Maid Of The Mist Steamboat Co.
From the Canadian Press (via Penticton Herald):
Getting competitive bids for one of the world’s oldest and most famous tourist attractions – the Maid of the Mist boats in Niagara Falls – may not be as straight forward a proposal as the Ontario government hopes.
The Niagara Parks Commission came under fire last year for giving the [...]
From the Niagara Falls Review:
The way Ontario Tourism Minister Monique Smith wants to tender the right to run boat tours on the Niagara River will harm the Niagara Parks Commission, Niagara Falls’ tourism industry and tourism provincewide, says former Niagara Parks Commission chairman Jim Williams.
He’s not going quietly after resigning his $250-a-day government- appointed job [...]
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Jim Williams stepped down as Niagara Parks Commission chairman Thursday over a dispute with Tourism Minister Monique Smith’s support for him, and over his “grave concerns” about an historic bidding process she ordered that could see the Maid of the Mist Steamboat Co., replaced as operator of boat tours on the [...]
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Premier Dalton McGuinty sailed into uncharted waters, forcing the Niagara Parks Commission to put its lease with the Maid of the Mist out to tender. If he doesn’t navigate carefully, he risks steering the Niagara Falls tourism industry right onto the rocks.
Jaws dropped in Niagara Falls last Wednesday when Ontario Tourism [...]
Continue reading about Reopening boat lease fraught with danger
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Members of the Niagara Parks Commission will complete a government- ordered review of its lease with the Maid of the Mist Steamboat Co. “no later than Oct. 1,” chairman Jim Williams says.
Commissioners met last week to consider advice from the provincial government and their own legal staff, and to chart a [...]
Continue reading about Parks to finish review of Maids lease by Oct. 1
From the Niagara Falls Review:
The Maid of the Mist Steamboat Co. has hired a former aide to Premier Dalton McGuinty in an attempt to pry open doors at Queen’s Park and protect its multi-million-dollar monopoly franchise.
The Niagara Falls Review has learned the Niagara-based tourist operator has retained Bob Lopinski, of Counsel Public Affairs Inc., to [...]
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