All Posts Tagged With: "tourism"
Radison to Receive Multi-Million Dollar Reno and Name Change
Delta Hotels and Resorts announced its expansion in Eastern Ontario with a new property, the Delta Kingston Waterfront Hotel slated to open in spring 2013. Situated in the heart of Kingston’s historic downtown core, in a prime waterfront location, the hotel will offer spectacular views of the harbour and Lake Ontario from almost every guestroom [...]
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Four Points by Sheraton Under New Management
Concord Hospitality Enterprises announced that it has formed a joint venture with Select Hotel Group to acquire the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Concord also will assume management of the hotel. The 169-room hotel was developed from the ground up by the Melo Hotel Group on the site of the historic [...]
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Residents Asked For Input On Bike Sharing System
The City, St. Lawrence College and Queen’s University are seeking resident and student input to help develop a Bike Share System in Kingston. A Bike Share System offers members access to bicycles parked at stations in high use areas around town for short trips. A 15-question Your Opinion survey will accept submissions until October 29. [...]
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Kingstonist’s Challenge #41: Princess Street Promenade
Welcome to Kingstonist’s weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we establish a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your official and [...]
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Kingstonist’s Challenge #40: Be A Tourist In Your Own Town
Welcome to Kingstonist’s weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we establish a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your official and [...]
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Six Questions for Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy is a relative newcomer to the food scene here in Kingston, but her family is not! Her mother owned a restaurant for several years as she was growing up, her uncle is the owner of Coffeeco and Mulitatuli Coffee in the city, and her grandparents owned the former Kingston restaurant Salmagundi. Now, Emily [...]
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Top Five Things to See and Do
In the wake of the last day of school, the end of highschool exams and Canada Day festivities, few would argue that Summer has yet to arrive. The smell of campfires, booming sound of fireworks and welcome relief of a mid-day sun shower forge unbreakable memories that help keep us cozy during those blizzard-filled months. [...]
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Hall Monitor Homework: Ready the Strategic Plan
With council on it’s summer schedule, I thought I’d take the opportunity to suggest my readers do a bit of homework. What could be better than a cold drink, shady spot on a hammock under a tree… and council documents in hand, right? Last spring, our local politicians spent a total of four evenings developing [...]
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Share Your Opinion About Kingston’s History & Stories
As part of the continuing work on the Kingston Culture Plan, the City has launched a Your Opinion survey to ask Kingston residents, businesses and institutions how they perceive the city’s history and stories. “With so many significant anniversaries and celebrations coming up in the next few years, this process of gathering and sharing stories [...]
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Don Cherry Supports IHHOF Re-Location
The story of how the International Hockey Hall of Fame (IHHOF) came to be established in Kingston, and was later cast aside by the National Hockey League (NHL) is ripe with intrigue. Over the years, the new, official Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto has allegedly attempted to procure the IHHOF’s exhibits, as well as [...]
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