Twitter updates for 2010-04-30
RT @NiagHelicopters: Niagara Helicopters and Ruedi Hafen Wins the Canadian Business-of-the-Year Award! #
April 2010
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Chatting with blogger Graham Wing
Hey, who’s that big guy talking about going for a walk at lunch? Hey, that’s me!! On Tuesday I chatted with Adam White of JMR Software Systems. He has been actively involved over the last few months with social media in Niagara Falls. He asked me a few weeks ago if we could talk about…
Tourism minister needs a map to find Falls: Hudak
From the Niagara Falls Review: Ontario Conservative Leader Tim Hudak offered to pick up a map for Liberal Tourism Minister Michael Chan to help the government’s point man for the industry find his way to one of the province’s most popular destinations. “I just think it’s shocking someone who has the title Minister of Tourism…
‘Eyes on the road’ at NPC, chairwoman Booker says
From the Niagara Falls Review: Running the Niagara Parks Commission should be like driving a bus, says Fay Booker, the provincial agency’s new chairwoman, whose reputation for helping corporations understand how they govern themselves appears to be one of the reasons she landed the job. General manager John Kernahan should be the driver and the…
Dinosaur Park Adventure Golf
As Lonny mentioned a couple of weeks ago, the City of Niagara Falls has information about the steel structure behind the Niagara SkyWheel. The attraction will be called Dinosaur Park Adventure Golf. The city web site doesn’t really have any other information on it. It says it is new construction and that it is currently…
Falling for Niagara Falls << Happy Family Travels
Someone with a WordPress blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls, along with some travel tips: after what seemed like forever, our departure date finally came! We left early on a Sunday morning to board a tiny plane, taking us from Philadelphia to Buffalo. We had no issues with security, we were becoming…
Twitter updates for 2010-04-29
@adamwhite Looks good. I'll blog about it tomorrow as well… in reply to adamwhite #
Annual gorge wall clean up
From the St Catharines Standard: Depending on how one looks at it, the great gorge can either be impressive or frightening. For the crew in charge of the annual rock scaling operation along the great gorge wall on the Canadian side of the Horseshoe Falls, however, it’s the former. “I don’t find it nerve racking…
Ripley’s coupon on eBay?
Someone is trying to sell a free child admission or a 50% adult coupon on eBay for any of the 3 Ripley’s attractions. Bidding starts at a penny, and shipping is $2.99. They talk about a $7 savings, but after the $3 auction, I guess it would only be a $4 savings. The person with…
Take a cruise in Niagara Falls
From Travelbite (out of the UK): The world-famous Niagara Falls are a must-see attraction for anyone on a visit to New York state or the Canadian province of Ontario. Straddling the international border between Canada and the United States, the waterfalls are renowned for their great natural beauty and have long been recognised as one…