From Buffalo Business First: The 2011 season for the Maid of the Mist Steamboat Corp. began Wednesday morning. But the bigger question is whether this will be the last year that the Niagara Falls, N.Y.-based company will be permitted to run its boats from the U.S. and Canadian shores of the lower Niagara River. At…
From the Buffalo News: A deadline to submit proposals to operate boat tours from the Canadian shore below Niagara Falls passed Monday, but the number of bidders and the names of companies that submitted proposals will remain secret for now. Niagara Parks Commission Chairwoman Fay Booker said the commission does not plan to release details…
From the Niagara Falls Reporter: The Niagara Falls Reporter’s expose on the secret dealings surrounding the Maid of the Mist boat tour lease at the Niagara Parks Commission (NPC) in Ontario was instrumental in leading the minister of Tourism to order the NPC to put that lease out to bid. Subsequently, most of the NPC…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Two of the big projects on the plate of the Niagara Parks Commission will continue over the winter despite Monday’s turfing of four government-appointed commissioners and their temporary replacement by six senior bureaucrats. Chairwoman Fay Booker said a government-ordered competition to pick a company to run boat tours on the…
From the Niagara Falls Reporter: The list of 13 bidders now standing in line to take over the concession to operate sightseeing boats below Niagara Falls from public docks on the Ontario side of the river reads like a who’s who of international tourism superstars. And two independent sources with direct knowledge of the bidding…