On Wednesday I posted an article about how the Maid of the Mist is going to be running this year (no surprise there). Here are a couple more articles: Buffalo News – Maid tours of falls to continue this summer PR Web Press release – Maid of the Mist Will Operate Boat Tours in 2012 [...]
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From the Buffalo News: Fay Booker, general manager of the Niagara Parks Commission, has resigned from the Canadian park agency. The reasons for Booker’s resignation are unclear, though a source familiar with the situation said tensions between the agency and the Niagara Falls, Ont., city government likely played a role. Before her hiring as general [...]
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From the Buffalo News: When a San Francisco company begins operating boat tours in Niagara Falls, Ont., in 2014, it won’t be with the iconic Maid of the Mist name. And if Hornblower Cruises & Events gets its way, it will be the only tour boat operator in the Niagara Gorge. “We’re not anxious to [...]
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Apparently there is concern now about whether the existing Maid of the Mist will run this season. I’m sure something will get resolved. Here are some articles about it: Bullet News Niagara – Maid of the Mist may not run this season in Ontario, operator says Niagara Falls Review – Maid of the Mist threatens [...]
I’ve waited for the “dust to settle” before posting more about the Maid of the Mist. There were lots of articles posted, but as usual, other than the local sites they were mostly Associated Press or Canadian Press articles. Here are a selection of good articles: Niagara This Week – New boat lease for NPC [...]
From the Niagara Falls Review: It has had more than 11 months to pick a winner, but the Niagara Parks Commission says its evaluation team needs more time. More than a year and a half after a long-term operator for boat tours at the base of the Horseshoe Falls was originally supposed to be found, [...]
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From the Niagara Falls Review: The winner of the much-publicized bid to provide boat tours in the Niagara gorge could be named by the end of the year, says Janice Thomson, interim chairwoman of the Niagara Parks Commission. “We’re currently still in the review process. There has been a lot of detail throughout the whole [...]
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From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission has been fair, open and transparent so far in a procurement process that will eventually lead to the selection of an organization to operate boat tours in the Niagara gorge, says a government-appointed fairness commissioner. In the first of what is expected to be four reports, [...]
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission is giving ‘top secret’ status to the proposals submitted for one of the most important business deals the agency will make. Bids to run boat tours on the Niagara River are under lock and key and being evaluated at a secret location by a team whose [...]
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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 [...]
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