John Holer

Graham on August 18th, 2010

From the Niagara Falls Review: The latest addition to Marineland is an anomaly of sorts. Its newest ride features a giant purple octopus with 12 — not 8 — tentacles. The Ocean Odyssey opened at the end of July and, so far, families are enjoying the colourful amusement park ride. “It’s probably the most likeable [...]

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From the Welland Tribune: Green Oaks trailer park residents have lost their bid to have city hall get between them and Marineland owner John Holer, who is evicting 47 families from the Stanley Ave. property. But some say the attention they raised might help Niagara Falls renters in the future. “They don’t want to protect [...]

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Graham on September 16th, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review: Close to 50 families facing eviction from a trailer park owned by Marineland are hoping city council will be their white knight, but councillors themselves are warning them not to pin their hopes on city hall. Council deferred again Monday a decision on whether or not to use a rarely [...]

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From the Niagara Falls Review: Few business people understands the ‘build it and they will come’ approach better than Marineland owner John Holer. “The business does not grow by itself,” Holer said. “You have to develop it. Every time I invest in a new attraction, more visitors come.” That’s why tourism operators welcome the emphasis [...]

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Graham on December 9th, 2008

From the Niagara Falls Review: Arctic Cove at Marineland had a few new residents move in over the weekend. Eight Russian belugas – all females – landed in Hamilton Saturday morning after a 13 hour flight aboard a specially modified Aeroflot IL-76 jumbo jet. From the airport, they made the one hour trip down the [...]

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Graham on September 20th, 2008

From the Niagara Falls Review: John Holer isn’t entirely certain what Greg Sorbara is hoping to achieve through his Ontario Tourism Competitiveness Study. Or what’s wrong with tourism all over Ontario. “But I know quite a bit about the situation in this community here,” said the Marineland owner. “If he wants to hear from me, [...]

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Graham on July 29th, 2008

This has been around for a while, but Orca Free has a form letter that you can fill out if you want to write a letter to John Holer / Marineland about keeping the Orcas in captivity: We’ve made it easy for you to help by drafting a letter to John Holer of Marineland of [...]

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