Plans for new hotel at Kelowna International Airport moving forward
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The city, along with Kelowna International Airport, has pushed forward plans of bringing a new hotel and parkade to the airport.
The City of Kelowna has made some changes to its 10-year-capital plan.
The city, along with Kelowna International Airport, has pushed forward plans of bringing a new hotel and parkade to the airport.
“I think if you look at the top eight airports in the country, you have a high-end hotel that’s attached and part of the facility,” said Sam Samaddar, YLW’s airport director.
“Part of plans look at expanding the terminal building itself, but also attaching a hotel.“
While COVID-19 has negatively impacted Kelowna International Airport in many different ways, the airport is saying the pandemic presents them with a unique opportunity to get the development done.
“We are sitting around 50 per cent traffic,” said Samaddar.
“While we are building that facility, we will lose a lot of parking. We thought it was prudent to get proposals now and get it built sooner rather than later because we know that airport traffic will (inevitably) increase.“
The hotel and parkade are being considered to replace the parking lots neighbouring the airport.
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