Margaret’s space: Busy Thursday

    A Windows Live Spaces blogger posted about about the recent Clifton Hill Resorts Update newsletter: I’m afraid I’m being majorly GNAWED UPON by the NIagara bug! I just received the latest Clifton Hill newsletter and the Quality Inn has a special winter package that for only $216 or something like that includes 2 nights accomodation…

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      Parks, staff settle on 3-year contract

      From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission has reached a three-year collective agreement with its restaurant servers. The Niagara Parks and Unite HERE union Local 2347, which represents restaurant servers, ratified the deal Friday. Union members voted in favour of the plan April 7. The deal includes improved working conditions and wages for…

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      Niagara Falls Hotel Offers Special NFL Travel Package

      From a Marketwire press release: Courtyard by Marriott is proud to be the official sponsor of the NFL. To celebrate this affiliation, Courtyard Niagara Falls is offering a special NFL travel package now through February 3, 2013. This hotel in Niagara Falls, Canada, is just minutes from the falls, casinos and major attractions. Football fans…

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        Marriott keycards

        It’s pretty rare these days that you actually get a room key when you go to a name-brand hotel. Over the last several years the industry has changed to various types of cards. In the beginning the locks were mechanical and the cards had holes in them (almost like old-fashioned programming punch cards for computers)….

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        HEADS ROLL AS ONTARIO PARKS ATTEMPTS CLEANUP OF MAID OF THE MIST MESS

        From the Niagara Falls Reporter: Chalk up a victory for justice and the Niagara Falls Reporter — whose articles on Ontario’s Niagara Parks Commission (NPC) and their secret arrangements with James Glynn, longtime owner of the Maid of the Mist — led to more than the unraveling of his lease. Last week, four NPC commissioners,…

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        Blue Moose Mining Company on Oneida Lane

        You will recall that back in May there was a small new attraction on Clifton Hill called Blue Moose Mining Company. It lasted a month or two, and then it disappeared. It has now reappeared on Oneida Lane in front of Mystery Maze.  

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        Groupon for Busytown Busy at Scotiabank Convention Centre

        I mentioned last week that I was going to see the Busytown Busy show at the Scotiabank Convention Centre this coming Friday. The kids are excited to see the show, and I’m looking forward to checking out the inside of the convention centre. This morning I noticed that there is a Groupon deal to see…

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          The Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls Canada Announces Free Admission to a Popular Niagara Falls Attraction When Enjoying Niagara Fallsview Dining

          Wow, that’s a long title! The following is from a press release at Hospitality Net from the Skylon Tower: The Skylon Tower announces FREE admission to the popular Niagara Falls attraction Ride-to-the-Top and Indoor/Outdoor Observation Decks when dining. Visitors to Niagara Falls can combine the experience of this favorite Niagara Falls attraction with the best…

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