“I think at this point, it’s more just proactive on their part, just to make sure they have something in case there’s more issues out there,” McDonald said. Thompson-Nicola Regional District CAO Scott Hildebrand said hotels are at or near capacity in Kamloops. People under evacuation orders at this stage are being told to travel to Salmon Arm, where a reception centre has been established, should they be evacuated, or try to stay with friends or family. Mundi Hotel Group director of sales Angela Tasker said the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre in Aberdeen is full, with about 50 per cent of its rooms (about 100 out of 200 rooms) right now occupied by wildfire evacuees. The hotel is also accommodating crews from the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.