From the Niagara Falls Review: The narrow road takes a hairpin turn down the gorge — and your heart stops. It’s one of the natural wonders of the world and even on a damp January day, with the Falls a thousand shades of white and grey, the sight of all that water churning over 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-…
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…
So, a week ago I announced a contest in association with ETours.to. Visitors were to submit a reason why they loved Niagara Falls. The plan was for me to post the responses, and then choose a winner. Given the time of year, and the drop off in traffic in the off-season, I figured I’d get…
From the Niagara Falls Review: For the 65,000 Koreans George Denning’s company brought to Niagara Falls last year, “Maid of the Mist” was what they knew. He predicted it would be “automatic” if they had to choose between the Maid of the Mist operating on the American side of the Niagara River and a new…
In conjunction with ETours.to, I am running a contents during this week. They offer a Niagara Falls Tour from Toronto that includes pick-up and return from all locations in Toronto, winery visit with wine tasting, Niagara-on-the-Lake visit, Maid of the Mist (seasonal) or Journey Behind the Falls admission, and free time in Niagara Falls. You…
From the Tonawanda News: An Atlanta businessman with eyes on the boat tour operation in Niagara Falls has filed a lawsuit in Albany in an effort to force state officials to allow his company to compete against the Maid of the Mist Corp. William Windsor, whose son owns a tour-ticket company known as Alcatraz Media,…
Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (with lots of pictures): I made everyone stand around and wait at the top of the falls because I had to get a video of the Maid of the Mist doing its thing. Turns out that it just fights the current of…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Protecting the Ontario government’s own investment in Casino Niagara is the reason it has to be treated differently from the Maid of the Mist, says Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, rejecting opposition calls to invite bids from property owners interested in hosting a casino. “There is a distinction,” the premier told…
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…