convenience there is also ground


Canada’s tenth busiest airport has designated an area of its departure lounge strictly for travellers requiring business related services.


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